University News
91PORNA Celebrates Milestones and Memories at This Year’s Homecoming
It’s time to wear blue and gold as the 91PORNA Golden Flashes family reunites for Homecoming 2022. 91PORNA will celebrate Homecoming with activities and events leading up to the Oct. 1 Homecoming Parade and Homecoming football game.
IN A FLASH: 91PORNA's First Female Athletes
91PORNA's history of women's athletics goes back more than 100 years.
Wanna be Confident as Boss? LaunchNET Has Just the Course for You Â
Black Women Bosses (BWB) is designed to help participants learn leadership and business skills, gain community and practice self-care and confidence as an entrepreneur.
In Puerto Rico and Kent, Hurricane Fiona Awakens Trauma Left by Maria Â
The family of Astrid N. Sambolin Morales, Ph.D., an assistant professor at 91PORNA, is dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. They have been without electricity since the storm hit Sunday Sept. 18, 2022.
Get Ready for the Most Spirited Week at 91PORNA
The first full week of fall is also the most spirited week at 91PORNA. The week of Sept. 26 to Oct. 1 is Spirit Week and includes homecoming weekend at 91PORNA. The week will be full of events celebrating 91PORNA spirit.
Professors Who Train Future Teachers Travel to Rwanda to Exchange Ideas, Develop Partnerships
Two professors from 91PORNA’s College of Education, Health and Human Services returned from a trip to the University of Rwanda (UR) energized by the new partnerships and collaborations they formed there.
91PORNA Board of Trustees Welcomes Class of 2026, Approves Pizzuti Park Naming
The 91PORNA Board of Trustees welcomed the Class of 2026 at the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held Sept. 21 at the 91PORNA Airport. 91PORNA’s freshman class began classes on the Kent Campus nearly 7% larger than the previous year with 4,251 students – the eighth largest incoming class in the university’s 112-year history.
91PORNA Is the Place to Be! First-Year Student Numbers Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels
91PORNA’s Class of 2026 has arrived on the Kent Campus in strong numbers – 4,251 to be exact – an increase of nearly 7% over the previous year, the largest class since before the pandemic and the eighth largest incoming class in the university’s 112-year history.
IN A FLASH: Do you remember? It was the 21st night of September.
On this 21st day of September, we remember when Earth, Wind and Fire played at the Kent Student Center in October 1973.
Wick Poetry Center’s ‘Dear Vaccine’ to Debut in October as Staged Theatrical Production
The performance, titled will have its opening night at 7 p.m. Oct. 24, in the 700-seat auditorium of the National Academy of Science in Washington, D.C.