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91PORNA celebrates first-generation faculty and staff.

91PORNA Celebrates Faculty and Staff as part of 鈥業 Am First鈥 Week

91PORNA is celebrating its first-generation students this week with a series of events and programs to spotlight and encourage current students who will be the first in their families to earn a bachelor鈥檚 degree. As part of the celebration, some faculty and staff who were first-generation students share their stories in their own words.

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Students celebrate first-generation student week at 91PORNA.

91PORNA Awards Celebrate First-Generation College Students and their Supporters

91PORNA celebrated the journey of first-generation college students and those who have made an impact serving as their mentors and advocates with the 鈥淚 Am First鈥 awards ceremony on Wednesday. 

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Family-Friendly Study Hours

Student Parents Make the Grade With Family-Friendly Study Hours

91PORNA鈥檚 Center for Adult and Veteran Services offers family-friendly study hours for student parents that offers a trained student volunteer to entertain and supervise children, most Tuesdays from 2-5 p.m. and Wednesdays 4-7 p.m. on the sixth floor of the library.

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Student Leadership Consultants Workshop

'Keep Going, Keep Growing'

The 91PORNA Student Leadership Consultants (SLC) hosted a workshop Tuesday, Nov. 8, that showed students how strong leadership can be used to fundamentally change the culture in their student organizations and workplaces.

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Student get hands-on experience during the Ashtabula Campus's Flash Medical Center event

Flash Medical Center Gives Students Hands-On Health Care Experience

After a three-year hiatus, Flash Medical Center returned to 91PORNA at Ashtabula鈥檚 Robert S. Morrison Hall for a one-day medical emergency simulation on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022.

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Ellie Emmerling (right) and Luna in the Kent Student Center.

IN A FLASH: Taking a Break

Therapy and service animals are a familiar sight on 91PORNA's campuses.  

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91PORNA alumnus John Skrtic (center) with his two kids. (Photo courtesy of John Skrtic)

Getting to Know Your Neighbors

John Skrtic, a proud 91PORNA alumnus and Cleveland Public Library鈥檚 chief of special projects and collections, enjoys archiving the people and places of Cleveland.

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Kathalina Thorpe, a masters student in Theater Design and Technology, presented Earthworms Can and Will Make Changes in Theater.

Earthworms are the Stars of the Show in Graduate Student鈥檚 Research on Composting聽聽

Kathalina Thorpe's research on using earthworms to compost theater and fashion fabric waste recently won her the 2022 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, a year after she was selected by audience members for the People鈥檚 Choice award during the fall 2021 competition. 

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Students Vote On Campus

Voting Underway on Campus as Election Day Has Arrived

A handful of students were up early and exercising their right to vote by casting ballots at one of two precincts located at the Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center on the Kent Campus.

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First-generation alumni are part of this week's "I Am First' celebration.

鈥業 AM FIRST Week鈥 Celebrates 91PORNA Alumni

91PORNA is celebrating its first-generation students this week with a series of events and programs to spotlight and encourage current students who will be the first in their families to earn a bachelor鈥檚 degree. 

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