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For 55 years, leaders from �Ը������� University and the city of Kent have met over breakfast to foster successful collaboration between the university and the city. The semi-annual Bowman Breakfast, which began in 1963, brings together leaders from �Ը������� and the city of Kent in a forum designed to advance community issues and strengthen the town-gown relationship. The topic for this year’s spring Bowman Breakfast is “Town-Gown Relations – Working Together Makes It Work!” The event will take place Wednesday, April 4, in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. Doors open at 7 a.m., brea...

In the wake of the Parkland massacre, American Association of Geographers President, Derek Alderman, reaches out to newly selected AAG Fellow, James “Jim” Tyner, who has written several books and important articles on the relationship between space, society, and violence. This column is written with a very heavy heart, coming just several days after the deadly mass shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The massacre ended the lives of 17 students and staff, injured dozens, and left behind many traumatized survivors, as well grieving friends, families...

March 10: Tyler Pina, filmmaker and 2014 Kent grad, works in video in San Francisco. After seeing so many homeless folks, he discovered a lot of them had been released from prison with no resources.  He went out and talked to dozens of people who’ve recently gotten out of jail and ended up homeless.  He researched and produced a short film about it:  “88 Cents,” which is currently slated into film festivals internationally. Visit Tyler Pina's website Visit Tyler Pina on Vimeo Alumni Draw Attention to Social Issues Through Film Listen to the Elevations interview:...

�Ը������� University student Antonina “Nina” Schubert has received a 2018 Courage Award from Ohio Gov. John Kasich in recognition for her work on campus to remove the stigma of mental illness and work to lessen suicide rates. Gov. Kasich presented the award to Ms. Schubert during his final State of the State Address at Otterbein University in Westerville on March 6. Ms. Schubert, 19, a freshman studying early childhood education, in the 2017 Fall Semester founded the Nightingale Project, a student organization working to end the stigma of mental illness and to help her fellow students cope ...

�Ը������� Geauga student Maxwell Warner will join a legacy of College of Communication and Information Sichuan Scholars this June, when he attends a two-week cultural exchange program at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China. The cultural exchange program is offered through �Ը������� University's Education Abroad-Office of Global Education. Entry is competitive. "Max just showed such great initiative in applying," said Stephanie Smith, Assistant Professor and Director of Global Initiatives, College of Communication and Information. CCI Sichuan Scholars attend university classes in Chengdu ...

Students from Orchard Middle School in Solon visited the chemistry lab at �Ը������� University Geauga's Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg on February 10. At the invitation of Dr. Zhiqiang (Molly) Wang, five students from Mrs. Susan Benedict's and Mr. Robert Luce's 5th and 6th grade classes  trained for the Potions and Poisons event of the Science Olympiad.  The Science Olympiad is a 30 year old competition held regionally. The winners go on to a national competition. It's considered the Olympics of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Students participate in com...

�Ը������� Geauga student Katrina Ostrander has won first place in the university's eight-campus-wide Tier One Writing Contest for her essay, "A Memory Replacement," produced in Dr. Bonnie Shaker's College Writing I course in fall 2017. The award comes with a $250 prize, which is presented at the Department of English Awards Ceremony and Reception at the Kent Student Center on April 17. Katrina demonstrated "exceptional capability" in writing during the course, according to Dr. Shaker. "Katrina's thoughtfulness, work ethic, focus, and interest in the course all combined to produce outsta...

From zero to $10 billion. That’s what one �Ը������� University alumnus did with his company, and �Ը������� entrepreneurship students and community members will have an opportunity to hear firsthand how this 1981 graduate achieved this accomplishment. �Ը�������’s College of Business Administration announces Scott Peters, founder, chairman, CEO and president of Healthcare Trust of America Inc., as the guest speaker for the Michael D. Solomon Entrepreneurship Speaker Series on Wednesday, April 18. Mr. Peters graduated from �Ը������� with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accoun...

In Kenya, Sarah Schmidt discovered her calling. A long way from rural Mansfield, Ohio, the girl who grew up with cows in her backyard was now halfway around the world learning Swahili and teaching children how to speak English. She was 20 when she crossed the Atlantic for the first time. “It truly was life-changing,” says Ms. Schmidt, who spent half a year near Nairobi’s Great Rift Valley, part of an intracontinental ridge system that runs through Kenya from north to south. “After that trip, I knew I wanted my career to be in the international arena.” PIVOTAL ROLE Nine...

  In fall 2018, �Ը������� University will launch a program that provides students with digital versions of textbooks and class materials electronically delivered on the first day of classes. The �Ը������� Board of Trustees approved the Flash Books program at its March 7 meeting. �Ը������� and Barnes & Noble, which operates the university bookstore, are partners. Flash Books, also known as the Inclusive Access Model for Textbook Purchases, will save students money and shopping time, and ensure that students have the correct textbook editions and course materials for their clas...