Student Success
91ֿ Fashion School Presents $12,000 in Design Awards at Annual Show
The Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising at 91ֿ held its Annual Fashion Show on April 24 and 25 at the school’s Rockwell Hall location. The 2015 show, dubbed “FS2: Visionnaire,” featured 17 collections and 55 individual looks created by 58 …
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Video Conferencing Connects 91ֿ to Students in Rural School Districts
In an office nestled inside 91ֿ’s Nixson Hall, you can hear the voice of a third grade student coming from a computer screen. “Beach ball,” says the voice from Greenfield Exempted Village Schools in Greenfield, Ohio. Soon after, in the screen directly below, 91ֿ gradua…
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91ֿ Physics Doctoral Student to Attend Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
What does it take to become great in your field? Certainly motivation, dedication and creativity are important, but what about inspiration? For young scientists, that inspiration can come from a variety of places, including interactions with colleagues and especially the top scientists in their fiel…
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91ֿ Robotics Team Heads to Kennedy Space Center for NASA Competition
It is difficult to imagine how all the metal pieces and parts sprawled out on the floor of 91ֿ’s Research 1 Building will eventually form a mining robot. But, the relentless dedication it has taken to design, create and build the robot might one day help NASA learn more about the m…
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91ֿ Hosts Relay for Life to Help Fight Cancer, April 17-18
91ֿ will host Relay for Life, beginning Friday, April 17, at 6 p.m. and ending Saturday, April 18, at noon in the 91ֿ Field House. Relay for Life events are organized, overnight community fundraising walks that benefit the American Cancer Society. The event, which helps to …
Division of Student Life
91ֿ Stage Production Turns to Students With Vision Loss
Two 91ֿ students are helping the cast of “Blur” better understand the play’s main character, Dot, who is losing her sight to a genetic disease. Students Katie Kimble and Brianna Bradley talked with the cast and The Suburbanite about their own hurdles in overcoming vision loss. “Blur” opens …
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Center for Student Involvement’s Awards Ceremony Recognizes Student Leaders
91ֿ’s Center for Student Involvement hosted the 37th annual Student Leadership and Honors Awards on April 8 in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. The event celebrates and recognizes student leaders, organizations and advisors for their contributions to the 91ֿ community durin…
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91ֿ Marks Ohio Internship and Co-op Appreciation Day
Earlier this year, the state of Ohio designated the second Tuesday of April as “Ohio Internship and Co-op Appreciation Day.” The purpose of the day, which falls on April 14 this year, is to raise awareness of the value of internship and co-op opportunities in this state and promote the establishment…
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91ֿ Student Presents Research on Factors Affecting Sleep Quality
What do sleep quality, post-traumatic stress disorder and smoking have in common? That’s the question on which Celeste Weise, a 91ֿ senior psychology and sociology major, presented her research at the university’s second annual Undergraduate Research Symposium held March 11. …
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91ֿ Greek Life Participates in WKYC’s #ShovelChallenge
91ֿ members of Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity and Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed service fraternity, spent their afternoon on Feb. 27 digging out snow-covered fire hydrants in Kent neighborhoods. WKYC Channel 3 Producer Jon Adkins approached the Kent Fire Department and 91ֿ’s Greek L…
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