Global Reach
Spring 2014 Bowman Breakfast to Focus on Local and Global Impact of Kent Businesses
The spring 2014 Bowman Breakfast will take place at ӰƵ in the Kent Student Center Ballroom on Tuesday, March 18. Doors open at 7 a.m., breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m., and the program will follow at 8 a.m. Five speakers will discuss the topic “Kent Businesses … A Local and G…
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ӰƵ’s Office of Global Education Offers New Language Series Program
ӰƵ’s Office of Global Education is sponsoring a new event open to all students, faculty and staff at no cost. The Survival Language Series will offer a crash course on basic language skills every other week during the semester. Each week’s session will be taught by a native langu…
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ӰƵ’s Office of Global Education Offers New Language Series Program
ӰƵ’s Office of Global Education is sponsoring a new event open to all students, faculty and staff at no cost. The Survival Language Series will offer a crash course on basic language skills every other week during the semester beginning Friday, Sept. 20. Each week’s session will …
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ӰƵ Students Travel to Uganda for Global Tourism Class
ӰƵ alumnus Ryan Rohrer led eight students to study in Uganda during the Summer Intercession 2013, May 20 through June 7. “The entire trip was completely remarkable and amazing,” says Meghan Walker, junior early childhood education major. “From the wildlife and scenery to the inte…
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ӰƵ Continues Tradition of Hosting Global UGRAD-Pakistan Student
The U.S. Department of ӰƵ’s program helps to increases cross-cultural learning and understanding ӰƵ welcomes international student Muhammad Sohaib to the Kent Campus as part of the U.S. Department of ӰƵ’s Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Pakistan (Gl…
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ӰƵ Joins Global Campaign One Billion Rising to Stop Violence Against Women and Girls, Feb. 14
Feb. 14 to be V-Day’s Largest Day of Action Ever On Feb. 14, at various times and locations across campus, the ӰƵ Women’s Center will join with activists around the world for One Billion Rising, the largest day of action in the history of V-Day, the global activist movement to en…
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Global Lens Film Festival Returns to ӰƵ Trumbull
The ӰƵ at Trumbull Office of Student Activities will present select films from The Global Film Initiative’s “Global Lens 2012” film series during the months of November and December. The film series — a set of 10 award-winning narrative feature films from Albania, Argentina, Braz…
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Webinar on Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals
Significant changes are coming soon to Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) adopted the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The GHS includes criteria for the classification of health, physical and envir…
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College of Public Health Team Studies Global Hand Hygiene
Four graduate students from ӰƵ's College of Public Health recently completed a research project focused on hand hygiene among economically disadvantaged populations for Akron's GOJO Industries Inc., a leading global producer and marketer of skin health and hygiene solutions for aw…
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ӰƵ Presents Global Entrepreneurship Week
ӰƵ will mark Global Entrepreneurship Week with a series of events Nov. 13 – 15 for students, alumni and the community. Each November, Global Entrepreneurship Week connects young people everywhere through local, national and global activities designed to help them expl…
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