![Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'s Bill Ault works with MTV Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'s Bill Auld works with MTV](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/ault.jpg?VersionId=.2vNka1wWPN3It1XJq7sy7yphv_kTLWH&h=924036ca&itok=GdeWGQj9)
Bill Auld, associate professor of Theatre at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Tuscarawas, leant his flying skills to MTV's "My Super Sweet 16" this past spring to help twin recording artists SiAngie make an epic entrance to their 16th birthday party.
![Grammy winner Rick Springfield will perform as part of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Tuscarawas Performing Arts Center's 2017-18 season. Grammy winner Rick Springfield will perform as part of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Tuscarawas Performing Arts Center's 2017-18 season.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/REGIONAL-PAC-Springfield1.jpg?VersionId=aUWbgJKm1Hr2Bmo9O0_ThQouPy98e_8_&h=e6f36a9c&itok=KmM1DDRT)
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University at Tuscarawas Performing Arts Center’s 2017-2018 season will feature diverse and high-quality performances that include concerts, Broadway, comedy, family and holiday shows.
![Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Assistant Professor Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., poses beside a map kiosk in downtown Kent that she helped to create. Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Assistant Professor Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., poses beside a map kiosk in downtown Kent that she helped to create.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Mapes.jpg?VersionId=wHeC.5AXpvcZpIvutdIMn3B8SDPntjxz&h=e6f36a9c&itok=F7_T78xf)
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University 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.
![A Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« student-athlete works out in the new Athletic Training and Education Center. A Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« student-athlete works out in the new Athletic Training and Education Center.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/video-sports.jpg?VersionId=dWatKKMFf4o4zyf2PsZ1gy8JvCS_LtIA&h=e6f36a9c&itok=ScjPAhPq)
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University has opened the doors to its new state-of-the-art sports medicine facility in the MACC Annex.
![Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students create an app to connect students to social events. Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students create an app to connect students to social events.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/fresh%20app.png?VersionId=7BVsZJTmVdH76cGHj9qWOz_vlaGyBz0K&h=c6ef2c00&itok=p-VoQPIQ)
It all started with an idea that is now blossoming into a business, even before three Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students graduate.
![Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Police Academy cadets wear socks with their class number stitched in for luck. The group earned a 100 percent on their final physical fitness assessment. Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Police Academy cadets wear socks with their class number stitched in for luck. The group earned a 100 percent on their final physical fitness assessment.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/REGIONAL-Cadet-MAIN.jpg?VersionId=6q076nqOhY4yKro.WLfopvEQVr8EkMrq&h=e6f36a9c&itok=ROJLUA4a)
A commitment to excel on the State of Ohio Physical Fitness Assessment yielded a perfect score for Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s Police Academy cadets.
![Pictured are Circl App developers (from left to right) Michael Frindt, Ronald Dear and Zachary Eckert. Pictured are Circl App developers (from left to right) Michael Frindt, Ronald Dear and Zachary Eckert.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/SPECIALFEATURE-CirclApp1.jpg?VersionId=paJYBGwYeEqeperpTxeYjkp3gLrSkMeR&h=e6f36a9c&itok=E__td_te)
Three Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University community members have developed a new app called Circl, which reinvents how people socialize and network.
![Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University College of Business Administration](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/CollegeofBusiness-ka.jpg?VersionId=KzkKjl9xaG6DhEj3kghhMe49G437e36z&h=e6f36a9c&itok=TztbciE4)
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students will soon have a unique opportunity to gain professional money management experience.
![David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University, reads a poem during the River of Words poetry reading in the center’s Poetry Park.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/07.07.17%20Photo%20from%20Wick%20Poetry%20Center.jpg?VersionId=p0EiS5PdrsfsGfKuH2TtvtXbUyPy7o1G&h=5c667a60&itok=JfQkLfnd)
The Poetry Coalition, of which the Wick Poetry Center at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University is a founding member, will benefit from a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation.
![Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students model original designs created by Fashion School students during the school’s 2017 spring fashion show. Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students model original designs created by Fashion School students during the school’s 2017 spring fashion show.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PROFILE-Fashion.jpg?VersionId=e2D2UgfGeLU2v_WUE_.hz2u99wouhput&h=e6f36a9c&itok=w87Av9sL)
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising has once again been named among the nation’s elite.