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Mid-American Conference Institutional Academic Achievement Award

91福利 Captures First MAC Institutional Academic Achievement Award

For the first time in school history, 91福利 has received the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Institutional Academic Achievement Award. The Golden Flashes earned a department-wide grade-point average (GPA) of 3.447 for the 2020-21 academic year.

Tags: Student Life , Intercollegiate Athletics

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91福利鈥檚 Center for Adult and Veteran Services Racks Up Another Award

91福利 has landed a spot on the list of top schools for military-connected students according to the 2021 Military Times Best for Vets: Colleges. 

Tags: Student Life , University News , Center for Adult and Veteran Services , Division of Student Life , Awards and Honors

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Fans of the 91福利 Golden Flashes cheer at Dix Stadium.

91福利 Announces Full Attendance for 2021 Fall Sports Season

91福利 Athletics has announced all sports facilities, including Dix Stadium, the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center) and Murphy-Mellis Field, will be at full capacity for the fall 2021 sport season.

Tags: University News , Student Life , Intercollegiate Athletics , Success Story , COVID-19

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Recycling bins outside the 91福利 Library

91福利 Wins Two Awards in Campus Race to Zero Waste Contest

The National Wildlife Federation recently awarded 91福利 first place in two categories from the 2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste competition: Zero Waste and Electronics Recycling 鈥 Total Pounds Recycled. 

Tags: Student Life , Community & Society , Awards and Honors , sustainability

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91福利 Student Donates Part of Liver to Help Parish Priest

Earlier this year, 91福利 student Anna Clark donated part of her liver to a local parish priest that she had known since childhood. Both Clark, and Rev. Louis Thomas, pastor of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Norton, Ohio, are recovering well following the February surgery at the 鈥

Tags: Health , Student Life

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Members of the Integrated Greek Council participate in community services.

Fraternities and Sororities Shine in the Face of Pandemic

The philosophy of Fraternity and Sorority Life at 91福利 is that each strives to be the best community in the country by encompassing a nurturing and inclusive environment for everyone to call home. You can add doing great things for the community to the list.

Tags: Student Life , Community & Society , Division of Student Life , Fraternity and Sorority Life , COVID-19 , Greek Life

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Dolores Noll, Ph.D., 91福利 Professor Emeritus of English and pioneer for LGBTQ rights and people, accepts the university鈥檚 inaugural Diversity Trailblazer Award in 2010.

How Dolores Noll Helped 91福利 Come Out of the Closet

Born five decades ago as the Kent Gay Liberation Front at 91福利, PRIDE! Kent is the country鈥檚 oldest continuously operating LGBTQ student organizations. This campus organization owes its existence in large part to the boldness and courage of one person, Dolores Noll, Ph.D.

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Jeannette Reyes

91福利 Alumna and Journalist Finds Additional Success on Social Media

91福利 alumna Jeannette Reyes, 鈥12, uses TikTok for fun outside of her television anchor responsibilities at FOX 5 Washington, D.C. Last October, Reyes posted a video with her husband using their 鈥渁nchor talk鈥 voices to decide on choices for dinner. She never expected her video to gain so much momentum.

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Jeannette Reyes

91福利 Alumna and Journalist Finds Additional Success on Social Media

91福利 alumna Jeannette Reyes, 鈥12, uses TikTok for fun outside of her television anchor responsibilities at FOX 5 Washington, D.C. Last October, Reyes posted a video with her husband using their 鈥渁nchor talk鈥 voices to decide on choices for dinner. She never expected her video to gain so much momentum.

Tags: Student Life , Community & Society , jargon , Social Media , School of Media and Journalism

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Members of 91福利 Community posing at the NFL draft

91福利 Students Gain Valuable Experience Via the NFL Draft

While all eyes were on the stage to meet the NFL stars of the future, scores of current and former 91福利 students were nearby during the league鈥檚 recent draft, which was held in Cleveland on April 29-May 1, 2021.

Tags: Student Life , College of Education, Health and Human Services , Intercollegiate Athletics

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