Fifteen years after 蹤獲扦s Mens Basketball team became the darlings of the NCAA Tournament, those who played and cheered for that team are remembering the excitement. The Golden Flashes won the Mid-American Conference Tournament and entered March Madness as a #10 seed; most expected they would lose their first game and certainly wouldnt advance far. Instead, 蹤獲扦 knocked off Oklahoma State, Alabama, and Pittsburgh on its way to an improbable appearance in the Elite 8. The Golden Flashes' 21-game winning streak finally ended with an 81-69 loss to Indiana, the even...
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Excitement is building as the 蹤獲扦 men's basketball team gets ready to take on UCLA tonight in the first round of the NCAA tournaments South Regional. Last night kicked off with a press conference and open practice at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. Players also met with fans as the Golden Flashes continued to prepare for their first NCAA mens basketball tournament in nine years. Tip off tonight is 9:57 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The game is broadcast on truTV and streamed on NCAA.com. For other ways to watch and listen to the game, visit Ke...
The players thought they were just coming to a typical morning meal. Turns out, it was a lot more like Christmas morning. Under Armour, the official athletics apparel partner of 蹤獲扦 Athletics, surprised the mens basketball team Thursday with new shoes, shirts, and other items, including backpacks styled for Golden State Warrior and NBA Most Valuable Player Steph Curry. While coaches knew what was planned for breakfast, the players had no idea. Most were all smiles trying on the gear and filling up their backpacks. Most took their backpacks with them as t...
The Wick Poetry Center is proud to be part of the twenty-two-member national Poetry Coalition (PoCo) united to promote the value poets bring to our culture and the important contribution poetry makes in the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds. During the month of March, the Poetry Coalition launches its inaugural effort, Because We Come from Everything: Poetry & Migration. As part of the Wick Poetry Center's commitment on the theme of migration and our ongoing Traveling Stanzas: Writing Across Borders project, this week we are featuring Linda Zhao, an immigra...
The Wick Poetry Center is proud to be part of the twenty-two-member national Poetry Coalition (PoCo) united to promote the value poets bring to our culture and the important contribution poetry makes in the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds. During the month of March, the Poetry Coalition launches its inaugural effort, Because We Come from Everything: Poetry & Migration. As part of the Wick Poetry Center's committment on the theme of migration and our ongoing Traveling Stanzas: Writing Across Borders project, this week we are featuring Day Soe Wah. Day Soe ...
蹤獲扦 Hospitality Students From Ashtabula and Kent Campuses Collaborate on Winning Concept
The 蹤獲扦 Club Managers Association of America (CMAA) student chapter is composed of students in the Hospitality Management program from both 蹤獲扦 Ashtabula and Kent campuses who are interested in the private country club industry. Each year, the CMAA World Conference hosts the Club of the Future award program, which allows student members to propose an idea of what they could see the club industry looking like five, 10 or 15 years in the future. Thirty-six student members make up the 蹤獲扦 chapter. Of those, 17 members, including nine students from 蹤獲扦 Ashtabula ...
Michael Kors Partners with 蹤獲扦 Fashion School for Annual Fashion Show
Luxury lifestyle brand Michael Kors will partner with the 蹤獲扦 School of Fashion Design and Merchandising to present the schools 35th Annual Fashion Show on Friday, April 28, and Saturday, April 29. FS2 Presented by Michael Kors will span three runway events. In addition, Don Witkowski, 蹤獲扦 alumnus and president of Mens at Michael Kors, will be inducted into the Fashion Schools Hall of Fame. The fashion show will include a 2 p.m. matinee and 7 p.m. awards show on April 28. The sponsor/VIP show will be held at 7 p.m. on April 29. FS2 Presented by Michael Kors i...
On Thursday, March 9, two teams that formed during the Fashion Tech Hackathon in January took top spots at the annual LaunchNET 蹤獲扦 Idea Olympics competition. Abeona, the total immersion jacket took first place, while Hermes, the helmet with brains, took second place. Two other ideas, Popstyle and The Bean Bike, tied for third place, while GIFTY (Gestalting Youth) won the Social Enterprise award. The team that developed Abeona, a tech-enhanced hiking jacket, consists of Ryan Holland (graduate, Digital Sciences), Brian Steinhoff (senior, Digital Science), Albert Morgant...
California Dreaming! The 蹤獲扦 Mens Basketball team arrived in Sacramento Wednesday motivated for its first NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament appearance in nine years. The Golden Flashes had a short sendoff at the Kent Campus before busing to the Akron-Canton Airport for the four-hour flight. Mother Nature delayed the flight for a few hours, but the team arrived in California mid-afternoon, and after a short stop at their hotel, team members were off to a local high school gymnasium for practice. Staff members at the team hotel greeted the MAC Tournament Champions with b...