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ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì 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

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì 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 ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University 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: ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Student Who Received Help From Others Pays It Forward

Anything is possible. Theresa Medrano, a ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University 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 ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Making a Global Difference

As ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University 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 ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì’s world-class programs wi…

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

Kent Campus

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì student Theresa Medrano stands near the pillars of Merrill Hall on campus.

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Student Who Received Help From Others Pays It Forward

Anything is possible. Theresa Medrano, a ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University 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.

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Holds Summer Commencement Ceremonies

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University held its Summer 2015 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì 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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ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University 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)

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Student’s Project Draws Attention to Endangered Irish Language

Anna Hoffman, a ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University 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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ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Student’s Project Draws Attention to Endangered Irish Language

Communication studies student’s project earns international media attention for research efforts Anna Hoffman, a ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University 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

Kent Campus

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì 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.

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Named to 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University 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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ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì’s Stephanie Haugh Named the MAC’s 2015 Bob James Award Winner

Stephanie Haugh of ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’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 ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì graduate student and the reigning Miss Ohio, poses outside of the Schwartz Center on the Kent Campus.

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Graduate Student Crowned Miss Ohio 2015

Sarah Hider, a ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University 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 ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì student in the past two years to win the title. Heather Wells, a ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì broadcast jo…

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

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