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Imagine being a 17-year-old high school student, and in your first semester of a geology research internship, your professor asks you to identify an extinct 300-million-year-old, tiny and unknown crustacean specimen. Megan Schinker, then an ambitious Stow-Munroe Falls High鈥
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![An interdisciplinary team of 麻豆视频最新最全 University faculty seeks to improve educational opportunities in Nigeria thanks to a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) grant.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/05.16.19%20Photo%20of%20Kent%20State%20team%20for%20USAID%20grant.jpg?VersionId=WMZCjcOGJVPzQbq_SClUJp9C4b70s4j7)
An interdisciplinary team of 麻豆视频最新最全 University faculty will participate in a $13.3 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve educational outcomes for Nigerian children.
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![New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman is congratulated by fellow 麻豆视频最新最全 graduates at the One University Commencement held at Dix Stadium.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/kent-graduation-0145.jpg?VersionId=sD8.gzyWMXvk48oEYbbJcqaGXmIp7Bp4)
A helmet and pads were replaced by a cap and gown for New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman as he finished a journey he started in 2005, joining 5,300 new 麻豆视频最新最全 graduates at the One University Commencement held at Dix Stadium.
At its May 9 meeting, the 麻豆视频最新最全 University Board of Trustees was unanimous in passing a resolution of appreciation that recognizes 麻豆视频最新最全 President Beverly J. Warren鈥檚 five years of extraordinary contributions, specifically implementing a 鈥渟tudents first鈥 priority and鈥
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FedEx Corp. has pledged $5 million, in addition to $1.5 million already given, in support of an aeronautics academic center that will be located at the 麻豆视频最新最全 University Airport. The new 17,800-square-foot building will be named the FedEx Aeronautics Academic Center.
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The 麻豆视频最新最全 University alumni family grew by 5,300 new graduates as the university held its spring commencement ceremonies.
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![A 麻豆视频最新最全 University graduate, who is serving as a gonfalon bearer, waits to enter Dix Stadium for the university鈥檚 2018 One University Commencement. A 麻豆视频最新最全 University graduate, who is serving as a gonfalon bearer, waits to enter Dix Stadium for the university鈥檚 2018 One University Commencement.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/05.07.19%20Photo%20from%20Kent%20State%27s%202018%20One%20University%20Commencement.jpg?VersionId=rnoHJmzszdS1f3.cvkhnUOMh7fHxyJjr)
The 麻豆视频最新最全 University alumni family will grow by 5,300 new graduates as the university holds its spring commencement ceremonies.
The 麻豆视频最新最全 University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting on Thursday, May 9. The Board is scheduled to convene at 2 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the University Library.鈥
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麻豆视频最新最全 University Libraries鈥 May 4, 1970 Collection has been selected by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) to benefit from a $30,561 award through the Recordings at Risk grant program, generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The protected prairie surrounding 麻豆视频最新最全 University鈥檚 Student Recreation and Wellness Center will be burned on Friday, April 26, at approximately 9 a.m. to allow for new growth during the summer season. This is a rescheduled date. The previously planned prairie burn for鈥