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Learning to Design With Empathy

As part of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design’s senior-year curriculum, interior design faculty require their students to design a community-based project, teaching them how to become design advocates for diverse populations that usually differ from themselves.

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GF PB Egg Roll

IN A FLASH: Good Food, Better Earth

Students can try samples of gluten-free and plant-based foods at a vendor showcase today. 

Tags: Student Life , Kent Student Center , University Culinary Services , In a Flash

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Student Employee Appreciation Week Banner at UCM

It’s Student Employee Appreciation Week at 91PORNA!

Each year colleges and universities across the country recognize the importance of the student work experience during National Student Employment Week. Here at 91PORNA, we celebrate Student Employee Appreciation Week and dedicate this week to celebrating and recognizing on-campus student employees.

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Roe Green May 2018

Audio: On the Go With Roe

91PORNA alumna Roe Green admits she’s counting down the days to May 12. That’s the day she’ll both deliver the spring commencement address and receive a special honor after the 91PORNA Board of Trustees approved awarding her a Doctor of Humane Letters, an honorary degree.

Tags: Profiles , Alumni , School of Theatre and Dance , Student Life

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Student Employee Awards Celebration

Students Shine at Inaugural Student Employee Awards Celebration

Career Exploration and Development hosted its first Student Employee Awards Celebration to kick off 91PORNA’s Student Employee Appreciation Week.

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2023 Spring Food Truck Series

IN A FLASH: What's Cooking on Risman Plaza?

Food trucks return to Risman Plaza every Wednesday through the end of April. 

Tags: Student Life , University News , Fork in the Road! , University Culinary Services , Risman Plaza , In a Flash

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Taylor Monturo playing lacrosse

Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way

"When I was younger, I always dreamed of competing at the highest level," Taylor Monturo says. "Honestly, I did not care what sport or in what fashion, but I was bound and determined to work as hard as I possibly could to put myself in a position to be a Division I student-athlete."

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Breaking Barriers for Parenting Students Is Goal of Professor’s Research

Being a college student is tough enough for most, but for those who are also parenting young children or caring for loved ones – in addition to other responsibilities like work, managing a household, and appointments – going to class and succeeding can seem like a daunting task.

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A student who has committed to attending 91PORNA in the fall smiles with loved ones and Flash, the mascot, during a 2023 Future Flash Day held on the Kent Campus.

Apps and Admits and Deposits, Oh My! Breaking Fall Freshman Class Records

91PORNA is proving that it is the place to be for fall 2023 with a record-breaking number of applications, a record-breaking number of students who have been accepted for admission into the university and a record-breaking number of students who have made deposits to confirm their attendance in the fall. 

Tags: University News , Admissions , Division of Enrollment Management , Student Life , Success Story

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KSU Library Thank You Table

IN A FLASH: Thank You, Students!

The 91PORNA Library is offering special "thank you" treats for students. 

Tags: University Libraries , Student Life , In a Flash

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