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Aug. 18, 2014
Each August during freshman move-in day, Ģý faculty, staff and students volunteer to assist incoming freshmen get settled into their new university accommodations. To make the experience more fun and welcoming, the Kent InterHall Council sponsors the Movers…
Aug. 18, 2014
Before the fall semester starts on Aug. 25, new students are invited to participate in Welcome Weekend, a four-day orientation program that runs Aug. 21-24 and helps familiarize students with the Ģý community. The events during the weekend serve as…
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Aug. 16, 2014
Ģý held its summer Commencement ceremonies at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). Ģý conferred 1,636 degrees, including 851 bachelor’s degrees, 462 master’s degrees, 74 doctoral…
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Aug. 16, 2014
A new company formed by a Ģý researcher and inventor will market a technological innovation – flexible, electrically conductive transparent films – that can be used in electronic devices, including smart phones and touchscreens, and in windows that switch from…
Aug. 15, 2014
The Wick Poetry Center at Ģý has received a $33,472 grant from the Howard Atwood Family Fund of Akron Community Foundation. The grant project, titled “Encouraging New Voices,” is a collaborative initiative between the Wick Poetry Center and Akron Public…
Aug. 13, 2014
Ģý is first university in Northeast Ohio to have its campus added to Google’s Street View for University Campuses
Aug. 13, 2014
Brian Peters, assistant professor in Ģý’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design, was selected by ARCHITECT magazine for one of its prestigious 2014 R+D Awards. ARCHITECT magazine is the leading magazine for architecture in the U.S., and the official…
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Aug. 11, 2014
Beverly Warren, Ģý’s new president, wants to learn what makes the university so exceptional and how we can share our unique story with the world. On July 1, her first day as the university’s leader, Warren began this quest by embarking on a listening tour.…
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Aug. 11, 2014
Dr. Beverly Warren became president of Ģý on July 1, 2014. She reflects on her first day as university president and discusses the Presidential Listening Tour, which kicked off at Ģý at Ashtabula.
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Aug. 11, 2014
On March 22, 2014, a massive fire swept through historic Garrettsville, Ohio, destroying an entire commercial block and 13 businesses. Residents in the quaint Portage County village of just over 2,200 people immediately began pulling together, with efforts to relocate the local…