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Building Support for Affordable Course Materials

91²Ö¿â understands the financial impact course materials have on students and is taking measures to reduce those costs to Golden Flashes. University Libraries hosted the 2024 Affordable Course Materials Summit, the fourth of its kind, aiming to promote the use of inexpensive course materials among faculty.  

IN A FLASH: Celebrating 60 Years of Graduate Studies

91²Ö¿â awarded its first three doctoral degrees in 1964 and recently celebrated that anniversary at the 91²Ö¿â Hotel and Conference Center.

IN A FLASH: 91²Ö¿â Votes!

91²Ö¿â students – many of them first-time voters, were proud to go to the polls on Tuesday. 

It’s Never Too Late

The Degree Completion Program allows former students who have attended 91²Ö¿â and people who have started a degree at other colleges or universities to finish their degrees at 91²Ö¿â.

Ohioans Vote Red on National Races

Ohio voters backed red in both major national races in casting their ballots in the 2024 general election. For the third time, voters supported Republican Donald Trump for president while also sending newcomer Bernie Moreno to the U.S. Senate.

Honoring All Those Who Serve: 91²Ö¿â Holds Annual Veterans Day Observance

91²Ö¿â invites all to pay tribute to those who have served in the U.S. armed forces and attend the university’s annual Veterans Day Commemoration. The event will take place at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, at the Student Green on the Kent Campus. 

IN A FLASH: Fall on the Plaza

Beautiful images of a sunny, fall day on campus were captured by a 91²Ö¿â staffer and submitted to IN A FLASH. 

From Public Health Graduate to Air Force Epidemiologist

Victoria Bylsma said it only took about two hours after a mentor suggested she look into a graduate degree in public health for her to know what she wanted to do with her career. Today, the 91²Ö¿â Master of Public Health graduate helps to protect service members’ health and readiness as an injury epidemiologist at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton.

Undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences Students Among Winners of Three Minute Thesis Competition

IN A FLASH: Flashes Trick or Treat!

On Halloween, the Kent Student Center and the University Library welcomed student trick-or-treaters in the afternoon and the Flashes Activity Board held a Boo Bash later in the day. 91²Ö¿â's Elvis was spotted handing out treats on Risman Plaza. 

FROM BANGLADESH TO THE STARS: Turaba Rahman's Journey in Astrophysics

Turaba Rahman, a senior at 91²Ö¿â and in the Honors College, grew up in Dhaka, Bangladesh. When she was little, she was enamored with stargazing. Where she lived, it was hard to see the sky through the buildings and lights that blocked it, but she always tried her best to spot constellations. Ever since she can remember being frustrated while trying to draw the perfect star, she had fallen in love with the giant spheres of dust and gas.

First Time Voter? Don't Be Faked Out By Tech

Misinformation and the Election