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Flash, Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s mascot, waves a flag in front of Dix Stadium before a home football game. (Photo credit: Scott Galvin)

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡and Cleveland Clinic Enter Multiyear Partnership to Support Student-Athlete Health and Wellness

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ and Cleveland Clinic have announced a multiyear partnership in which Cleveland Clinic becomes the official healthcare provider for Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Athletics. Cleveland Clinic will serve as the medical services provider to support Â鶹¾«Ñ¡student-athlete health and wellness.

Tags: University News, Students First, Partnerships, Cleveland Clinic, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, Sports, Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement

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Crawford Hall progress

Crawford Hall Nears Completion

Anticipation grows as construction on the new home of Kent State's Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship nears completion. The university's newest and largest building will house innovative, state-of-the-art spaces for learning, collaboration and engaging in valuable, hands on business experiences. 

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Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ mascot Flash and cheerleaders get the Class of 2027 excited during the 2023 Convocation in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center.

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Named Most Affordable Ohio College

In its 2024 Best Colleges analysis of more than 700 four-year colleges, Money ranked Â鶹¾«Ñ¡as the most affordable college in Ohio. 

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Students at DKS

Accessibility Impresses Parent at Perfect Moment

Julia Keahey, video and digital marketing coordinator for University Housing and Culinary Services, shared a touching story on LinkedIn about "an interaction with a parent that will forever stay with me."

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Model Room Makeover

IN A FLASH: Decked Out for DKS

The Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Department of Residence Services, University Communications and Marketing and Meijer stores recently teamed up to makeover the model residence hall rooms in Eastway Center. 

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Anthony Claytor raises his diploma during his Commencement ceremony at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡.

Meet Anthony Claytor, the First I PROMISE Program Scholar to Graduate From Kent State

In 2020, Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ President Todd Diacon announced to a group of high school juniors and their families that Â鶹¾«Ñ¡would cover four years of tuition costs and one year of room and board. Now, for the LeBron James Family Foundation’s first I PROMISE class, the hard work these students had put in since third grade is paying off. 

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Melissa Fenn, M.Ed., Â鶹¾«Ñ¡senior advisor II

Best of the Best: Melissa Fenn Wins Inaugural Distinguished Advisor Award

Melissa Fenn, senior advisor II in the College of Nursing, was recently awarded the university's inaugural Distinguished Advisor Award by University Advising and the Kent Academic Advising Support and Advising Association (KASADA). 

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Bullets Shattered This Car Window Where Jillian Saliba Had Been Standing

When a gunman's bullets knocked her down, her professors were there to lift her up

As she prepared to receive her degree, Jillian Saliba reflected on a deeply personal story of surviving a drive-by shooting during winter break of her early years as a Golden Flash. When the trauma took its toll, she leaned on her professors.

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Cirque du Chem demonstration

IN A FLASH: Cirque du Chem!

A circus came to the Integrated Sciences Building this spring in the form of "Cirque du Chem," presented the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

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Raiful Hasan, Ph.D., is finishing his first year as an assistant professor of computer science at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡.

New Professor Completes His ‘Freshman’ Year

Freshman year can be a little stressful, even for a faculty member. But Raiful Hasan, Ph.D., who just completed his first year as an assistant professor of computer science at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡, is feeling content and excited for the next academic year.

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