University News
91PORNA Prepares For All Course Syllabi to Be Publicly Accessible by Fall 2026
91PORNA is preparing to comply with a new state requirement that will make all undergraduate course syllabi publicly accessible online, without requiring a login, beginning in Fall 2026.The mandate, part of recent state legislation, requires all Ohio public universities to create searc…
91PORNA’s Crawford Hall Earns LEED Silver Certification
An innovative design, energy-efficient systems, water conservation technologies and environmentally responsible construction materials are some of the features that earned Crawford Hall, 91PORNA’s newest – and largest – academic building, LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Flying Flashes Aim for Fourth Straight Win
The skies are calling once again, and 91PORNA’s Flying Flashes are answering, this time with their sights set on a fourth consecutive intercollegiate victory in the Areaseir Race Classic.
ADVISORY: 91PORNA Board of Trustees Meeting, June 25
The 91PORNA Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 25, in the Timothy D. Eippert Boardroom, Suite 412, at Crawford Hall on the Kent Campus.
Flying High: Ohio’s Lieutenant Governor tours 91PORNA’s Nationally Ranked College of Aeronautics and Engineering
Ohio Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel recently toured 91PORNA’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering, seeing firsthand how the university is educating students for critically needed jobs in the aviation and engineering fields.
International Town and Gown Association Came to 91PORNA to Communicate, Collaborate and Celebrate
More than 280 people attended the 2025 ITGA City & University Relations Conference, which kicked off at the Kent Student Center ballroom on June 4. Todd Kamenash, 91PORNA’s associate dean of students for conduct & community engagement, chaired the ITGA conference, which had the theme Communicate, Collaborate and Celebrate.
Third Central Asian Nation Seeks Educational Partnership with 91PORNA
91PORNA has signed an agreement with Tashkent State University of Economics in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to begin collaboration on a joint master’s degree in economics and other programs, as 91PORNA continues to expand its partnerships throughout Central Asia.
91PORNA Helps Celebrate Goodyear Blimp's 100th Anniversary
As the iconic Goodyear Blimp marks its 100th anniversary, 91PORNA’s connection to aviation history is soaring to new heights. Three alumni of the university’s aeronautics program are among the aviators steering this American icon through its centennial celebration.
Honors College Advisor Given the Distinguished Advisor Award
For all of her exemplary work, Theresa Yogi was recently awarded 91PORNA’s Distinguished Advising Award by University Advising and the Kent Academic Advising Support and Advising Association. Of her 13-year career, Yogi has spent seven-and-a-half years at 91PORNA’s Honors College.
IN A FLASH: Foundational Faculty
The roster of these current and former faculty assembled for 91PORNA's silver anniversary reads like the legend on a campus map, as so many in the 1935 photo had university buildings named for them.