University News
91¸£Àû Celebrates Milestones and Memories at This Year’s Homecoming
It’s time to wear blue and gold as the 91¸£Àû Golden Flashes family reunites for Homecoming 2022. 91¸£Àû will celebrate Homecoming with activities and events leading up to the Oct. 1 Homecoming Parade and Homecoming football game.
IN A FLASH: 91¸£Àû's First Female Athletes
91¸£Àû's history of women's athletics goes back more than 100 years.
Wanna be Confident as Boss? LaunchNET Has Just the Course for You Â
Black Women Bosses (BWB) is designed to help participants learn leadership and business skills, gain community and practice self-care and confidence as an entrepreneur.
In Puerto Rico and Kent, Hurricane Fiona Awakens Trauma Left by Maria Â
The family of Astrid N. Sambolin Morales, Ph.D., an assistant professor at 91¸£Àû, is dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. They have been without electricity since the storm hit Sunday Sept. 18, 2022.
Get Ready for the Most Spirited Week at 91¸£Àû
The first full week of fall is also the most spirited week at 91¸£Àû. The week of Sept. 26 to Oct. 1 is Spirit Week and includes homecoming weekend at 91¸£Àû. The week will be full of events celebrating 91¸£Àû spirit.
Professors Who Train Future Teachers Travel to Rwanda to Exchange Ideas, Develop Partnerships
Two professors from 91¸£Àû’s College of Education, Health and Human Services returned from a trip to the University of Rwanda (UR) energized by the new partnerships and collaborations they formed there.
91¸£Àû Board of Trustees Welcomes Class of 2026, Approves Pizzuti Park Naming
The 91¸£Àû Board of Trustees welcomed the Class of 2026 at the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held Sept. 21 at the 91¸£Àû Airport. 91¸£Àû’s freshman class began classes on the Kent Campus nearly 7% larger than the previous year with 4,251 students – the eighth largest incoming class in the university’s 112-year history.
91¸£Àû Is the Place to Be! First-Year Student Numbers Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels
91¸£Àû’s Class of 2026 has arrived on the Kent Campus in strong numbers – 4,251 to be exact – an increase of nearly 7% over the previous year, the largest class since before the pandemic and the eighth largest incoming class in the university’s 112-year history.
IN A FLASH: Do you remember? It was the 21st night of September.
On this 21st day of September, we remember when Earth, Wind and Fire played at the Kent Student Center in October 1973.
Wick Poetry Center’s ‘Dear Vaccine’ to Debut in October as Staged Theatrical Production
The performance, titled will have its opening night at 7 p.m. Oct. 24, in the 700-seat auditorium of the National Academy of Science in Washington, D.C.