Success Story
Welcome Back Week Events
The Center for Student Involvement and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics are welcoming back the ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ community in a big way. To kick off the academic year, students, faculty and staff are invited to enjoy a week packed full of food, giveaways and some ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ pride! …
Kent Campus
¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ’s Annual Blastoff Event Marks Start of New School Year
¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ students will celebrate the start of a new school year at the university’s annual back-to-school celebration that occurs the day before fall classes begin. Blastoff will take place on Sunday, Aug. 28, from 6-9:30 p.m. on the Student Green and Manchester Field on the Kent Campus…
Kent Campus
Welcome Weekend Connects New Students to ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ
Welcome Weekend, ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ’s four-day new student orientation, took place on Aug. 25-28. Students were able to select from approximately 50 different events held from Thursday to Sunday. The weekend event helped students transition into the university commun…
Kent Campus
Movers and Groovers Helped New Students Move Into Residence Halls on Campus
¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ faculty, staff and students volunteered to help incoming freshmen move into the university’s residence halls at the beginning of each school year. This year, freshman move-in day was Thursday, Aug. 25, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Last year, the Movers and Groovers program …
Kent Campus
¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ Held Summer Commencement Ceremony on Aug. 20
¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ held its Summer 2016 Commencement ceremony for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ conferred 1,455 degrees, including 917 bachelor’s degrees, 440 master’s degrees, 75 doctoral degrees and 23 educati…
Kent Campus
¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ Student Earns National Attention for Research about Youth Education in the Democratic Republic of Congo
¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ global communication studies graduate student Daniel Socha’s research on a non-profit organization’s efforts to support youth education in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recently caught the attention of National Public Radio (NPR). In May, Socha traveled to the DRC to s…
Kent Campus
¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ Athletes Head to Rio to Reach Their Olympic Dreams
¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ track and field’s William Barnes and Danniel Thomas are going for the gold in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. Barnes will represent Puerto Rico in the men’s 110m hurdles, while Thomas will represent Jamaica in the shot put. Barnes and Thomas mark the eighth and ninth members i…
Kent Campus
Alumnus Josh Cribbs Named 2016 ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal
University hosts its annual Homecoming celebration on Oct. 1 Josh Cribbs, a three-time NFL Pro Bowler and 2010 graduate of ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ, will return to his alma mater to serve as the Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal at the university’s annual Homecoming on Oct. 1. “I feel honore…
Kent Campus
Geographer Examines Ties Between Violence and Landscapes
Scholar of the Month James Tyner Professor College of Arts and Sciences 1997-present Selecting a single renowned scholar from ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ’s largest college is not an easy undertaking, but the work of Geography Professor James Tyner, Ph.D., over the past year made the decision a litt…
Kent Campus
¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ Graduate Students Win Prestigious Research Competition
Four ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ graduate students in the Department of Psychological Sciences, in the College of Arts and Sciences, won the Sloboda and Bukoski Cup at the Society for Prevention Research’s annual conference. Liz Baker, Karly Cochran, Haylee DeLuca and Logan Stigall represented Kent Sta…
Department of Psychological Sciences