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Community & Society

Dog Days of Summer 2023

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡canines and their human companions came to the Kent Campus for the Dog Days of Summer. 

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡grad Josh Budd, teaches at Stow-Munroe Falls Schools

Honors College ranked high when graduate Josh Budd was deciding whether to attend Â鶹¾«Ñ¡because it offered him a challenging experience through its thesis programs and its education-abroad program. Studying abroad helped him develop more empathy and connection with people of backgrounds different from his own. 

The Â鶹¾«Ñ¡balloon at the Balloon Classic.

Hot air balloons and the Budweiser Clydesdales visited Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ at Stark. 

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Since the beginning of the pandemic, few disciplines have seen as many changes as psychology. In order to help students address these emerging challenges, Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s Department of Psychological Sciences is offering a slate of courses relevant to the changing trends impacting mental health today. 

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡students check out the Kigali skyline

Over the past several weeks, Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ faculty and staff, along with a select group of students, have traveled to Kigali, Rwanda, taking part in a host of educational programs and cultural exchange.

Mike Bowser is the president of Inspire Aviation and chair of the Props and Pistons Festival.

The Props and Pistons Festival has been held since 2013 and is planned and funded by Inspire Aviation, a non-profit organization whose goal is promoting aviation and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education. To learn more about the event or to volunteer go to https://www.flyohio.org/. 

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Tina Patel leads with empathy in the classroom, the design studio and every space in between.

Liz Piatt, Ph.D., assistant dean for academic diversity success in University College; Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., senior vice president of student affairs; Eboni J. Pringle, Ph.D., senior associate vice president and dean of University College; Randall Lennox, senior institutional research information officer, and Melanie Jones, director of student success programs.

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡is one of 21 institutions that has advanced to the First Scholars phase of the First Scholars Network. Faculty and staff are hard at work to provide a higher-quality experience for first generation students. 

Molly Merryman presenting at a global peace conference in Rwanda

A host of Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ faculty and students took center stage at a global peace conference on July 12 in Kigali, Rwanda, sharing their knowledge and research with delegates from more than a dozen countries and as well as the U.S.

Pacifique laying flowers at the Rwanda Genocide Memorial. Photo credit: Aegis Trust/Patrick Ndayishimiye

On July 10, Â鶹¾«Ñ¡students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Kigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi.