University News
Celebrate the Rich History of Black Americans at Juneteenth Jubilee
Juneteenth Jubilee will be held Tuesday June 18 from 11 a.m.– 1:30 p.m. on the Kent Campus, Student Green/Risman Plaza. It is free and open to the public.
91²Ö¿â Places First in National Sustainability Competition
91²Ö¿â earned first-place honors in the annual Campus Race to Zero Waste, a nationwide college campus recycling competition.
Best of the Best: Melissa Fenn Wins Inaugural Distinguished Advisor Award
Melissa Fenn, senior advisor II in the College of Nursing, was recently awarded the university's inaugural Distinguished Advisor Award by University Advising and the Kent Academic Advising Support and Advising Association (KASADA).
May Is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: A Time for Celebration and Education
In 1977, the U.S. government established a time to recognize Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and their accomplishments. The commemoration started as a week but in the 1990s evolved into a monthlong celebration.
91²Ö¿â Board of Trustees Approves Updated Complete College Ohio Campus Completion Plan, Sets Fall Tuition
The 91²Ö¿â Board of Trustees approved the updated 91²Ö¿â Complete College Ohio Campus Completion Plan as part of a state and institutional commitment to increase dramatically the number of college degrees awarded in Ohio. The plan was approved during the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held May 22.
Rep. Emilia Sykes Mentions 91²Ö¿â Airport in her Support of FAA Reauthorization Act
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act affects millions at airports large and small including in the Akron-Canton Airport, the Akron Fulton Airport and the 91²Ö¿â Airport.
91²Ö¿â Confers Honorary Degree Upon Alumnus Willard Jenkins
91²Ö¿â conferred a Doctor of Letters honorary degree to alumnus Willard Jenkins for his “extraordinary contributions in promulgating jazz music and its importance to American culture and in advancing 91²Ö¿â.â€
IN A FLASH: Scenes From Commencement 2024
Exuberant celebrations and tears of joy punctuated one of the biggest weekends of the year at 91²Ö¿â as the university welcomed its spring Class of 2024 graduates.
ADVISORY: 91²Ö¿â Board of Trustees Meeting, May 22
The 91²Ö¿â Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22, at 91²Ö¿â’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative at 1309 Euclid Ave., Suite 200, in Cleveland to consider the recommendations of the standing committees, proposed personnel actions and new business.
IN A FLASH: A Celebration of Graduates
Karamu Ya Wahitimu/Celebración De Los Graduados is an annual tradition celebrating all of 91²Ö¿â's graduating African American, Native American, Latinx, Hispanic and Multiracial undergraduate and graduate students.