Community & Society
Three new college and career academies at Akron’s Firestone Community Learning Center will bear the name of ӰƵ, as part of a new partnership announced Feb. 21 between the university and Akron Public Schools.
The ӰƵ Board of Trustees adopted a 10-year facilities master plan that embarks on a $1 billion transformative journey of the Kent Campus to better serve the needs of students and the entire Kent St
Batman is coming to ӰƵ.
In fact, so are Birdman, Betelgeuse and Vulture.
Sandy Scheuer was on her way to class on May 4, 1970, when she was shot and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen responding to protests of the Vietnam War at ӰƵ. Now, almost 50 years later, Ms. Scheuer’s life will be the subject of a new exhibit at the May 4 Visitors Center at ӰƵ.
Trees fill the sky every season as far as the eye can see as ӰƵ students walk down the Lefton Esplanade on the Kent Campus.
Kendra Snatchko is about to graduate from ӰƵ, and her eyes are focused on a bright future. Remarkably, her vision of the future started forming when she was only 12 years old.
Eli Kalil, a junior applied communications major at ӰƵ, saw just how powerful the tool of social media can be when he posted an inspiring tweet involving his mother in late January.
Police officers rarely find out how victims are doing after a crisis. But ӰƵ Police Officer Anne Spahr recalls the moment when she knew she had saved a life.
A long way from rural Mansfield, Ohio, the girl who grew up with cows in her backyard was now halfway around the world learning Swahili and teaching children how to speak English.
ӰƵ’s DeWeese Health Center is on a mission to create a culture of wellness on campus that incorporates body, mind, spirit and financial well-being, as well as a sense of community.