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Community Impact

Bowling balls at the 91²Ö¿â Surplus Store

The 91²Ö¿â Surplus Store helps the university liquidate assets in a sustainable and responsible way while offering unique items at low prices. 

Summit Professor of Learning Technologies Rick Ferdig on a hunting trip in Washington

Summit Professor of Learning Technologies Rick Ferdig serves as coordinator for the Northeast Ohio chapter of the nonprofit Farmers & Hunters Feeding the Hungry, born out of one man’s mission to “transform a God-given resource of deer and livestock into food for those in need.â€

Chris Wick (left) and David Hassler (right) stand in front of the Wick Poetry Center’s Poets for Science exhibition at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs’ 2023 Conference and Bookfair.

The Wick family has a long history of philanthropy at 91²Ö¿â that began in 1984 when brothers Bob and Walt Wick first established scholarships to support undergraduate poets at the university. This most recent gift of $1 million brings the family’s total lifetime commitment to the university to more than $3.5 million.

91²Ö¿â Farmers' Market inside the DI HUB

The final 91²Ö¿â Farmers' Market of the fall semester moves indoors, inside the DI Hub, on Nov. 14.

Native American dancers at The Transforming Educational Praxis through Dialogue with Indigenous Perspectives Conference at 91²Ö¿â

91²Ö¿â is celebrating Native American Heritage Month with events throughout November. 

President Diacon at the Freeze Out Game 2023

91²Ö¿â President Todd Diacon joined the Marching Golden Flashes and fans at Dix Stadium to cheer on our team at the annual Freeze Out Game. 

Air Force ROTC Cadets planting daffodil bulbs

Planting bulbs on Daffodil Hill has become part of 91²Ö¿â's annual Veteran's Day Commemoration. 

Air Force ROTC Cadets planting daffodil bulbs

The 91²Ö¿â community came together to celebrate its values and honor fallen veterans on Daffodil Hill.

Death doula Kacie Gikonyo

91²Ö¿â alumna and former nurse Kacie Gikonyo has founded the Death Doula Collective, a nationwide group for death doulas, and plans to establish her own death doula school in the Cleveland-Akron area to provide clinical hands-on training.

Members of 91²Ö¿â's ROTC present the color guard at Veterans Day services.

91²Ö¿â paid formal tribute to all those who have served in the U.S. armed forces at its annual Veterans Day Commemoration.