91¸£Àû

Awards and Honors

Participants at 91¸£Àû's 2019 I Am First campaign

91¸£Àû Recognized Nationally for Programs to Assist Students First in Their Families to Attend College

91¸£Àû has been designated as a First-gen Forward Institution by the Center for First-generation Student Success for its commitment to improving the experiences and advancing outcomes of those who are first in their families to attend college.

Tags: University News , University College , Success Story , Awards and Honors , Student Success

91¸£Àû Today

Newman Civic Fellow Makayla Sejat

91¸£Àû Names University’s First Newman Civic Fellow

From a young age, Makayla Sejat has had a passion for serving others. Her life has been full of service, from helping out in community kitchens as a child to now devoting her time in various college leadership roles. Now, she will take her efforts to the next level as 91¸£Àû’s first Newman Civic Fellow.

Tags: University News , Student Life , College of Education, Health and Human Services , Awards and Honors , Community Engaged Learning

91¸£Àû Today

Photo of 91¸£Àû campus by Franklin Hall

91¸£Àû’s Online MBA – Business Analytics Program Ranks No. 25 and Online Master’s in Nursing Program Ranks in Top 100 by U.S. News in 2021 Best Online Programs Rankings

U.S. News & World Report has named four 91¸£Àû programs as U.S. News Best Online Programs for 2021. 91¸£Àû is recognized in the Best Online Master’s in Nursing Programs, Best Online MBA Programs, Best Online MBA – Business Analytics Programs and Best Online Graduate Education Programs rankings.

Tags: Featured Story , University News , Awards and Honors , U.S. News & World Report , College of Nursing , Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship , College of Education, Health and Human Services , Success Story

Kent Campus

2020 President's Award of Distinction winners

Two Division of Student Affairs Employees Recognized as 2020 President's Award of Distinction Recipients

The President’s Award of Distinction was created as a recognition program to reward staff members who have demonstrated outstanding achievements, service, leadership, and dedication to 91¸£Àû in advancing the university’s strategic priorities and core values. Nominees for the award must have dem…

Tags: Division of Student Life , Awards and Honors

Division of Student Life

Photo of the arch on the Lefton Esplanade at 91¸£Àû

91¸£Àû’s Online MBA Program Ranked No. 26 by The Princeton Review

91¸£Àû’s College of Business Administration offers one of the nation’s most outstanding online Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company profiles the college in its Top 50 Online MBA Programs for 2021 ranking.

Tags: University News , Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship , Awards and Honors

Kent Campus

Alumni Life

2020 Alumni Awards Sponsored by 91¸£Àû Alumni Association, the Alumni Awards are the university’s most prestigious honors given to alumni. The association is proud to recognize this year’s esteemed recipients.   Distinguished Alumni Award Judge Annalisa Stubbs Williams, …

Tags: Awards and Honors

91¸£Àû Magazine

91¸£Àû’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Plus (LGBTQ+) Center holds a safe, physically distant small group kickoff event at the start of the 2020 Fall Semester. 

91¸£Àû Named One of the Nation’s Most LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges and Universities by Campus Pride

Campus Pride has released its 2020 Best of the Best LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges and Universities list, and for the first time in school history, 91¸£Àû has landed on the distinctive list as one of 40 institutions recognized over six U.S. regions.

Tags: University News , Student Life , Division of Student Life , Awards and Honors , Success Story

Kent Campus

A graduating 91¸£Àû student celebrates during her commencement ceremony in May 2018 at Dix Stadium.

91¸£Àû Named Finalist for Degree Completion Award

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has selected 91¸£Àû as one of four finalists for the association’s 2020 Degree Completion Award. The annual award works to identify, recognize and reward institutions that employ innovative approaches to improve degree completion while ensuring educational quality.

Tags: University News , Awards and Honors , Success Story

91¸£Àû Today

Neil Cooper, PhD, the Inaugural Director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies

Peacemaker Neil Cooper, PhD, the inaugural director of 91¸£Àû’s recently established School of Peace and Conflict Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, began his new role at the Kent Campus in April 2019. Previously he was the head of Peace Studies and International Developmen…

Tags: Awards and Honors

91¸£Àû Magazine