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Spring flowers

IN A FLASH: Flashes of Spring

Blooming flowers and budding trees herald the annual green up on campus in spring semester.

Tags: Spring Semester, Grounds, University Facilities Management, University News, Nationally Distinctive, Kent Campus, May 4

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Her Pink Library

IN A FLASH: Paint It Pink!

While celebrating their 10th anniversary on campus with Her Week and a schedule of events, student organization Her Campus 91²Ö¿â lit the University Library in pink from April 9-13. 

Tags: Student Organizations, University Libraries, University News, Community Impact, Community & Society, Student Life

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91²Ö¿â President Todd Diacon talks to faculty and staff on April 17, 2024.

President Diacon Talks 91²Ö¿â the Capital Budget and 91²Ö¿â’s Core Values

"Talking with Todd" focuses on the state capital budget and 91²Ö¿â's core values.

Tags: University News, Organizational Sustainability

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A blaze burns the prairie grass that grows behind the Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center during a controlled burning by the Kent Fire Department.

Kent Fire Department to Perform Annual Prairie Burn

The protected prairie surrounding 91²Ö¿â’s Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center will be burned on Monday, April 15, between the hours of 9 a.m. and noon, to allow for new growth during the summer season.

Tags: University News, Organizational Sustainability, Grounds, University Facilities Management, Division of Finance and Administration

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President Diacon addressing state legislators

University’s Challenges and Strengths in Focus in Statehouse Hearing

91²Ö¿â President Todd Diacon focused on the benefits to Ohio from state support of 91²Ö¿â during his April 10 presentation before the Ohio Senate Workforce and Higher Education Committee in Columbus, Ohio. 

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Chris Post, Ph.D., professor of geography at 91²Ö¿â at Stark, will serve as the 2024 speaker for the Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series, a part of the university's annual May 4 Commemoration events.

Chris Post Selected as 2024 Speaker for 91²Ö¿â’s Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series

The lecture series created in 2022 to honor the legacy of 91²Ö¿â Professor Emeritus of Sociology Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., will feature Professor of Geography Chris Post, Ph.D., presenting â€œDeveloping and Interpreting the Wounded Student Markers at 91²Ö¿â†as this year’s selected speaker. The Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon will be held on May 3.

Tags: University News, Nationally Distinctive, May 4, Department of Geography, 91²Ö¿â at Stark, University Libraries, Regional Campuses

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April 8, 2024 total eclipse of the sun.

Three Minutes of Darkness Create a Lifetime Memory

For three short minutes on April 8, our world stood still.

Tags: University News, Community Impact, Student Life , Community & Society, Nationally Distinctive

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Poetry writing for the total solar eclipse.

Eclipse Poetry: The Convergence of Science and Art

An event like the total solar eclipse observed in Kent on April 8 can help to shake up our lives from the mundane. Poetry can work in the same way, said Chris Wick, son of Walt Wick, one of the founders of 91²Ö¿â’s Wick Poetry Center.

Tags: University News, Arts & Culture, Student Life , Nationally Distinctive, Community Impact, Wick Poetry Center

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AI generated images of students using robots to cheat

Adding AI to Cheating and Plagiarism Policy

Artificial intelligence is a reality for many industries and individuals. We use it for fun, in business and in the classroom. The question of how to use it appropriately drove some new revisions to 91²Ö¿â’s administrative policies.

Tags: Students First, University News

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