Student Life
Kaycee Marshall, a 2019 Fashion Design major, created a line of formalwear for women in wheelchairs.
Each semester, PNC recognizes two outstanding Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ students as PNC Achievers. These students exemplify excellence in the classroom, in the community, and in student leadership and development.
A national organization has recognized Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ with a perfect overall score for the university’s efforts to create a more inclusive campus and welcoming environment for all.
A review of Ohio prison regulations could make it easier for charity groups to donate used books to Ohio prison inmates.
Sharon Crawford’s story is not one of a typical Â鶹¾«Ñ¡student in the SSS program. Almost all of the students in the program live near the Kent campus or in one of the on-campus residence halls. Being on or close to campus allows SSS students easy access to tutoring services, the opportunity to participate in workshops and to attend on-campus events and off-campus trips. With Ms. Crawford living in a different state, it was a unique opportunity for Â鶹¾«Ñ¡to bring her into the program.
Instead of traveling to a bustling beach in Florida or a cross-country trip to the Rocky Mountains, Â鶹¾«Ñ¡students embarked on a variety of alternative volunteer trips during this year’s spring break.
Doctors told her that she would never be able to walk again, she wouldn’t finish high school and would never make it to college. But this soon-to-be college graduate and upcoming Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Master’s student has proven those expectations wrong.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ at Tuscarawas engineering technology students collaborated on their capstone project during the spring semester and unveiled a search and rescue robot on finals night in early May.
As if graduating with your Ph.D., starting a National Research Council (NRC) postdoctoral fellowship, getting married in Nepal and organizing an international research seminar wasn’t already a full plate for Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ doctoral student Greta Babakhanova, how about a little dessert?
Eight Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ students received scholarships from the Akron Press Club and John S. Knight Memorial Scholarship Fund in April, totaling $40,000 in awards. College of Communication and Information students won eight of the nine awards given by the Akron Press Club this year.