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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« is first university in Northeast Ohio to have its campus added to Google’s Street View for University Campuses
Brian Peters, assistant professor in Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’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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Beverly Warren, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’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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Dr. Beverly Warren became president of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University on July 1, 2014. She reflects on her first day as university president and discusses the Presidential Listening Tour, which kicked off at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University at Ashtabula.
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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…
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University will hold 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). Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« will confer 1,636 degrees, including 851 bachelor’s degrees, 462 master’s degrees, 74…
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University will hold 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). Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« will confer 1,636 degrees, including 851 bachelor’s degrees, 462 master’s degrees, 74…
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A crew from Google Maps visited the Kent Campus for two days to take more than 4,600 photos of areas on campus, including those that are not accessible by vehicle.…
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting Monday, Aug. 11, at 9 a.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the Kent Campus Library.
Trustees will retire into executive session upon convening…
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s student-athletes continued their run of success in the classroom during the spring of 2014 by posting the third highest term grade point average (GPA) in recorded history.
The athletic department finished with a 3.085 spring GPA, a number that ranks…