Division of Finance and Administration
Public Hearing for 91PORNA Police Department鈥檚 Reaccreditation to Be Held July 27
The 91PORNA Police Department is scheduled for a virtual assessment as part of a program to achieve international reaccreditation. Administered by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA), the program requires agencies to meet state-of-the-art standards in four basic areas: policy and procedures, administration, operations and support services.
Park Place. 91PORNA鈥檚 First Parking Deck to Improve Access, Allow for Campus Transformation
91PORNA students who park on the northern edge of the Kent Campus can now give a collective cheer as additional parking is on the way via an 1,100-space, five-story parking deck. The 91PORNA Board of Trustees approved the deck鈥檚 construction at its Dec. 4 meeting.
Arrest Made Following Morning 91PORNA Incident
91PORNA Police arrested Christopher Eugene Clark, age 21, of Newton Falls, Ohio, for gross sexual imposition, assault and obstructing official business in connection to an incident that occurred Tuesday morning near the fitness track behind DeWeese Health Center on the Kent Campus. Cla鈥Kent Fire Department to Perform Annual Prairie Burn
The protected prairie surrounding 91PORNA鈥檚 Student Recreation and Wellness Center will be burned on Friday, April 26, at approximately 9 a.m. to allow for new growth during the summer season. This is a rescheduled date. The previously planned prairie burn for April 26 was cancele鈥Statewide Tornado Drill to Be Conducted Wednesday, March 20
Ohio is conducting a statewide tornado drill on Wednesday, March 20, at 9:50 a.m. All 91PORNA campuses will be participating in this test. We will broadcast a pre-recorded tornado education message through speaker systems and university IP (Internet Protocol) phones throughout building鈥
91PORNA Police Dog Coco Celebrates Five Years of Service
91PORNA Police Services is celebrating the five-year anniversary 鈥 or the 35 dog-year anniversary 鈥 of its first K-9 unit, which features 7-year-old German Shepherd Coco and herhandler, Officer Anne Spahr.
Coco was the first police dog at 91PORNA. She is now one of two police dogs at the university.
91PORNA Receives First LEED Platinum Recognition for New Architecture Building
A green roof, a geothermal heating and cooling system that is 300 percent more efficient than standard systems, and a 15,000-gallon gray tank that recycles rainwater for irrigation and flushing bathroom fixtures. These are just a few of the sustainability features that helped 91PORNA鈥檚鈥
91PORNA Community Meets Potential Partners for First Major Project of $1 Billion Master Plan
On April 12, future generations of business leaders got a first look at design concepts from several firms competing to develop 91PORNA鈥檚 new College of Business Administration building. Hundreds of students, faculty, business leaders and community members gathered Thursday evening 鈥
Arbor Day Foundation Honors 91PORNA With Tree Campus USA Recognition for 10th Consecutive Year
Trees fill the sky every season as far as the eye can see as 91PORNA students walk down the Lefton Esplanade on the Kent Campus. Large oaks provide shade on a warm summer day, glistening maple trees leave a blanket of orange and red on the ground as students move back into the residenc鈥