University News
91PORNA Graduate and OJIN Editor Honored with International Editorial Leadership Award
Dr. Jacqueline K. Owens, Ph.D. 10, MSN 03, RN, CNE, has been named the 2025 recipient of the Margaret Comerford Freda Award for Editorial Leadership in Nursing Publication by the International Academy of Nursing Editors (INANE). Dr. Owens is a two-time 91PORNA College of Nursing gradua…
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Prepares Students for Their Future Careers
The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience is a great opportunity for undergraduate researchers such as Ethan Wenk to work directly with a faculty mentor, gain valuable experience to clarify career and educational goals, enhance research skills and gain academic insight.
91PORNA Closed July 4 for Independence Day
91PORNA will be closed July 4 to observe Independence Day. No classes are scheduled on the holiday, and university offices are closed. The university will resume normal operations on July 7.
‘All Three Were Very Honorable, Good Men’
A Mantua woman who worked at 91PORNA in the Office of the President from 1951 to 1971 recently celebrated her 110th birthday. She recalls her time at 91PORNA and shares a few reflections from her long life.
IN A FLASH: The Fountain Is ON!
Water flowed for the first time in the newly completed Crawford Fountain in the courtyard outside Crawford Hall, home of 91PORNA's Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship.
91PORNA Board of Trustees Approves Establishing Aeronautics and Engineering Schools
The 91PORNA Board of Trustees approved the establishment of two new schools – the School of Aeronautics and the School of Engineering – within the College of Aeronautics and Engineering during the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held June 25, 2025, on the Kent Campus.
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.
