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ÂÜÀòÉç 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

ÂÜÀòÉç 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 ÂÜÀòÉç junior majoring in public relations in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, s…

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , College of Communication & Information , School of Media and Journalism

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From Homeless to Philanthropist: ÂÜÀòÉç Student Who Received Help From Others Pays It Forward

Anything is possible. Theresa Medrano, a ÂÜÀòÉç 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 withdraw …

Tags: Student Success , Division of Institutional Advancement

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President Warren Talks With WKYC ÂÜÀòÉç Making a Global Difference

As ÂÜÀòÉç students get ready to return for the fall semester, President Beverly Warren is gearing up for her second year as president. President Warren told WKYC’s John Anderson about her goals to make a global difference and how she is matching ÂÜÀòÉç’s world-class programs wi…

Tags: Student Success , Office of the President , Office of the Provost , Global Reach

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ÂÜÀòÉç student Theresa Medrano stands near the pillars of Merrill Hall on campus.

ÂÜÀòÉç Student Who Received Help From Others Pays It Forward

Anything is possible. Theresa Medrano, a ÂÜÀòÉç 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…

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , Institutional Advancement

Kent Campus

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

ÂÜÀòÉç Holds Summer Commencement Ceremonies

ÂÜÀòÉç held its Summer 2015 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). ÂÜÀòÉç conferred 1,476 degrees, including 931 bachelor’s degrees, 453 master’s degrees, 76 doctoral degrees and 16 educa…

Tags: Commencement , Office of the Provost , Student Success , Success Story

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

ÂÜÀòÉç Student’s Project Draws Attention to Endangered Irish Language

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

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , School of Communication Studies , College of Communication & Information

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ÂÜÀòÉç Student’s Project Draws Attention to Endangered Irish Language

Communication studies student’s project earns international media attention for research efforts Anna Hoffman, a ÂÜÀòÉç global communication studies and political science major from Kent, Ohio, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the country’s efforts to save its national langua…

Tags: School of Communication Studies , Student Success , College of Communication & Information

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ÂÜÀòÉç 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.

ÂÜÀòÉç Named to 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

ÂÜÀòÉç has been named to the 2014 President’s 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 …

Tags: Office of Experiential Education and Civic Engagement , University College , Student Success , Success Story , Community & Society

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ÂÜÀòÉç’s Stephanie Haugh Named the MAC’s 2015 Bob James Award Winner

Stephanie Haugh of ÂÜÀòÉç’s women’s soccer team has been named the female recipient of the 2015 Bob James Memorial Award by the Mid-American Conference Faculty Athletics Representatives. The announcement was made by the league office today. In its 27th year, the Bob James Memorial Aw…

Tags: Intercollegiate Athletics , Awards and Honors , Student Success

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

ÂÜÀòÉç Graduate Student Crowned Miss Ohio 2015

Sarah Hider, a ÂÜÀòÉç 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 ÂÜÀòÉç student in the past two years to win the title. Heather Wells, a ÂÜÀòÉç broadcast jo…

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , Office of Continuing and Distance Education , Department of Political Science , College of Sciences and Humanities

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