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Since LaunchNET 91�ֿ� opened its Kent Student Center office in summer 2012, the advisers have helped more than 1,500 91�ֿ� entrepreneurs and innovators, and now the unique “glass box” office is no longer sufficient.

A 91�ֿ� summer program that teaches foreign languages to high school students has received federal funding for the 10th consecutive year.

Professors Brian Baer and Theresa Minick of 91�ֿ�’s Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences received two grants totaling $180,000 to host the 2017 Regents STARTALK Foreign Language Academy at 91�ֿ�.

Dawn Plug, associate director of 91�ֿ�’s Center for Adult and Veteran Services, has been appointed to a position on the Association of Veterans Education Certifying Officials’ Board of Directors, serving as the only representative from Ohio.

91�ֿ�'s Child Development Center was selected by the Portage Park District for “Stewarding Future Environmentalists” at its 19th Annual Portage County Environmental Conservation Awards Benefit Dinner.

By immersing themselves deeply in the local culture, students participating in an education-abroad program can enhance their overseas experience, personally as well as academically. Understandably, some students are more adept at the immersion process than others – a fact that led the staff at 91�ֿ�’s Florence Center in Italy to implement a competition among students beginning this spring semester to encourage them to make immersion a rewarding part of their studies.

These days, consumers can buy the latest clothing trends quickly and inexpensively. But, critics say, this “fast fashion” can be detrimental to the environment.

The Kent Campus is blossoming with all the colors of spring!

Two students from 91�ֿ� at Ashtabula are leading a team that is releasing a health mobile app aimed at helping users maintain a healthy lifestyle.

The 91�ֿ� Airport is best known as a place where future pilots are trained, but its staff also makes sure the facility is beneficial to the community.

91�ֿ� is one of only four institutions nationwide chosen to host a Japan Outreach Initiative coordinator. Meet Haruhide Osugi, 91�ֿ�’s Japan Outreach Initiative coordinator.