Student Life

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Twinsburg Academic Center's LPN-to-RN Bridge Program Offers Alum Career of His Dreams
If you’ve ever felt stuck somewhere between your job and your ideal career because you’re too busy making a living to go back to college, you’ll understand Restituto "Tuto"Velarde’s position. Thankfully, ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s Twinsburg Academic Center provided a bridge so he could get to the other side.

Planting ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s Place: Tree Campus USA Recognition
The trees on ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s campus bring something new to marvel at each season. In the summer, trees provide welcoming shade for students to lounge, fall brings vivid leaves that crunch under students’ feet on the way to classes, and winter pines provide an idyllic picture of fluffy snow. With nearly 4,000 trees on campus, ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ has been awarded the Tree Campus USA recognition for the 12th consecutive year from the Arbor Day Foundation, a nonprofit conservation organization.

More Than $1 Million Managed Through Golden Flash Asset Management Group
The Golden Flash Asset Management (GFAM) Group is composed of ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ students who are interested in finance. The team manages an investment fund of over $1 million dollars in assets from the ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Foundation.

Main Street Kent Proves Diversity and Inclusion Are Truly Town-Gown
While ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ prides itself on providing a diverse and inclusive community for students, faculty and staff, Main Street Kent is showing how the city of Kent also embraces the same sentiment.

Athlete Infection Control Program Piloted at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½
A recent study about a new infection control program was recently piloted that strategically placed hand sanitizers and a surface disinfectant spray throughout athletic training rooms in two high schools and two colleges in Northeast Ohio, including ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½.

From Battlefield to Classroom: Veterans Get Help From CAVS
Rachel Pike-Lee and Zachary Wehr, two veterans share their stories about how the Center for Adult and Veteran Services has helped them transition to university life and has supported them along the way.

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½Â Center for Adult and Veteran Services Recognized as Outstanding Program  Â
ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s Center for Adult and Veteran Services (CAVS) has been selected as the outstanding undergraduate program for adult learners by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, a leading professional association in student affairs.

Turning Challenges Into Triumphs, From Detroit to Akron Board of Education
It was a defining moment for 35-year-old N.J. Akbar, Ph.D., on the day the Detroit native turned Akron resident was publicly recognized for earning his doctoral degree. A moment that almost didn’t happen, he tells WKYC.

Alumnus Uses Experience with Student Organizations to Help Create Non-Profit
Joseph Napier co-founded a local non-profit organization called the Youngstown Creative Collective that helps raise awareness for small businesses in the inner city of Youngstown.

Across Time: Students Display Their Connection to May 4
The events of May 4, 1970, mark an important time for current students to reflect and connect to the ones who shaped history almost five decades ago. Today, the similarities between the lives of May 4 students and today’s students seem more pertinent than ever. Jacqueline Marino and David Foster in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication teamed up to have students in both of their classes collaborate on a project that gave students today a way to consider the events of May 4, 1970.