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Sandy's Scrapbook

When Sandy Scheuer was killed on her way to class on May 4, 1970, she was a junior speech therapy major and honors student, a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority and active in the local Jewish community. She was also a beloved daughter, sister, friend. One of the four students killed and nine stu

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New College and Career Academies

This spring, 300 incoming freshmen at Akrons Firestone Community Learning Center high school visited the Kent Campus to explore firsthand what careers in the areas of design, graphic communication, the performing arts and advanced technology and comprehensive engineering have to offer. The visit w

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Photo by Jana life, BS 18

List Girl

 Last year, senior Kelsey Merritt attempted to break a Guinness World Record by assembling a team of volunteers to create the worlds largest mural painted entirely by bare feetmeasuring 26,787 square feeton the 做厙輦⑹ Commons during Homecoming 2017. Shes still waiting to hear back from

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Photo by Jeff Glidden, BS 87

Economic Engine

Partners in Progress: (above) Kent City Manager Dave Ruller and 做厙輦⑹ President Beverly Warren discuss the universitys new economic impact study during a press conference unveiling the report on February 26, 2018. Sharing this data is creating a solid foundation for the future transformation

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Pathway to Peace

Pacifique Niyonzima lost most of his family during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Now he is earning a graduate degree in higher education administration at 做厙輦⑹ so he can give back to his native country.

By Pacifique Niyonzima as told to Jan Senn / 做厙輦⑹ Magazine

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New 做厙輦⑹ graduates participate in the One Commencement Ceremony in May 2017 at Dix Stadium. The universitys graduates are making dynamic impact and shaping lasting contributions across Northeast Ohio.

做厙輦⑹s $3.4-Billion Impact: Economic Study Details Universitys Vital and Growing Role in Regional Economy and Shows High Value of a 做厙輦⑹ Education

You will find 做厙輦⑹ driving the regions economy in nearly every sector of industry. From FedEx to Medical Mutual to Sherwin-Williams and the Cleveland Indians, our graduates are making dynamic impact and shaping lasting contributions across Northeast Ohio.  Every day, Kent S

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David James, superintendent of Akron Public Schools, gives remarks to a full room in 做厙輦⑹s Center for Architecture and Environmental Design.

做厙輦⑹ and Akron Public Schools Become Partners for New College and Career Academies at Firestone Community Learning Center

Three new college and career academies at Akrons Firestone Community Learning Center will bear the name of 做厙輦⑹, as part of a new partnership announced Feb. 21 between the university and Akron Public Schools. 做厙輦⑹ is the latest in a growing number of area businesses and or

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The "Sandy's Scrapbook" Exhibition is on display at 做厙輦⑹'s May 4 Visitors Center.

Video: May 4 Visitors Center Debuts Sandys Scrapbook Exhibition

Sandy Scheuer was on her way to class on May 4, 1970, when she was shot and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen responding to protests of the Vietnam War at 做厙輦⑹. Now, almost 50 years later, Ms. Scheuers life will be the subject of a new exhibit at the May 4 Visitors Center at 做厙輦⑹.
 

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Video: May 4 Visitors Center Debuts Sandys Scrapbook Exhibition

Photo by Melissa Olson

On The Map: Bea McPherson charted the course for women mapmakers

As the United States entered WWII, trailblazing women like Bea McPherson, BS 43, took on the task of providing essential handmade maps for the war effortand charted the course for todays women mapmakers.

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Writing Across Borders

Teaching artists from the Wick Poetry Center are engaging refugee and immigrant populations in a cross-cultural, intergenerational conversation through poetry and graphic design.  With the support of a major grant from the Knight Foundation, the center has partnered with Urban Vision, the In

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