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  The �Ը������� University Biology Graduate Student Council (BGSC), in collaboration with the Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI), celebrated World Brain Day 2021 by hosting the First Annual Kent Brain Day 5K. Over 40 runners/walkers across the United States participated in the asynchronous 5K which occurred during the week of July 18 – 24, 2021. The theme of this year's July 22nd World Brain Day was “Stop MS (Multiple Sclerosis)”. Proceeds benefited the Ohio Buckeye Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the newly created KSU BGSC Scholarship Fund. The BGSC is a...

As a Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Psychology at �Ը������� University, along with being a Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Intern, one would assume that Brooke Leonelli has enough on her plate. You can add participating in weightlifting competitions. Leonelli had always been active growing up, whether participating in dance, cheerleading, or running cross country. After she stopped running, Leonelli needed something to fill the void. She quickly turned to CrossFit, a craze that swept the nation in 2013, and soon fell in love with it and promptly began pushing herself e...

When Megan Burnett enrolled at �Ը������� University in 2019, she knew she wanted to major in a field which would give her the opportunity to help people. The university’s Exploratory Program in University College has given her a blueprint to help her reach her dreams. Now Burnett will be entering her junior year as a Human Development and Family Studies major. She will be joining other students, staff and faculty for a robust fall 2021 semester fully back on campus following a year of mostly-remote learning during the pandemic. “I knew the passion that I wanted to chase, but I had ...

Five �Ը������� University graduates will compete at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics over the coming weeks, breaking the school’s previous record of four Olympians at the Munich Games in 1972. The quintet will represent four different countries with Reggie Jagers III being the first Golden Flash to don the Team USA uniform since Kim Kreiner in 2008. The Canadian duo of Corey Conners and Mackenzie Hughes will be �Ը�������’s first alumni in action. The men’s golf competition consists of four rounds of 18 holes, beginning on July 29 and concluding on Aug. 1. Jagers and Jamaican Danniel ...

Kelsi McCafferty, ’16, was laid off from her full-time job at FOUNT Leather Goods in December 2020 because of the pandemic, but that didn’t stop her from doing what she loved. Using her talents, Kelsi wanted to help the community and began making masks at home. Inspired by her innovation, Kelsi made a life-changing career move – starting her own business, KELMA Collection, a womenswear brand committed to "slowing down the fashion industry one floral dress at a time." “I showed myself that I was able to work alone successfully and that gave me the confidence to start my own brand,” Kelsi ...