�Ը�������

 �Ը������� University held its annual Homecoming celebration Saturday, drawing alumni, students and community members to campus for a day of festivities centered around this year's "Flash's Birthday Bash" theme.Saturday's events kicked off at 9 a.m. with a Block Party near the grandstand on Summit Street. The event featured food trucks, music, a caricature artist and inflatable games.The Homecoming Parade debuted a new route down Summit Street at 10:30 a.m. This year's Grand Marshals were former Flash mascots, honoring the birthday theme. The parade included the �Ը������� Marching Golde...

Jennifer Mapes, an assistant professor of geography at �Ը������� University, developed an interactive mapping project that reimagines how people connect with the places they live. Using 3D printing, data visualization and storytelling, Mapes' work explores the South End neighborhood in Kent, Ohio. The South End was historically home to laborers who built and worked on the railroads. “The majority of the homeowners were first-generation Eastern European immigrants and African Americans who moved north during the Great Migration,” Mapes said.Before the 1970s, only larger cities had access ...

 Most faculty members don’t welcome classroom interruptions — but for Jessica A. Leveto, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology at �Ը������� University at Ashtabula, a disruption on Oct. 1 came with a reason to celebrate.Representatives from the �Ը������� Alumni Association and the Center for Teaching and Learning, along with her colleagues, surprised Leveto during class with news that she had been named a recipient of the university’s Glenn Frank Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest honor for teaching excellence at �Ը�������.“This signifies the outstanding teaching that (Leveto)...

�Ը������� University’s Trumbull and Tuscarawas campuses are celebrating National Veterinary Technician Week, Oct. 12–18, by partnering with local animal shelters to promote dog adoptions during National Adopt a Shelter Dog Month. Veterinary technology students at both campuses will spotlight adoptable dogs from the Animal Welfare League of Trumbull County and the Humane Society of Tuscarawas County on campus social media platforms.“Our students are so excited to give these dogs some extra promotion,” said Melissa Best, MSN, RN, RVT, director of the Veterinary Technology Program at Kent S...

Dear Colleagues,Open Enrollment for the 2026 benefit year will begin on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, at 8 a.m. and continue through Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, at 5 p.m.We encourage you to take the opportunity to review your current benefit plan selections and re-evaluate your current and future benefits needs using the Open Enrollment website. Complete 2026 plan information will be made available by Monday, Oct. 13.To aid in your decision-making, the Employee Benefits team will hold Open Enrollment and Wellness Fairs at each campus. The Employee Benefits and Wellness team, as well as representatives fro...