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91ֿ student Theresa Medrano stands near the pillars of Merrill Hall on campus.

91ֿ Student Who Received Help From Others Pays It Forward

Anything is possible. Theresa Medrano, a 91ֿ senior from Westlake, Ohio, is living proof of this. At age 17, like most high school seniors, Medrano should have been thinking about senior prom and graduation. But she became a victim of domestic violence and was forced to withd…

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , Institutional Advancement

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A summer 2015 graduate shows off her diploma during the Commencement ceremony.

91ֿ Holds Summer Commencement Ceremonies

91ֿ held its Summer 2015 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). 91ֿ conferred 1,476 degrees, including 931 bachelor’s degrees, 453 master’s degrees, 76 doctoral degrees and 16 educa…

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David Hacker, associate professor of geology at 91ֿ at Trumbull, poses for a photo near a rock outcropping in the Gorge Metro Park in Summit County. Hacker has been selected as 91ֿ’s Scholar of the Month.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month David Hacker Associate Professor of Geology College of Arts and Sciences 91ֿ at Trumbull 2000-present David Hacker is associate professor of geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 91ֿ at Trumbull. His research in structural geo…

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91ֿ student Anna Hoffman, a global communication studies and political science major, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the country’s efforts to save its national language. (Photo credit: Alex Ledet)

91ֿ Student’s Project Draws Attention to Endangered Irish Language

Anna Hoffman, a 91ֿ global communication studies and political science major from Kent, Ohio, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the country’s efforts to save its national language. Her research project was funded through a fellowship from the  Pulitzer Center on Cr…

Tags: School of Communications Studies , college of communication and information , Student Success , Success Story

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91ֿ students, including members of its athletics teams, fraternities and sororities, joined community members to restore the Mitchell/McClelland Ballpark in the McElrath neighborhood of Ravenna Township, Ohio.

91ֿ Named to 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

91ֿ has been named to the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, which is the highest federal recognition an institution can receive for its commitment to community, service-learning and civic engagement.  The Corporation for National and Community …

Tags: Office of Experiential Education and Civic Engagement , University College , Student Success , Success Story , Community & Society

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91ֿ hospitality management students Jackie Myers, Zach Anderson, Michael Farber and Andrea Sutton pose for a photo in front of a doorway on the side of the Duomo in Florence, Italy.

91ֿ Hospitality Management Students Experience Italian Hospitality in Florence

The opportunity to travel abroad for the first time for some 91ֿ students came through a summer internship program in Florence, Italy.  “I had been waiting for an opportunity to travel abroad,” said Andrea Sutton, a 91ֿ hospitality management student. “And now I’ve bee…

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Sarah Hider, a 91ֿ graduate student and the reigning Miss Ohio, poses outside of the Schwartz Center on the Kent Campus.

91ֿ Graduate Student Crowned Miss Ohio 2015

Sarah Hider, a 91ֿ graduate student from Wooster, Ohio, has been crowned Miss Ohio 2015 after competing at the Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield, Ohio, on June 20. Hider is the second 91ֿ student in the past two years to win the title. Heather Wells, a 91ֿ broadcast jo…

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , Office of Continuing and Distance Education , Department of Political Science , College of Arts and Sciences

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Andrew Shahriari, who has been selected as 91ֿ’s Scholar of the Month, sits in a khong wong yai (big gong circle) with two ranad eks (lead xylophones) in the background in a School of Music classroom.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month Andrew Shahriari Associate Professor of Music College of the Arts 2008-present Andrew Shahriari has been recently promoted to associate professor for the 2015-2016 academic year. He also serves as coordinator of online classes for music in the Hugh A. Glauser School of Mu…

Tags: Research , College of the Arts , School of Music , Scholar of the Month , Success Story

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91ֿ students help lead faculty and staff in the Fit for Life program.

Students Help Get New Exercise Program in Shape

In the gym of the MAC Center Annex, you can hear the voices of student trainers echo from one end to the other.  “Nice long strides with those feet,” shouts one student trainer. “Let’s lunge to me,” encourages another. 91ֿ exercise physiology graduate students are pla…

Tags: College of Education , Health and Human Services , School of Health Sciences , Success Story

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91ֿ advertising, public relations and visual communication design students lived and studied together in Dublin, Ireland, during an education abroad trip. (Photo credit: Christopher Darling)

91ֿ Communication Students Invade UK, Ireland for Education Abroad Experience

Fifty 91ֿ students from the College of Communication and Information participated in education abroad programs in Europe this spring, visiting Northern Ireland, Ireland and England in May. Three of the college’s classes studied specialized areas in communications in both the U.K…

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