Student Life

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Holds Spring 2017 Commencement Ceremonies
The One University Commencement Ceremony will take place Saturday, May 13, at 10 a.m. in Dix Stadium.

Kent Student Center Program Hosts Roaring ’20s-Themed Fashion Show
Kent Student Center Programming, part of the Center for Student Involvement, hosted the 13th annual Rock the Runway.

Eight Students Awarded Membership to International Society of Typographic Designers
Eight School of Visual Communication Design (VCD) students were awarded membership to the prestigious (ISTD).

Twelve-year-old Enjoys the Challenge of Coursework at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½'s Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg
In Ohio, most seventh graders are learning earth and space science, physical science and life science in a middle school classroom. But Jameson Payne is not like most kids his age.

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Student Receives American Red Cross Acts of Courage Award
Joshua Looser, a junior entrepreneurship major, received the Red Cross Acts of Courage Award after successfully performing the Heimlich maneuver on a woman who was choking last year.

Transgender Students Find Home, Security and Support at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½
For Emily Grubb, all it took was looking through a magazine to decide where to go to college. A copy of magazine led Grubb to ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½.

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Hospitality Students From Ashtabula and Kent Campuses Collaborate on Winning Concept
The ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Club Managers Association of America student chapter received an award at the association's World Conference.

Transgender Students Find Home, Security and Support at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½
For transgender students like Emily Grubb, ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ is home.
Grubb and other students have found an inclusive, welcoming environment that offers resources for the transgender community, such as the student organization Trans*Fusion and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Student Center. Transgender students also receive support from ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s faculty, staff and administrators.

Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices
Three ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication.
Together, with the help of LaunchNET ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½, the three created Case.MD. Ariella Yager, entrepreneur major in ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s College of Business Administration; Samuel Graska, cell and molecular biology major in ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s College of Arts and Sciences; and Justin Gleason, graduate student in ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s College of Architecture and Environmental Design spent more than a year planning, inventing, designing and 3-D printing smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.