Community & Society
Program Offers Incarcerated Individuals a Chance to Reenter the Community With a Degree
Beginning this fall, 91²Ö¿â at Trumbull will offer Trumbull Correctional Institution incarcerated individuals a chance to complete a Bachelor of Technical and Applied Studies (BTAS).
91²Ö¿â Wins Two Awards in Campus Race to Zero Waste Contest
The National Wildlife Federation recently awarded 91²Ö¿â first place in two categories from the 2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste competition: Zero Waste and Electronics Recycling – Total Pounds Recycled.
91²Ö¿â Professor Donates His Time as Volunteer Pilot
91²Ö¿â Receives National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Grant
91²Ö¿â is one of 61 organizations nationwide – and one of four organizations in Ohio – to be awarded a 2021-2022 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read grant. The university’s $20,000 grant will support the Big Read Northeast Ohio, a community reading program and related events focusing on “An American Sunrise†by Poet Laureate Joy Harjo from October 2021 through May 2022.
Fraternities and Sororities Shine in the Face of Pandemic
The philosophy of Fraternity and Sorority Life at 91²Ö¿â is that each strives to be the best community in the country by encompassing a nurturing and inclusive environment for everyone to call home. You can add doing great things for the community to the list.
How Dolores Noll Helped 91²Ö¿â Come Out of the Closet
Born five decades ago as the Kent Gay Liberation Front at 91²Ö¿â, PRIDE! Kent is the country’s oldest continuously operating LGBTQ student organizations. This campus organization owes its existence in large part to the boldness and courage of one person, Dolores Noll, Ph.D.
Art and Hope Intersect: 91²Ö¿â and University of Arizona Launch Global Vaccine Poem Project
Update: The Global Vaccine Poem project is finding success with more than 1,900 submissions so far from more than 100 countries. The project is a collaboration between the Wick Poetry Center and the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
91²Ö¿â Community Will Celebrate Juneteenth With a Jubilee of Fun Activities, History and NetworkingÂ
Juneteenth Jubilee will include vendors, a live DJ, dancing and mingling with those in the Kent community.
91²Ö¿â Alumna and Journalist Finds Additional Success on Social Media
91²Ö¿â alumna Jeannette Reyes, ’12, uses TikTok for fun outside of her television anchor responsibilities at FOX 5 Washington, D.C. Last October, Reyes posted a video with her husband using their “anchor talk†voices to decide on choices for dinner. She never expected her video to gain so much momentum.
91²Ö¿â Alumna and Journalist Finds Additional Success on Social Media
91²Ö¿â alumna Jeannette Reyes, ’12, uses TikTok for fun outside of her television anchor responsibilities at FOX 5 Washington, D.C. Last October, Reyes posted a video with her husband using their “anchor talk†voices to decide on choices for dinner. She never expected her video to gain so much momentum.