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HEM Design Challenge 2025

‘We Create Magic for a Living – and We Get Paid for It’

In a fast-paced, reality TV-style competition, students in the Club Management class in °µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s Hospitality and Event Management Program worked in teams alongside industry professionals to create styled table settings themed around specific holidays. 

Tags: Hospitality Management , College of Education, Health and Human Services , Students First , Community and Society , Student Organizations , Design at °µÍø½ûÇø

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°µÍø½ûÇø PRSA ROCKS Award-winning students, faculty and advisors.

IN A FLASH: °µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s PR Students and Faculty ROCK!

A team of °µÍø½ûÇø public relations students and a °µÍø½ûÇø public relations professor earned prestigious awards at the Public Relations Society of America – Greater Cleveland chapter’s ROCKS Awards ceremony.

Tags: kent state school of media and journalism , Public Relations , Nationally Distinctive , Students First , faculty

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Flash Focus: Abigale Traska

Meet Abigale Traska, an alumna and current graduate student from Brunswick, Ohio, whose willingness to explore her options has yielded a promising future. 

Tags: Profiles , Student Life , Students First

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I AM FIRST Week Honors First-Generation Students, Staff and Alumni

Students, faculty, staff and alumni celebrated I AM FIRST Week, a recognition of °µÍø½ûÇø students’ first-generation identity, by building community and showcasing campus-wide support.

Tags: Students First , Student Life , Global Presence

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Three-Minute Thesis Winners

Big Ideas, Presented in Just a Little Time

Three Minute Thesis competitions, like the one that took place recently at °µÍø½ûÇø, are held at institutions nationwide and help student researchers practice presenting complicated research data briefly and simply, in a way that's easy for non-academics. 

Tags: graduate students , Division of Graduate Studies , Students First , Research & Science , International Students

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Rae Wilson in action at 2025 Elevator Pitch competition

Entrepreneurial Students Rise Up for Annual Elevator Pitch Competition

°µÍø½ûÇø students showcased their business ideas at LaunchNET’s annual Elevator Pitch Competition on Oct. 23, filling the DI Reactor with passionate energy, fast pitches and big dreams.

Tags: Student Life , Students First

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Flash Focus: Richard Skains

Meet Richard Skains, a sophomore economics major and USG director from Rocky River, Ohio, who guides – and literally drives –fellow students toward success.

Tags: Profiles , Student Life , Students First , Community & Society

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Chem-O-Ween 2025 student's "hand" on fire

Students and Scholars Create Memorable Learning Experiences

Student groups and classes celebrated Halloween in creative ways as unique as their majors.

Tags: Student Life , Students First , Research & Science

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Cookies

A Mom's Cookies Connect With Students

As a student, a sweet treat can be more than just a sweet treat; it can provide comfort, excitement, and joy, especially during stressful and sad days. Over the past few months, one treat in particular has become a campus favorite: Sugar cookies. That students can find at Rosie’s, Eastway, and Bistro. 

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Chem-O-Ween 2025

IN A FLASH: This is CHEM-O-WEEN!

The fifth annual Chem-O-Ween, presented by °µÍø½ûÇø's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry was its biggest and most exciting to date. It featured Halloween-themed activities, contests and four different themed rooms hosting fun and fascinating scientific demonstrations.

Tags: Research & Science , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Student Life , Students First , Fall Semester

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