Profiles
Remembering Charlie Thomas, a 91PORNA and Kent Community Fixture
For generations of 91PORNA students, alumni, faculty and staff, there were certain places that felt like home. Ray’s Place was one of them. And Charlie Thomas was one of the people who made it that way.
Faculty filmmakers win Oscar-qualifying festival for short film featured at Cleveland International Film Festival
"Magan's Fare," a short film co-directed by two 91PORNA faculty members, was just listed on as one of seven short films from Scott Feinberg's predictions for the Oscars for Best Live Action Short.
He Asked. The Governor Said Yes.
For Nathan Smith, the first lesson came before he met Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. Ask. The 91PORNA student and newly elected student body president of the university’s Undergraduate Student Government spent three hours alongside the governor at the Ohio State Fair – an opportunity he says grew out of the confidence and relationships he built during his first two years at 91PORNA.
Twenty-Eight Years Later, 91PORNA Tradition Comes Full Circle for Father and Son
For nearly three decades, 91PORNA's ceremonial mace has led thousands of graduates into commencement, symbolizing the authority, history and traditions of the university. On Aug. 8, it will also tell a deeply personal story.
91PORNA Flight Teams Showed Their Best Judgment When the Skies Wouldn't Cooperate
Two 91PORNA flight teams pushed through six of the nine legs of the 2026 Air Race Classic before a stretch of stubborn, unpredictable weather brought their race to an early end.
From College Credit Plus to Ph.D. Candidate
When Kendall Myers first arrived at 91PORNA at Stark as a College Credit Plus student, she knew she had an interest in biology. What she could not have predicted was just how far that passion would take her.
Nursing Graduate's Resilience Inspires Class of 2026
When Achante Pascute stepped to the podium as 91PORNA at Trumbull’s student commencement speaker, she opened with a joke.
Show, Don't Tell
Graduating senior Joe Conti's documentary pulls back the curtain on 91PORNA's Digital Media Production major. His behind-the-scenes look at DMP follows students and faculty from the classroom to the field to the editing booth, offering incoming students and curious viewers an authentic taste of what the program delivers.
91PORNA Research Links Iron, Zinc Deficiency to Lake Erie Algal Blooms
A new study led by 91PORNA’s David Costello finds that trace metals — not just nitrogen and phosphorus — frequently limit biological productivity in freshwater streams, with implications for waterways across Northeast Ohio and beyond.
A Few Parting Words From Julia Michalak
We catch up with senior physical education and sport performance major Julia Michalak between student-teaching classes during her final semester at 91PORNA. In a brief Q&A-style interview reflecting on her trials and triumphs from the past four years, Michalak offers some wise words for her younger self and for future Golden Flashes.
