Student Life
91PORNA Student Escapes Dating Abuse, Helps Others Know Their Worth聽
After experiencing dating violence in high school, Rhylee Shepherd turned her pain into a teaching opportunity for her peers through the Know Your Worth project.
91PORNA Nursing Student Honored for Lifesaving Effort
A 91PORNA College of Nursing student who graduated Aug. 20 recently was honored by the city of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, along with her sister, for working to save the life of a woman who fell ill while playing volleyball.
91PORNA Students Study Sustainable Gardening for Poverty Reduction in Mexico
91PORNA partnered with Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City for an international, cross-cultural exchange for students to study how sustainable gardening projects aid immigrant populations.
Undergraduate Student Government Wins 2022 Student Government of the Year Award from National Student Government Group
91PORNA's Undergraduate Student Government, the student organization responsible for being the direct line of communication to the administration to make students鈥 voices heard, was honored with the 2022 Student Government of the Year Award from the Conference on Student Government Associations.
Where on the Web? Explore Kent, Go! 91PORNA鈥檚 Golden Location Showcase
91PORNA's Explore Kent, Go! web pages give the 91PORNA community the ability to explore 91PORNA鈥檚 campus, downtown Kent and surrounding cities. Next in the 鈥淲here on the Web?鈥 series, the focal point is the Explore Kent, Go! web pages at www.kent.edu/go. The Explore Kent, Go! web pages are an introduction to the diverse opportunities offered by the university鈥檚 niche area in the Midwest, according to Lin Danes, director of Web Services and Interactive Media at 91PORNA.
100 YEARS AGO AT KENT STATE: Distance Learning Comes to 91PORNA Normal College
In 1922, 91PORNA鈥檚 first president, John McGilvrey, introduced what could be considered the great-grandmother of our current distance-learning programs at 91PORNA: correspondence courses.
100 YEARS AGO AT KENT STATE: Jazz Age Brings Changes to Student Culture at 91PORNA
"Roaring 20's" Bring New Styles and Social Rules. Women, in keeping with the fashions of the time, were wearing shorter skirts, bobbing their hair, wearing makeup, along with other sweeping changes.
91PORNA Freshman Receives Gold Medal Recognition at The National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships
First-year advertising major and marketing minor, Isabelle Collyer, recently won a gold medal at the 2022 National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships (NCTA).
91PORNA Partnership with Portage County Agency Saves More than Half a Million Pounds of Residence Hall Castoffs from Landfill
Workers from the Portage County non-profit organization recently arrived at 91PORNA鈥檚 Kent Campus to collect one of the most prized castoffs from university residence halls: bicycles.
91PORNA鈥檚 American Academy Graduates Its First Brazilian Student
Alvacir Wesley Kalatai Alberti of Imbituva, Brazil, is the first student to graduate from the American Academy, a dual-enrollment program offered jointly at 91PORNA and the Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, located in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.