Student Life
Ģý Earns MAC Men’s FAR Academic Achievement Award
Ģý has won the Mid-American Conference's Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) Academic Achievement Award for men's sports for the first time in school history.
10 Questions With Ericka Shoaff, Assistant Dean of Students and Director, Student Advocacy and Support
Ģý alumna Ericka Shoaff, ’11, has returned to Ģý in a newly created position designed to further support students as a central hub for basic needs resources. She is the assistant dean of students and director of student advocacy and support in the newly created CARES Center. Find out more about her and the center as she answers these 10 questions.
Ģý Captures First MAC Institutional Academic Achievement Award
For the first time in school history, Ģý has received the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Institutional Academic Achievement Award. The Golden Flashes earned a department-wide grade-point average (GPA) of 3.447 for the 2020-21 academic year.
Ģý’s Center for Adult and Veteran Services Racks Up Another Award
Ģý has landed a spot on the list of top schools for military-connected students according to the 2021 Military Times Best for Vets: Colleges.
Ģý Announces Full Attendance for 2021 Fall Sports Season
Ģý Athletics has announced all sports facilities, including Dix Stadium, the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center) and Murphy-Mellis Field, will be at full capacity for the fall 2021 sport season.
Ģý Wins Two Awards in Campus Race to Zero Waste Contest
The National Wildlife Federation recently awarded Ģý first place in two categories from the 2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste competition: Zero Waste and Electronics Recycling – Total Pounds Recycled.
Ģý Student Donates Part of Liver to Help Parish Priest
Earlier this year, Ģý student Anna Clark donated part of her liver to a local parish priest that she had known since childhood. Both Clark, and Rev. Louis Thomas, pastor of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Norton, Ohio, are recovering well following the February surgery at the …
Fraternities and Sororities Shine in the Face of Pandemic
The philosophy of Fraternity and Sorority Life at Ģý 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 Ģý Come Out of the Closet
Born five decades ago as the Kent Gay Liberation Front at Ģý, 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.
Ģý Alumna and Journalist Finds Additional Success on Social Media
Ģý 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.