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Ģý alumnus and professional golfer Mackenzie Hughes is in Northeast Ohio to take part in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone County Club in Akron.

Video: Ģý Welcomes Back PGA Tour Winner Mackenzie Hughes

Ģý alumnus and professional golfer Mackenzie Hughes returned to his alma mater for a “Welcome Back” reception in his honor organized by Herb Page, Ģý’s director of golf and head men’s golf coach.

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Video: Ģý Welcomes Back PGA Tour Winner Mackenzie Hughes

A Ģý entrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords.

The Missing Link Between College Renters and Landlords

A Ģý entrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords.

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Matthew Minichillo runs 200 miles in the MS Run the US Relay.

Miles to Make a Difference

A Ģý assistant dean runs 200 miles for his daughter and all other families touched by multiple sclerosis. 

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Ģý Assistant Professor Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., poses beside a map kiosk in downtown Kent that she helped to create.

Ģý Professor Earns Main Street Kent’s Volunteer of the Year Award

Ģý Assistant Professor Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., has been named Volunteer of the Year by Main Street Kent for her contributions to the revitalization of downtown Kent. 

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Ģý Professor Earns Main Street Kent’s Volunteer of the Year Award

Pictured are Circl App developers (from left to right) Michael Frindt, Ronald Dear and Zachary Eckert.

Three Ģý Community Members Develop New Networking App

Three Ģý community members have developed a new app called Circl, which reinvents how people socialize and network.

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Three Ģý Community Members Develop New Networking App

Ģý President Beverly Warren (left) receives a $1 million grant for the university’s Institute for Applied Linguistics from Mary and Ted Gawlicki of the Gawlicki Family Foundation.

Ģý’s Institute for Applied Linguistics Receives $1 Million Grant to Invest in Distance Learning

Ģý’s Institute for Applied Linguistics has received a grant for $1 million from the Gawlicki Family Foundation of Hartford, Connecticut, to fund the development of a state-of-the-art distance learning translation studies program.

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Ģý’s Institute for Applied Linguistics Receives $1 Million Grant to Invest in Distance Learning

Pictured are participants at the Girls Geared for Engineering Camp at Ģý.

Video: Girls Geared for Engineering

The Girls Geared for Engineering Camp at Ģý is the result of a partnership between Ģý’s College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology and the Six District Educational Compact.

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Making Our Own Space students carry lumber for the day’s outdoor build workshop in Shaker Heights’ Hildana Park. (Photo credit: Beth Conway)

Ģý’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative Wins 2017 Great Places Award From Environmental Design Research Association

Ģý is recognized for engaging and empowering middle and high school students to transform their neighborhood public spaces.

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Ģý architecture students form a group to design and build environments for animal shelters, at no cost.

KSU Barkitecture: Architecture Students Link Pets with People

A group of Ģý architecture students formed “KSU Barkitecture” to design and build environments for pets living in shelters.

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A student in Ģý’s Fashion School works on a project in a design classroom.

Next Generation Learning Community Supports College and Career Academy for Akron Students

Ģý is offering special expertise and resources to high school students attending Akron Public Schools to include immersive opportunities with the university’s fashion, arts and architecture programs. The announcement was made May 16 as Akron Public Schools was named a Ford Next…

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