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I HEART Travel Week Expo Flies Students Out of Their Comfort Zone

The Valentine’s Day-themed expo made it easy for students to discover, explore and fall in love with the many study abroad options available through ӰƵ.

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How Hospitality Management Is Weathering the Great Resignation

In early 2021, during the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, masses of employees across the country began resigning their jobs in record numbers, marking what is known as the “.” For students in ӰƵ's Hospitality and Event Management program, there’s a big opportunity to capitalize on an industry that is in the middle of a large shift in management. 

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ӰƵ student Lucia Perry, of Poland, Ohio, studies fashion merchandising.

Fashion Merchandising Student Sold on Campus and Downtown Charm

From her perch in Rockwell Hall, where she takes classes as a fashion merchandising major, ӰƵ student Lucia Perry has a perfect view of the Lefton Esplanade leading to downtown Kent.

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Freezing rain left branches on campus with a crystal coating of ice.

IN A FLASH: Crystal Clear

Freezing rain encased tree branches on campus in ice Wednesday morning.

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Olivia Meyer, senior fashion merchandising student.

‘Merchandising Is Both a Science and an Art’

Olivia Meyer, junior Honors College fashion merchandising student, is designing her own success at ӰƵ and abroad. “I think what I'm most excited for is the unknown,” she muses.

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2022-23 WPNI Students in Washington, D.C.

Fifty Years of Bridging ӰƵ to our Nation's Capital

The Washington Program in National Issues is more than your average internship program. For 50 years, a cohort of roughly 20 ӰƵ juniors and seniors heads to Washington, D.C., to participate in a variety of internships.

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ӰƵ President Todd Diacon and Kent City Manager Dave Ruller.

Partners in Success: ӰƵ and City Collaborate for the Win

More than a decade of collaboration has meant success for ӰƵ and the city of Kent. 

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Senior history major Emma Kelly was among the ӰƵ students who visited Jackson ӰƵ University for the alternative winter break trip.

ӰƵ and Jackson ӰƵ University: Campuses Connected by Tragedy and Transformation

ӰƵ students who traveled to Jackson ӰƵ University during an alternative winter break trip had in-depth, hands-on exposure to survivors of the May 15, 1970, police shooting, which killed two people; the youngest Freedom Rider, Hezekiah Watkins; and the home of Myrlie and Medgar Evers, a National Monument.

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Bob DiBiasio

What’s a Career in Sports Like? Ask a Professional

Many ӰƵ students are interested in knowing what a career in sports administration is like. Cleveland Guardians Senior Vice President of Public Affairs Bob DiBiasio has answers.

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Exercising the Body and the Mind

Peering into a classroom taught by Jeffery Huston, professor of health sciences and Outstanding Teaching Award winner, may surprise the casual observer. An ideal classroom for Huston balances on the edge of chaos.

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