Community Impact
EHHS alumnus Erica Maxwell and her teenage daughter, Jessica Alexander, visited the Child Development Center to read from their newly published book, “Beauty With a Birthmark.â€
It’s time to wear blue and gold as the 91²Ö¿â Golden Flashes family reunites for Homecoming 2022. 91²Ö¿â will celebrate Homecoming with activities and events leading up to the Oct. 1 Homecoming Parade and Homecoming football game.
It may surprise you to learn that “Captain Underpants,†“Frankenstein,†“The Great Gatsby,†“Hunger Games†and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower†are all popular books that have been banned, along with many others. In honor of Banned Books Week, the Second Annual Banned Books Read-In was held in Taylor Hall.
Members of the 91²Ö¿â community can take great pride in their university’s hometown. The city of Kent has been selected by Ohio Magazine as a 2022-2023 Best Hometown. The Best Hometown honor recognizes Kent as a great place to live, work and visit.
Nearly 40 people from the 91²Ö¿â community enjoyed a tour of the flowers and trees of Front Campus during part two of the “Walk & Talk: Flowers and Foliage†event, thanks to the Employee Wellness and Health Promotion program and the grounds crew.
Every Friday, the 91²Ö¿â community can come together to create poetry and share a more vulnerable side of themselves at the Wick Poetry Center. The Wick Weekly poetry writing workshop brings students together to help develop them as poets and create a community of creatives.
Alumni brewers at Sibling Revelry Brewing have created 91²Ö¿â Golden Lager - the official craft beer of 91²Ö¿â Athletics.