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Volunteers Dave and Terri Cardy pack and weigh produce to hand out at the Campus Kitchen in Beall Hall. The food is mostly donated by Trader Joe’s locations in the Cleveland area.

Campus Kitchen Pivots Operations From Hot Meals to Food Pantry to Help Increasing Numbers of Food Insecure Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

The Campus Kitchen at ÂÌñÉç, a student-run organization that reclaims food to feed the needy in the Kent area, has had to swiftly switch gears from operating a hot food kitchen to an expanded food pantry.

Tags: Community & Society , COVID-19 , Campus Kitchen , Success Story

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PPE Project Flowchart

Kent State’s Design Innovation Initiative Cultivates Creative Partnerships to Battle COVID-19

Members of ÂÌñÉç’s Design Innovation Initiative are forging creative collaborations with local and regional organizations and funders as they work toward the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for first responders battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tags: Community & Society , Design Innovation , COVID-19 , Success Story

Alumni and Giving

Photo collage of ÂÌñÉçwomen's teams

ÂÌñÉçCaptures MAC FAR Award in Women’s Sports

ÂÌñÉç has won the Mid-American Conference’s Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for women’s sports award for the first time in school history.

Tags: University News , Intercollegiate Athletics , Awards and Honors , Success Story

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Patrick Tomaswick meets with one of his heroes, ÂÌñÉçPolice Officer Joe Knotek

All for Patrick! ÂÌñÉçPolice Surprise Toddler Crime Fighter

Patrick Tomaswick wants to be a police officer, but not just any member of law enforcement. He wants to be a ÂÌñÉç police officer.

Tags: University News , Child Development Center , Department of Public Safety , COVID-19 , Success Story , Police Services

Kent Campus

A ÂÌñÉç College of Nursing student gets hands-on experience with a patient simulator in the Olga M. Mural Simulation Lab in Henderson Hall.

COVID-19 Provides ÂÌñÉçNursing Students Unparalleled Experience

During the COVID-19 pandemic, students in  ÂÌñÉç’s College of Nursing have been employed in hospitals throughout Northeast Ohio, where they have honed their skills and observed healthcare professionals on the front lines.

Tags: University News , College of Nursing , COVID-19 , Success Story

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President's Faculty Excellence Award recipient Chris Woolverton at ÂÌñÉç

ÂÌñÉçPresident Todd Diacon Announces 2020 Faculty Excellence Award Recipients

ÂÌñÉç President Todd Diacon recently presented six ÂÌñÉçfaculty members with the 2020 President’s Faculty Excellence Award, which recognizes exceptional performance that leads to the achievement of national or international recognition in the faculty member’s discipline.

Tags: University News , Office of the President , Success Story

Kent Campus

Female student in aeronautics lab

Finding Her ‘Fit’ at ÂÌñÉçto Make an Impact

Senior Sydney Bihn finds her true calling throughout her time at ÂÌñÉçand becomes the first female aerospace engineering graduate.

Tags: Student Life , Student Success , Success Story , College of Aeronautics and Engineering

Kent Campus

A new graduate of ÂÌñÉç triumphantly raises his diploma during the One University Commencement last year.

ÂÌñÉçto Celebrate Its Newest Graduates With Virtual Commencement on May 9

The ÂÌñÉç alumni family will grow by nearly 5,300 new graduates as the university holds its spring commencement. 

Tags: University News , Commencement , Success Story

Kent Campus

Photo of the four students killed May 4, 1970

ÂÌñÉç Holds Virtual May 4 50th Commemoration, Occurring May 1-4

Beginning Friday, May, visitors to the  will be able to view a variety of special videos, online exhibits and interactive tours, all designed to honor and remember Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder, the ÂÌñÉçstudents who lost their lives 50 years ago on the ÂÌñÉçcampus.

Tags: University News , May 4 , May 4 50 , May 4 Commemoration , Featured May 4 , Success Story

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