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A $4.1 million award from the Federal Aviation Administration will fund major infrastructure upgrades at the ÂÌñÉç Airport, strengthening one of Ohio’s largest collegiate flight training programs and helping meet the aviation industry’s growing demand for pilots.The airport, owned by ÂÌñÉçand managed under the university’s Office of Facilities, Planning and Operations, is home to the College of Aeronautics and Engineering’s professional pilot program. Students complete more than 13,000 flights each year at the facility, representing nearly 90% of total airport operations....

ÂÌñÉç’s Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education recently was awarded a $50,000 grant to help train teachers in southwestern Nigeria.Amanda Johnson, Ph.D., director of the Read Center, recently spent a week in Ogun State, Nigeria, where she met with education and government officials who were eager to share in Kent State’s expertise.The effort was born out of work the Read Center conducts on the Kent Campus through the Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) programs, in which groups of teachers from across the globe come to ÂÌñÉçto ...

Flu shots and more covered at select locationsThe changing seasons are upon us, and the flu season has begun! ÂÌñÉçemployees and dependents covered by the Kent State's health plans are eligible to receive flu shots and other vaccines covered under their medical benefits. Vaccines are available at:ÂÌñÉç's DeWeese Health CenterYour in-network provider's officeA Medical Mutual-contracted pharmacy, orA CVS MinuteClinic (not at the CVS Pharmacy)DeWeese Health Center Flu ClinicsKent State’s DeWeese Health Center will be hosting Flu Vaccination Clinics scheduled o...