Community & Society
IN A FLASH: Ice Cream with the Dean
ÍøÆØÃÅ's College of Architecture and Environmental Design welcomed new and returning students back to campus with ice cream on the Lefton Esplanade and greetings from the college's dean, program heads and leaders of its student organizations.
IN A FLASH: Undergraduate Researchers Visit Kent
ÍøÆØÃÅ welcomed undergraduate researchers from our university, Cleveland State University and the University of Akron to the Kent Campus for the 19th annual Northeast Ohio Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Kicking Off the Fall Semester With Pride
Before classes began for Fall Semester 2024, the ÍøÆØÃÅ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer Plus (LGBTQ+) Center welcomed the university's LGBTQ+ community back to campus with a Fall Kickoff event.
A Global Block Party
Music, activities, games and fun brought together ÍøÆØÃÅ's international students for a global block party.
Dozens of Wick Award Winners to Return for 40th Anniversary
The celebration, Sept. 19-21, will be packed with panel discussions, workshops and poetry readings, culminating in a gala dinner on Sept. 21.
Fulbright Scholars at ÍøÆØÃÅ for American Higher Education Immersion
For the past month, ÍøÆØÃÅ has hosted 37 international graduate students as part of the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program, a monthlong immersion in American higher education and culture. The group, from 26 countries, arrived on the Kent Campus on July 21 and was scheduled to depart on Aug. 17 to begin their graduate programs at universities throughout the country.
IN A FLASH: Scenes of Summer
Bright sunshine, verdant green spaces and colorful flowers in bloom set the scene for summertime on the Kent Campus.
IN A FLASH: Future Nurses Visit Campus
This summer, ÍøÆØÃÅ's College of Nursing welcomed high school students participating in the University Hospitals Future Nurse Academy program to campus for a tour and hands-on practice in our simulation labs.
IN A FLASH: Their First White Coats
The white coat at ÍøÆØÃÅ’s College of Podiatric Medicine’s White Coat Ceremony is presented as a reminder of the professionalism required by students, in their studies at ÍøÆØÃÅ and later as they become podiatric physicians.
IN A FLASH: U.S. Transportation Secretary Buttigieg at ÍøÆØÃÅ
When U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited ÍøÆØÃÅ this summer, he and U.S. Representative (and ÍøÆØÃÅ alumna) Emilia Sykes toured the College of Aeronautics and Engineering and the May 4 Visitors Center.