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A Mantua woman who worked at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ in the Office of the President from 1951 to 1971 recently celebrated her 110th birthday. She recalls her time at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ and shares a few reflections from her long life.
Water flowed for the first time in the newly completed Crawford Fountain in the courtyard outside Crawford Hall, home of ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ's Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship.
The ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Board of Trustees approved the establishment of two new schools – the School of Aeronautics and the School of Engineering – within the College of Aeronautics and Engineering during the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held June 25, 2025, on the Kent Campus.
An innovative design, energy-efficient systems, water conservation technologies and environmentally responsible construction materials are some of the features that earned Crawford Hall, ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s newest – and largest – academic building, LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
The skies are calling once again, and ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Flying Flashes are answering, this time with their sights set on a fourth consecutive intercollegiate victory in the Areaseir Race Classic.
The ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 25, in the Timothy D. Eippert Boardroom, Suite 412, at Crawford Hall on the Kent Campus.
More than 280 people attended the 2025 ITGA City & University Relations Conference, which kicked off at the Kent Student Center ballroom on June 4. Todd Kamenash, ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s associate dean of students for conduct & community engagement, chaired the ITGA conference, which had the theme Communicate, Collaborate and Celebrate.
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ has signed an agreement with Tashkent State University of Economics in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to begin collaboration on a joint master’s degree in economics and other programs, as ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ continues to expand its partnerships throughout Central Asia.
As the iconic Goodyear Blimp marks its 100th anniversary, ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s connection to aviation history is soaring to new heights. Three alumni of the university’s aeronautics program are among the aviators steering this American icon through its centennial celebration.
For all of her exemplary work, Theresa Yogi was recently awarded ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Distinguished Advising Award by University Advising and the Kent Academic Advising Support and Advising Association. Of her 13-year career, Yogi has spent seven-and-a-half years at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Honors College.
The roster of these current and former faculty assembled for ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ's silver anniversary reads like the legend on a campus map, as so many in the 1935 photo had university buildings named for them.
In May, ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ observes two historic institutional anniversaries, the first is of their founding as a school and the second is of the college being established as a university.
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s nationally distinctive Master of Public Health (MPH) program provides students interested in continuing their public health educational journey online with several options, including the MPH with concentrations in health policy and management or social and behavioral sciences, and the STEM-designated MPH in epidemiology. The program positively impacts current graduate students and alumni in different ways.
Three students who are members of the first cohort of the LeBron James Family Foundation I Promise program graduated from ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ during the spring 2025 commencement.
Feelings of joy, excitement and achievement filled ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ's Memorial Arena and Convocation Center as members of the university's Spring Class of 2025 walked the stage to receive their degrees.
What started as a simple conversation between a ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ School of Fashion student and the American head of the global luxury menswear and fabric brand Scabal touched off a series of events that will result in a group of rarely seen Salvador Dali paintings having their North American debut in Northeast Ohio on June 12.
Brother Rogério Renato Mateucci, Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), delivered a deeply moving speech that challenged graduates to find meaning through courage and compassion.
In a moment that captures the spirit of academic achievement, Melody Tankersley, Ph.D., ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ's executive vice president and provost, delivered a powerful message to the Advanced Degree Class of 2025 – a message that goes far beyond traditional congratulations.
The ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ alumni family grew by more than 4,800 new graduates from its eight-campus system across Ohio following spring commencement ceremonies.