University News

¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ’s Crawford Hall Earns LEED Silver Certification
An innovative design, energy-efficient systems, water conservation technologies and environmentally responsible construction materials are some of the features that earned Crawford Hall, ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ’s newest – and largest – academic building, LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Flying Flashes Aim for Fourth Straight Win
The skies are calling once again, and ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ’s Flying Flashes are answering, this time with their sights set on a fourth consecutive intercollegiate victory in the Areaseir Race Classic.

ADVISORY: ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ Board of Trustees Meeting, June 25
The ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 25, in the Timothy D. Eippert Boardroom, Suite 412, at Crawford Hall on the Kent Campus.
Flying High: Ohio’s Lieutenant Governor tours ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ’s Nationally Ranked College of Aeronautics and Engineering
Ohio Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel recently toured ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering, seeing firsthand how the university is educating students for critically needed jobs in the aviation and engineering fields.
International Town and Gown Association Came to ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ to Communicate, Collaborate and Celebrate
More than 280 people attended the 2025 ITGA City & University Relations Conference, which kicked off at the Kent Student Center ballroom on June 4. Todd Kamenash, ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ’s associate dean of students for conduct & community engagement, chaired the ITGA conference, which had the theme Communicate, Collaborate and Celebrate.
Third Central Asian Nation Seeks Educational Partnership with ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ
¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ has signed an agreement with Tashkent State University of Economics in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to begin collaboration on a joint master’s degree in economics and other programs, as ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ continues to expand its partnerships throughout Central Asia.

¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ Helps Celebrate Goodyear Blimp's 100th Anniversary
As the iconic Goodyear Blimp marks its 100th anniversary, ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ’s connection to aviation history is soaring to new heights. Three alumni of the university’s aeronautics program are among the aviators steering this American icon through its centennial celebration.

Honors College Advisor Given the Distinguished Advisor Award
For all of her exemplary work, Theresa Yogi was recently awarded ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ’s Distinguished Advising Award by University Advising and the Kent Academic Advising Support and Advising Association. Of her 13-year career, Yogi has spent seven-and-a-half years at ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ’s Honors College.

IN A FLASH: Foundational Faculty
The roster of these current and former faculty assembled for ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ's silver anniversary reads like the legend on a campus map, as so many in the 1935 photo had university buildings named for them.

Happy 115th Birthday, ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ!
In May, ¶¡ÏãÎåÔÂæÃæÃÖÐÎÄ observes two historic institutional anniversaries, the first is of their founding as a school and the second is of the college being established as a university.