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ѿappUniversity faculty, staff members and students took part in Saturday’s Equality March, which kicked off the inaugural Akron Pride 2017 event.

ѿapptakes part in the Equality March, kicking off Akron Pride 2017.

ѿappUniversity alumnus and professional golfer Mackenzie Hughes is in Northeast Ohio to take part in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone County Club in Akron.

ѿappUniversity alumnus and professional golfer Mackenzie Hughes returned to his alma mater for a “Welcome Back” reception in his honor organized by Herb Page, Kent State’s director of golf and head men’s golf coach.

A ѿappentrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords.

A ѿappentrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords.

Matthew Minichillo runs 200 miles in the MS Run the US Relay.

A ѿappUniversity assistant dean runs 200 miles for his daughter and all other families touched by multiple sclerosis. 

Lucas Engelhard, from ѿappUniversity at Stark, weighs in on best and worst recession recovered cities.

Lucas Engelhardt, Ph.D., associate professor in ѿappUniversity at Stark’s Department of Economics, is a firm believer in pursing innovation and investing in capital, when it comes to driving economic growth in cities. 

ѿappUniversity Assistant Professor Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., poses beside a map kiosk in downtown Kent that she helped to create.

ѿappUniversity Assistant Professor Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., has been named Volunteer of the Year by Main Street Kent for her contributions to the revitalization of downtown Kent. 

Pictured are Circl App developers (from left to right) Michael Frindt, Ronald Dear and Zachary Eckert.

Three ѿappUniversity community members have developed a new app called Circl, which reinvents how people socialize and network.

ѿappUniversity President Beverly Warren (left) receives a $1 million grant for the university’s Institute for Applied Linguistics from Mary and Ted Gawlicki of the Gawlicki Family Foundation.

ѿappUniversity’s Institute for Applied Linguistics has received a grant for $1 million from the Gawlicki Family Foundation of Hartford, Connecticut, to fund the development of a state-of-the-art distance learning translation studies program.

Pictured are participants at the Girls Geared for Engineering Camp at Kent State.

The Girls Geared for Engineering Camp at ѿappUniversity is the result of a partnership between Kent State’s College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology and the Six District Educational Compact.

Making Our Own Space students carry lumber for the day’s outdoor build workshop in Shaker Heights’ Hildana Park. (Photo credit: Beth Conway)

ѿappis recognized for engaging and empowering middle and high school students to transform their neighborhood public spaces.