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做厙輦⑹ students file past the arch on the Lefton Esplanade on their way to downtown Kent during last years Welcome Weekend.

做厙輦⑹ Welcomes New Students to Campus at Welcome Weekend, Aug. 27-30

Before the fall semester begins on Aug. 31, new students are invited to participate in Welcome Weekend, a four-day orientation program that will last from Aug. 27-30 and acclimate students to the 做厙輦⑹ community. The event is an opportunity for students to transition into the univers

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An incoming freshman and his family is assisted by volunteers during move-in day near Manchester Hall.

Movers and Groovers Help New Students Move Into Residence Halls on Campus

At the beginning of the school year each August, 做厙輦⑹ faculty, staff and students volunteer with the universitys Movers and Groovers program to help incoming freshmen move into their new university housing. Freshman move-in day took place Thursday, Aug. 27, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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做厙輦⑹ student Keri Richmond poses on the second floor of the Kent Student Center. Recently, Richmond spoke on Capitol Hill about foster care and shared her experience as a foster youth. Photo Credit: Kami Swingle

做厙輦⑹ Student Helps Congress Change Child Welfare Laws

The pain of moving from one home to the next, time and time again, for four years straight is helping Keri Richmond speak out for other foster children without a voice. Richmond, a 做厙輦⑹ junior majoring in public relations in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, s

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做厙輦⑹ student Theresa Medrano stands near the pillars of Merrill Hall on campus.

做厙輦⑹ Student Who Received Help From Others Pays It Forward

Anything is possible. Theresa Medrano, a 做厙輦⑹ senior from Westlake, Ohio, is living proof of this. At age 17, like most high school seniors, Medrano should have been thinking about senior prom and graduation. But she became a victim of domestic violence and was forced to withd

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A summer 2015 graduate shows off her diploma during the Commencement ceremony.

做厙輦⑹ Holds Summer Commencement Ceremonies

做厙輦⑹ held its Summer 2015 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). 做厙輦⑹ conferred 1,476 degrees, including 931 bachelors degrees, 453 masters degrees, 76 doctoral degrees and 16 educa

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David Hacker, associate professor of geology at 做厙輦⑹ at Trumbull, poses for a photo near a rock outcropping in the Gorge Metro Park in Summit County. Hacker has been selected as 做厙輦⑹s Scholar of the Month.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month David Hacker Associate Professor of Geology College of Arts and Sciences 做厙輦⑹ at Trumbull 2000-present David Hacker is associate professor of geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 做厙輦⑹ at Trumbull. His research in structural geo

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做厙輦⑹ student Anna Hoffman, a global communication studies and political science major, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the countrys efforts to save its national language. (Photo credit: Alex Ledet)

做厙輦⑹ Students Project Draws Attention to Endangered Irish Language

Anna Hoffman, a 做厙輦⑹ global communication studies and political science major from Kent, Ohio, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the countrys efforts to save its national language. Her research project was funded through a fellowship from the  Pulitzer Center on Cr

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做厙輦⑹ students, including members of its athletics teams, fraternities and sororities, joined community members to restore the Mitchell/McClelland Ballpark in the McElrath neighborhood of Ravenna Township, Ohio.

做厙輦⑹ Named to 2014 Presidents Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

做厙輦⑹ has been named to the 2014 Presidents Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, which is the highest federal recognition an institution can receive for its commitment to community, service-learning and civic engagement.  The Corporation for National and Community

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做厙輦⑹ hospitality management students Jackie Myers, Zach Anderson, Michael Farber and Andrea Sutton pose for a photo in front of a doorway on the side of the Duomo in Florence, Italy.

做厙輦⑹ Hospitality Management Students Experience Italian Hospitality in Florence

The opportunity to travel abroad for the first time for some 做厙輦⑹ students came through a summer internship program in Florence, Italy.  I had been waiting for an opportunity to travel abroad, said Andrea Sutton, a 做厙輦⑹ hospitality management student. And now Ive bee

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Sarah Hider, a 做厙輦⑹ graduate student and the reigning Miss Ohio, poses outside of the Schwartz Center on the Kent Campus.

做厙輦⑹ Graduate Student Crowned Miss Ohio 2015

Sarah Hider, a 做厙輦⑹ graduate student from Wooster, Ohio, has been crowned Miss Ohio 2015 after competing at the Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield, Ohio, on June 20. Hider is the second 做厙輦⑹ student in the past two years to win the title. Heather Wells, a 做厙輦⑹ broadcast jo

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