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91福利 architecture and urban design students stand near the aging waterfront in Havana, Cuba, in an effort to design plans to help restore it. (Photo credit: 91福利鈥檚 Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative)

91福利鈥檚 Historic Trip to Cuba Coincides With President Obama鈥檚 Visit

From its island greenery and beautiful, clear beaches 鈥 to its vintage American cars and aged architecture 鈥 Havana, Cuba, is a place where few American college students have explored in more than 60 years. But now that diplomatic relations are being restored between both countries, students from鈥

Tags: Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative , College of Architecture and Environmental Design , Student Success , Success Story

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Vivian Feke, a recent graduate of 91福利, is the winner of the 2016 Student Edward R. Murrow Overall Excellence Award for video. The award recognizes outstanding work by student journalists. (Photo credit: Gary Hanson)

2016 Journalism Grad Wins Student Murrow Award for Video Excellence

Vivian Feke, a recent graduate of 91福利 who studied broadcast journalism in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is the winner of the 2016 Student Edward R. Murrow Overall Excellence Award for video. 

Tags: Awards and Honors , Student Success , Success Story , University News , College of Communication & Information , School of Media and Journalism

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91福利 baseball player Eric Lauer has been named the Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I Player of the Year by Collegiate Baseball newspaper. He also has earned First Team All-America and Academic All-America honors.

91福利鈥檚 Tradition of Athletic Success Continues

91福利鈥檚 tradition of athletic success was on full display in early June, earning a national player of the year, a national assistant coach of the year and an honor for excellence throughout its 10 women鈥檚 sports. 91福利 baseball pitcher Eric Lauer earned two significant awards a鈥

Tags: Intercollegiate Athletics , Awards and Honors , Student Success , Success Story , University News

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Six members of the 91福利 softball team are honored prior to the game against the University of Akron. The student-athletes are part of the university鈥檚 graduating Class of 2016.

64 Golden Flashes Receive Diplomas in Spring 2016

91福利 Athletes Shatter Record for Highest GPA in Program History The 2016 91福利 Golden Flashes have shattered the record for the highest annual grade point average (GPA) in program history. They also broke the record for the most students with a perfect 4.0.  Collecti鈥

Tags: Intercollegiate Athletics , Commencement , Student Success , Success Story

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Members of 91福利鈥檚 Division of Student Affairs and Department of Public Safety pose for a photo with 91福利 student Josh Paulin and his mother (fourth and fifth from left) during the presentation of the Public Safety Citizen鈥檚 Award.

Eagle Scout Training Helps 91福利 Student Save a Life

91福利 freshman Josh Paulin is not only a good student, but an exemplary citizen. On March 13, 2016, Paulin saved a man鈥檚 life, and now 91福利鈥檚 Department of Public Safety is honoring Paulin for his heroic acts.     It all started while he was waiting at鈥

Tags: Division of Student Life , Department of Public Safety , Student Success , Success Story , University News

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New 91福利 graduates pose with family members outside the MAC Center following a Spring 2016 commencement ceremony.

91福利 Holds Spring Commencement Ceremonies on May 13, 14 and 20

91福利 held its Spring 2016 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Friday, May 13, and Saturday, May 14, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center. The final ceremony will be held Friday, May 20, at Cartwright Hall. 91福利 will confer 4,210 degre鈥

Tags: Commencement , Office of the Provost , Student Success , Success Story

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Dior Delophont, senior fashion design major from France, competes in the long jump during a 91福利 track meet.

91福利 Athletics Drives International Student-Athletes鈥 Success Inside and Outside of the Classroom

鈥91福利 has allowed me to do just about everything I have wanted to do,鈥 said Dior Delophont, senior fashion design major and standout women鈥檚 track and field competitor at 91福利. Many international student-athletes also revealed the university鈥檚 Department of Intercollegiate 鈥

Tags: Intercollegiate Athletics , Global Education , Student Success , Success Story

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91福利 students smile at an event on campus. 91福利 student organizations sponsor more than 250 events on campus each year.

91福利 Reaches a Record Number of Student Organizations on Campus

91福利 officially registered 402 student organizations on campus this spring semester, a record-breaking number for the university, according to the Center for Student Involvement. 鈥淩eaching this high number of student organizations on campus reflects the kind of students that are 鈥

Tags: Center for Student Involvement , Division of Student Life , Student Success , Success Story , Student Life

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91福利 student Nahuel Gorostiza poses for a photo in Cartwright Hall. Gorostiza serves as the youth delegate to the United Nations for his home country of Argentina.

91福利 Student Named Youth Delegate to the United Nations

91福利 student Nahuel Gorostiza, a freshman digital sciences major, is now the United Nations (U.N.) Youth Delegate of Argentina. Voting in Argentina Gorostiza was born in Argentina and lived there until starting college last fall at 91福利. He had always been intereste鈥

Tags: Global Education , Student Success , Success Story , Global Reach

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91福利 student Hart Main displays ManCans, masculine-scented candles he created. Part of the proceeds from each candle is donated to soup kitchens, and the candles themselves are made by individuals with development disabilities.

91福利 Student Sells Candles With a Philanthropic Twist

  鈥淒on鈥檛 put any idea off as a joke,鈥 said Richard 鈥淗art鈥 Main, a 91福利 sophomore economics major from New Philadelphia, Ohio. 鈥淚 almost did that and missed an opportunity.鈥 The 18-year-old entrepreneur, from 91福利's College of Business Administration, is referri鈥

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , Division of Student Life , Business, Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship

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