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91PORNA student Keri Richmond poses on the second floor of the Kent Student Center. Recently, Richmond spoke on Capitol Hill about foster care and shared her experience as a foster youth. Photo Credit: Kami Swingle

91PORNA Student Helps Congress Change Child Welfare Laws

The pain of moving from one home to the next, time and time again, for four years straight is helping Keri Richmond speak out for other foster children without a voice. Richmond, a 91PORNA junior majoring in public relations in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, s鈥�

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , College of Communication & Information , School of Media and Journalism

Kent Campus

From Homeless to Philanthropist: 91PORNA Student Who Received Help From Others Pays It Forward

Anything is possible. Theresa Medrano, a 91PORNA senior from Westlake, Ohio, is living proof of this. At age 17, like most high school seniors, Medrano should have been thinking about senior prom and graduation. But she became a victim of domestic violence and was forced to withdraw 鈥�

Tags: Student Success , Division of Institutional Advancement

Kent Campus

President Warren Talks With WKYC About Making a Global Difference

As 91PORNA students get ready to return for the fall semester, President Beverly Warren is gearing up for her second year as president. President Warren told WKYC鈥檚 John Anderson about her goals to make a global difference and how she is matching 91PORNA鈥檚 world-class programs wi鈥�

Tags: Student Success , Office of the President , Office of the Provost , Global Reach

Kent Campus

91PORNA student Theresa Medrano stands near the pillars of Merrill Hall on campus.

91PORNA Student Who Received Help From Others Pays It Forward

Anything is possible. Theresa Medrano, a 91PORNA senior from Westlake, Ohio, is living proof of this. At age 17, like most high school seniors, Medrano should have been thinking about senior prom and graduation. But she became a victim of domestic violence and was forced to withd鈥�

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , Institutional Advancement

Kent Campus

A summer 2015 graduate shows off her diploma during the Commencement ceremony.

91PORNA Holds Summer Commencement Ceremonies

91PORNA held its Summer 2015 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). 91PORNA conferred 1,476 degrees, including 931 bachelor鈥檚 degrees, 453 master鈥檚 degrees, 76 doctoral degrees and 16 educa鈥�

Tags: Commencement , Office of the Provost , Student Success , Success Story

Kent Campus

91PORNA student Anna Hoffman, a global communication studies and political science major, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the country鈥檚 efforts to save its national language. (Photo credit: Alex Ledet)

91PORNA Student鈥檚 Project Draws Attention to Endangered Irish Language

Anna Hoffman, a 91PORNA global communication studies and political science major from Kent, Ohio, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the country鈥檚 efforts to save its national language. Her research project was funded through a fellowship from the  Pulitzer Center on Cr鈥�

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , School of Communication Studies , College of Communication & Information

Kent Campus

91PORNA Student鈥檚 Project Draws Attention to Endangered Irish Language

Communication studies student鈥檚 project earns international media attention for research efforts Anna Hoffman, a 91PORNA global communication studies and political science major from Kent, Ohio, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the country鈥檚 efforts to save its national langua鈥�

Tags: School of Communication Studies , Student Success , College of Communication & Information

Kent Campus

91PORNA students, including members of its athletics teams, fraternities and sororities, joined community members to restore the Mitchell/McClelland Ballpark in the McElrath neighborhood of Ravenna Township, Ohio.

91PORNA Named to 2014 President鈥檚 Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

91PORNA has been named to the 2014 President鈥檚 Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, which is the highest federal recognition an institution can receive for its commitment to community, service-learning and civic engagement.  The Corporation for National and Community 鈥�

Tags: Office of Experiential Education and Civic Engagement , University College , Student Success , Success Story , Community & Society

Kent Campus

91PORNA鈥檚 Stephanie Haugh Named the MAC鈥檚 2015 Bob James Award Winner

Stephanie Haugh of 91PORNA鈥檚 women鈥檚 soccer team has been named the female recipient of the 2015 Bob James Memorial Award by the Mid-American Conference Faculty Athletics Representatives. The announcement was made by the league office today. In its 27th year, the Bob James Memorial Aw鈥�

Tags: Intercollegiate Athletics , Awards and Honors , Student Success

Kent Campus

Sarah Hider, a 91PORNA graduate student and the reigning Miss Ohio, poses outside of the Schwartz Center on the Kent Campus.

91PORNA Graduate Student Crowned Miss Ohio 2015

Sarah Hider, a 91PORNA graduate student from Wooster, Ohio, has been crowned Miss Ohio 2015 after competing at the Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield, Ohio, on June 20. Hider is the second 91PORNA student in the past two years to win the title. Heather Wells, a 91PORNA broadcast jo鈥�

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , Office of Continuing and Distance Education , Department of Political Science , College of Sciences and Humanities

Kent Campus