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Volunteers Dave and Terri Cardy pack and weigh produce to hand out at the Campus Kitchen in Beall Hall. The food is mostly donated by Trader Joe’s locations in the Cleveland area.

Campus Kitchen Pivots Operations From Hot Meals to Food Pantry to Help Increasing Numbers of Food Insecure Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

The Campus Kitchen at °µÍø½ûÇø, a student-run organization that reclaims food to feed the needy in the Kent area, has had to swiftly switch gears from operating a hot food kitchen to an expanded food pantry.

Tags: Community & Society, COVID-19 HUB, Campus Kitchen, Success Story

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Students living on the closed °µÍø½ûÇø campus resident in the Stopher-Johnson residence hall complex.

Students Adjust to Living on a Closed Campus

When °µÍø½ûÇø closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March, not all students living on the Kent Campus were able to leave. 

 

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J.R. Campbell, executive director of °µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s Design Innovation Initiative, tries on a face shield produced by the °µÍø½ûÇø team.

°µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s Design Innovation Initiative Cultivates Creative Partnerships to Battle COVID-19

Members of °µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s Design Innovation Initiative are forging creative collaborations with local and regional organizations and funders as they work toward the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for first responders battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tags: Community & Society, Design Innovation, COVID-19 HUB, Success Story

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Professor teaching in Zoom class in front of tv screens

Cleveland Foundation Grant Provides Opportune Funding for °µÍø½ûÇø Geauga

°µÍø½ûÇø at Geauga is pleased to announce a $20,000 award from the Lake-Geauga Fund of the Cleveland Foundation toward a student emergency fund and technology advances. The $20,000 grant will be split evenly between the two initiatives.

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Members of °µÍø½ûÇø's Undergraduate Student Government Painted "Flashes Take Care of Flashes" on the Rock on Front Campus.

°µÍø½ûÇø Emergency Grant Fund Helps Students With Basic Needs

The °µÍø½ûÇø Emergency Grant Fund is helping students meet financial challenges.

Tags: University News, Division of Enrollment Management, Division of Institutional Advancement, COVID-19 HUB, Success Story

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Head Football Coach Sean Lewis on the field.

Flashes of Inspiration: Coach Sean Lewis Promotes 'Can Do' Attitude

Today’s Flashes of Inspiration comes from °µÍø½ûÇø Football’s Head Coach Sean Lewis, who delivers a pep talk about how to make it through uncertain, challenging times.

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°µÍø½ûÇø Golden Flashes Women's Golf Team and Coach Lisa Strom

Flashes of Inspiration: Women's Golf Head Coach Offers Pep Talk

Today’s Flashes of Inspiration comes from Lisa Strom, °µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s head women’s golf coach, who offers a pep talk to all in the university community struggling under the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Wick Poetry Center

Flashes of Inspiration: During a Pandemic We Can Celebrate Nature

Today’s Flashes of Inspiration features David Hassler, director of °µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s Wick Poetry Center, who is sharing the poem, “Thank You, Tree.â€
 

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Photo depicts business and commerce

Political Science Professor Advocates for Public Banking

In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, the United States would benefit from a public banking system, says Mark K. Cassell, °µÍø½ûÇø professor of political science.

Tags: University News, Community & Society, COVID-19 HUB

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