Success Story
Campus Kitchen Pivots Operations From Hot Meals to Food Pantry to Help Increasing Numbers of Food Insecure Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
The Campus Kitchen at 91PORNA, a student-run organization that reclaims food to feed the needy in the Kent area, has had to swiftly switch gears from operating a hot food kitchen to an expanded food pantry.
91PORNA’s Design Innovation Initiative Cultivates Creative Partnerships to Battle COVID-19
Members of 91PORNA’s Design Innovation Initiative are forging creative collaborations with local and regional organizations and funders as they work toward the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for first responders battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
91PORNA Captures MAC FAR Award in Women’s Sports
91PORNA has won the Mid-American Conference’s Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for women’s sports award for the first time in school history.
91PORNA Emergency Grant Fund Helps Students With Basic Needs
The 91PORNA Emergency Grant Fund is helping students meet financial challenges.
All for Patrick! 91PORNA Police Surprise Toddler Crime Fighter
Patrick Tomaswick wants to be a police officer, but not just any member of law enforcement. He wants to be a 91PORNA police officer.
COVID-19 Provides 91PORNA Nursing Students Unparalleled Experience
During the COVID-19 pandemic, students in 91PORNA’s College of Nursing have been employed in hospitals throughout Northeast Ohio, where they have honed their skills and observed healthcare professionals on the front lines.
91PORNA President Todd Diacon Announces 2020 Faculty Excellence Award Recipients
91PORNA President Todd Diacon recently presented six 91PORNA faculty members with the 2020 President’s Faculty Excellence Award, which recognizes exceptional performance that leads to the achievement of national or international recognition in the faculty member’s discipline.
Finding Her ‘Fit’ at 91PORNA to Make an Impact
Senior Sydney Bihn finds her true calling throughout her time at 91PORNA and becomes the first female aerospace engineering graduate.
91PORNA to Celebrate Its Newest Graduates With Virtual Commencement on May 9
The 91PORNA alumni family will grow by nearly 5,300 new graduates as the university holds its spring commencement.
91PORNA Holds Virtual May 4 50th Commemoration, Occurring May 1-4
Beginning Friday, May, visitors to the will be able to view a variety of special videos, online exhibits and interactive tours, all designed to honor and remember Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder, the 91PORNA students who lost their lives 50 years ago on the 91PORNA campus.
