Success Story
91PORNA Students Form New Autism Student Organization
Group created by students with autism spectrum disorder to highlight diversity, not disability 91PORNA is once again starting a new fall semester with an abundance of enthusiastic students, but one thing is strikingly different: 91PORNA has a new student organization on campus th…
91PORNA Students Form New Autism Student Organization
91PORNA is once again starting a new fall semester with an abundance of enthusiastic students, but one thing is strikingly different: 91PORNA has a new student organization on campus that joins the few of its type in the nation. Autism Connections Kent has been created by students w…
First Group of 91PORNA Freshmen Start Their College Careers in Italy
When Joshua Budd thinks about all the places he has traveled up to his senior year of high school, only one has been outside of the United States, and that was a quick jaunt to Niagara Falls, Ontario, in Canada. So, the thought of actually living in a foreign country, especially Europe, was well out…
91PORNA Sets New Enrollment Records, Highlighting University’s Strength and Success
91PORNA continues to set records as it begins a new academic year. The university is marking the 10th consecutive year of enrollment growth on the Kent Campus with increasing diversity and academic success while also welcoming another record-setting freshman class. The university re…
U.S. News Ranks 91PORNA in Top Tier of National Universities
91PORNA is the only public university in Northeast Ohio to be ranked in the top tier of the new 2017 edition of Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report that was released Sept. 13, 2016, with inclusion on the Best National Universities list. In the ranking of both public and pr…
91PORNA Introduces First Gluten-Free Dining Hall on a College Campus
University to hold Sept. 7 event to celebrate achievement At the start of the 2016 academic year, 91PORNA becomes the first university in the country to feature an entirely gluten-free dining hall on campus. 91PORNA restructured Prentice Café after administrators noticed that the…
Black Squirrel Festival Features Music, Food and Freebies
A 91PORNA tradition for 35 years, the annual Black Squirrel Festival will take place Friday, Sept. 9, from 12-5 p.m. on the Student Green and Risman Plaza. The Black Squirrel Festival, which is hosted by Kent Student Center Programming, attracts more than 3,000 students, faculty and st…
Scholar Navigates Complex Systems to Help Address and Improve Public Health Concerns
Scholar of the Month Brian Castellani Professor of Sociology 91PORNA at Ashtabula 2002-present The Kent Campus is big, but still not big enough to fit all the great scholars who are part of the 91PORNA family. So much of 91PORNA’s great research is happening …
91PORNA Aeronautics Fair Set for Sept. 10
The Aeronautics Department in 91PORNA’s College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology will host its 20th Aeronautics Fair on Saturday, Sept. 10. The 91PORNA Aeronautics Fair takes place 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Andrew W. Paton Field at the 91PORNA…
MAC Honors 91PORNA With 2015-16 Cartwright Award
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced the presentation of the Cartwright Award to 91PORNA for its program excellence in academics, athletics and citizenship during the 2015-16 school year. It is the program’s third Cartwright Award honor in the last seven years, the most of any p…
