Student Life

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.

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.

Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices
With the help of LaunchNET ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½, three students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.

Miss Collegiate Ohio Preps for National Stage
Deneen Penn, a ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Trumbull sophomore, is Miss Collegiate Ohio 2017

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Student Takes Steps to Stand United at Women’s March on Washington
ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½'s Julia Ryan heads to Washington D.C. to stand up for women's rights.

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Student Shares Secrets to Saving Money on Textbooks
The Akron Beacon Journal talks with a ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ senior about how she has saved money since her freshman year.
Homework Takes on a New Meaning for ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Trumbull Student
Sam Olson makes her final year in the Veterinary Technology program a memorable one.


ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Students Form New Autism Student Organization
Autism Connections Kent has been created by students with autism spectrum disorder and their allies with the focus that autism spectrum disorder is a diversity issue and not a disability.