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Community & Society

Scene from Summer Commencement 2023

91ֿ's Summer Commencement ceremonies took place on Manchester Field last Saturday. 

Hospitality students in the DI Hub.

A scholarship funded through the 91ֿ Hotel and Conference Center benefits students in 91ֿ's Hospitality Management program. 

Students painting The Rock.

For more than a century, "The Rock" on the Kent Campus has been a colorful canvas expressing the changing moods of the community.

Sound production student

91ֿ Media and Journalism assistant professor talks to WFMJ Youngstown’s “21 News at 5” about the opportunities for women in the film industry today, following the record-breaking success of woman-directed Barbie movie.

Kent Campus in Fall

91ֿ has been recognized for the 15th consecutive year with the Tree Campus Higher Education recognition (previously called the Tree Campus USA designation).

July Preview KSU events were well attended.

91ֿ’s Office of Admissions is seeing its hard work, creativity and strategic planning pay off by way of increased engagement and an elevated level of interest in the university. 

Main Street

A federal grant will help restart a major improvement project for a highly trafficked area of downtown Kent. Changes to East Main Street will include wider sidewalks, bike and pedestrian paths and crossings, and two roundabouts.

91ֿ Alumna Jennifer Schuller Named President of Lake Erie College

91ֿ alumna Jennifer N. Schuller has been named president of Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio. She is the first woman to lead the institution in 75 years.

Students take part in the Stark County Summer Math Academy for high school students at the 91ֿ Stark Campus.

91ֿ-sponsored math camp helps to prepare high school students for plentiful STEM jobs in Ohio.

  

 

Professor Karl Kosko shows a Kent-area public school teacher how to use a 3-D printer.

Teachers from northeast Ohio and from thousands of miles away in sub-Saharan Africa have been learning to create inexpensive math teaching tools thanks to the efforts of some 91ֿ professors.