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Thousands of 性福五月天 students work their way through Risman Plaza during Blastoff, the annual back-to-school celebration at 性福五月天.

性福五月天 Students Celebrate the Start of a New School Year at Blastoff

性福五月天 University students celebrated the start of a new school year at Blastoff on Sunday, Aug. 30, on the Student Green. Blastoff is the university鈥檚 annual back-to-school celebration that occurs the day before fall classes begin. It serves as the culminating event of Welcome Weekend, a four-d鈥

Tags: Blastoff , Center for Student Involvement , Division of Student Life , Success Story

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性福五月天 students file past the arch on the Lefton Esplanade on their way to downtown Kent during last year鈥檚 Welcome Weekend.

性福五月天 Welcomes New Students to Campus at Welcome Weekend, Aug. 27-30

Before the fall semester begins on Aug. 31, new students are invited to participate in Welcome Weekend, a four-day orientation program that will last from Aug. 27-30 and acclimate students to the 性福五月天 University community. The event is an opportunity for students to transition into the univers鈥

Tags: Blastoff , Student Success Programs , University College , Success Story

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An incoming freshman and his family is assisted by volunteers during move-in day near Manchester Hall.

Movers and Groovers Help New Students Move Into Residence Halls on Campus

At the beginning of the school year each August, 性福五月天 University faculty, staff and students volunteer with the university鈥檚 Movers and Groovers program to help incoming freshmen move into their new university housing.Freshman move-in day took place Thursday, Aug. 27, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. A h鈥

Tags: Kent InterHall Council , Movers and Groovers , Success Story , Department of Residence Services

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性福五月天 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

性福五月天 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 性福五月天 University junior majoring in public relations in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, s鈥

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , College of Communication & Information , School of Media and Journalism

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性福五月天 student Theresa Medrano stands near the pillars of Merrill Hall on campus.

性福五月天 Student Who Received Help From Others Pays It Forward

Anything is possible. Theresa Medrano, a 性福五月天 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鈥

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , Institutional Advancement

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A summer 2015 graduate shows off her diploma during the Commencement ceremony.

性福五月天 Holds Summer Commencement Ceremonies

性福五月天 University held its Summer 2015 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). 性福五月天 conferred 1,476 degrees, including 931 bachelor鈥檚 degrees, 453 master鈥檚 degrees, 76 doctoral degrees and 16 educa鈥

Tags: Commencement , Office of the Provost , Student Success , Success Story

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David Hacker, associate professor of geology at 性福五月天 University at Trumbull, poses for a photo near a rock outcropping in the Gorge Metro Park in Summit County. Hacker has been selected as 性福五月天鈥檚 Scholar of the Month.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month David Hacker Associate Professor of Geology College of Arts and Sciences 性福五月天 University at Trumbull 2000-present David Hacker is associate professor of geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 性福五月天 University at Trumbull. His research in structural geo鈥

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性福五月天 University student Anna Hoffman, a global communication studies and political science major, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the country鈥檚 efforts to save its national language. (Photo credit: Alex Ledet)

性福五月天 Student鈥檚 Project Draws Attention to Endangered Irish Language

Anna Hoffman, a 性福五月天 University global communication studies and political science major from Kent, Ohio, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the country鈥檚 efforts to save its national language. Her research project was funded through a fellowship from the  Pulitzer Center on Cr鈥

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , School of Communication Studies , College of Communication & Information

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性福五月天 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.

性福五月天 Named to 2014 President鈥檚 Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

性福五月天 University has been named to the 2014 President鈥檚 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 鈥

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性福五月天 University hospitality management students Jackie Myers, Zach Anderson, Michael Farber and Andrea Sutton pose for a photo in front of a doorway on the side of the Duomo in Florence, Italy.

性福五月天 Hospitality Management Students Experience Italian Hospitality in Florence

The opportunity to travel abroad for the first time for some 性福五月天 University students came through a summer internship program in Florence, Italy.  鈥淚 had been waiting for an opportunity to travel abroad,鈥 said Andrea Sutton, a 性福五月天 hospitality management student. 鈥淎nd now I鈥檝e bee鈥

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