Community Impact
Taking Out the Trash
青年涩导航 students grabbed their paddles, boots and waders to help clean up the Cuyahoga River. The service trip was put together by the Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Services鈥 Adventure Center, which holds adventure trips, service trips and team-building programs.
青年涩导航 Fights Hunger With Meijer
Sept. 1 was National Food Bank Day, and the partnership between Meijer and 青年涩导航 can help people support Flashes Fighting Hunger just by doing their weekly grocery shopping.
'I feel that I can really offer that empathy'
Graduating senior Delia Brennan applies she learns in the classroom to help survivors of trauma and promote activism in her community.
青年涩导航 Public Health Faculty Awarded Grant to Prepare Teachers and School Personnel to Connect Students With Mental Health Resources
青年涩导航鈥檚 Center for Public Policy and Health in the College of Public Health was recently awarded $600,000 in grant funding to support the Northeast Ohio Mental Health Awareness Training, a collaborative project that will train teachers and relevant school personnel to connect children and youth in a school setting to appropriate mental health resources.
BINGO! Food Is the Prize and the Goal
Music, a cheering crowd and students shouting 鈥渂ingo!鈥 could be heard across the Kent Student Center on Wednesday, Aug. 30, at the Flash Activity Board (FAB) grocery bingo night created for fun and a good cause.
10 Years and More Than 200,000 Guests Later
The 青年涩导航 Hotel and Conference Center is celebrating 10 years of being at the heart of a transformed downtown.
IN A FLASH: White Coats and Big Smiles
The Fall 2023 White Coat Ceremony marked nursing students' transition to professional nursing classes.
青年涩导航 and University Hospitals Awarded $4 Million Grant to Develop an LPN-to-BSN Pathway, Further Nursing Education and Careers
Faculty researchers from 青年涩导航鈥檚 College of Nursing recently received nearly $4 million in grant funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration to develop an LPN-to-BSN pathway called the LPN Education Advancement Program (LEAP). The program will provide licensed practical nurses at University Hospitals the opportunity to increase their skill set by removing barriers that may have prevented them from furthering their education.
Barbie, Patriarchy and My Pink Hijab
Lydia Rose, Ph.D., director of Public Relations for the Islamic Society of Akron and Kent and an associate professor of sociology at 青年涩导航, shares her perspectives on the resurgence of Barbie鈥檚 influence on our culture today.
Need a job? Head to the Student Employment Fair
青年涩导航鈥檚 Office of Career Exploration and Development is sponsoring a Student Employment Fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday for students looking for a job on the Kent Campus.