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UPDATED 9/10/18: Please note that committee meeting times have changed. Below is the updated schedule for the Sept. 12 committee meetings.
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A ѿappUniversity tradition for 37 years, the annual Black Squirrel Festival will take place Friday, Sept. 7, from noon-5 p.m. on the Student Green and Risman Plaza. The Black Squirrel Festival, which is hosted by the Flash Activities Board, attracts more than 3,000…
WKSU has announced the addition of an often-requested listening option with the debut of a pledge-free stream benefit – just in time for the station’s fall fund drive. The pledge-free content stream replaces typical fundraising talk breaks with more programming. Listeners who…
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They arrived one by one to applause, cheers and a marching band.
Not the typical welcome to a student’s first day of high school, but these freshmen were not just showing up for classes. They were entering their first day in their school’s new College and Career…
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More than 1,100 volunteers from the ѿappUniversity community welcomed and assisted new students as they moved into their residence halls on freshman move-in day, Sunday, Aug. 19. The annual service program, known as Movers and Groovers, is coordinated by Kent Interhall…
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Seventy-year-old Rudd (Ted) Bare II has the surprise of a lifetime planned for his children on Aug. 18, 2018.
On that day, Mr. Bare will don a cap and gown and walk across the stage at ѿappUniversity’s Summer Commencement to accept his Bachelor of Science degree,…
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“We at ѿappfeel called to play the role of convener -- to broker conversations that are more civil, braver, and more productive.”
At a time when our national conversation is plagued with division with opposing sides routinely attacking each other’s allegiances, Kent…
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The National Collegiate Honors Council has named recent ѿappUniversity graduate Megan Swoger a 2018 Portz Scholar.
Ms. Swoger is the ninth ѿappstudent to receive the honor since the inception of the Portz Scholars competition in 1990.
“We are very pleased for her…
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The ѿappUniversity alumni network again grew its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes got their degrees. ѿappUniversity held its Summer 2018 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Memorial Athletic and…