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Student Life

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ transgender student Emily Grubb (left) stands with Ken Ditlevson, director of the university’s LGBTQ Student Center. The LGBTQ Student Center is located on the lower level of the Kent Student Center.

Transgender Students Find Home, Security and Support at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ

For Emily Grubb, all it took was looking through a magazine to decide where to go to college. A copy of magazine led Grubb to ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ.

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Transgender Students Find Home, Security and Support at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ

Pictured are hospitality management students from the Ashtabula and Kent campuses. They are (left to right) Jordan Manning, Meghan Simmons, Brooke Mihalick, Kaylee Madden, Brittany Hopkins, Katie Uterhark, Quintin Caponi, Chelsa Vogel and Brittany Pope.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Hospitality Students From Ashtabula and Kent Campuses Collaborate on Winning Concept

The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Club Managers Association of America student chapter received an award at the association's World Conference.

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ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Hospitality Students From Ashtabula and Kent Campuses Collaborate on Winning Concept

Kristin Williams, Lori Bodnar, Tabitha Martin and Alicia Robinson launched ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Career Closet to help provide students with professional attire for job interviews.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Career Closet Helps Students Make a Good First Impression

A good education and a solid résumé aren’t always enough to make a positive first impression. To bridge the gap, a group of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ faculty and staff members have come together to establish the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Career Closet, a project to collect, organize and distribute professional attire …

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ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Career Closet Helps Students Make a Good First Impression

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ transgender student Emily Grubb (left) stands with Ken Ditlevson, director of the university’s LGBTQ Student Center. The LGBTQ Student Center is located on the lower level of the Kent Student Center.

Transgender Students Find Home, Security and Support at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ

For transgender students like Emily Grubb, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is home.

Grubb and other students have found an inclusive, welcoming environment that offers resources for the transgender community, such as the student organization Trans*Fusion and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Student Center. Transgender students also receive support from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s faculty, staff and administrators.

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Division of People, Culture and Belonging

Case.MD helps make emergency medicine more convenient and safe.

Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices

Three ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication. 

Together, with the help of LaunchNET ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, the three created Case.MD. Ariella Yager, entrepreneur major in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s College of Business Administration; Samuel Graska, cell and molecular biology major in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s College of Arts and Sciences; and Justin Gleason, graduate student in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design spent more than a year planning, inventing, designing and 3-D printing smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.

Tags: Student Life , College of Architecture and Environmental Design , Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship , College of Arts and Sciences , LaunchNet ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ

Office of Student Research

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ transgender student Emily Grubb (left) stands with Ken Ditlevson, director of the university’s LGBTQ Student Center. The LGBTQ Student Center is located on the lower level of the Kent Student Center.

Transgender Students Find Home, Security and Support at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ

For transgender students like Emily Grubb, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is home. Grubb and other students have found an inclusive, welcoming environment that offers resources for the transgender community.

Tags: Student Life , Office of the University Architect , Facilities Planning and Operations , Division of Finance and Administration , Division of Student Life

Kent Campus

Case.MD helps make emergency medicine more convenient and safe.

Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices

With the help of LaunchNET ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, three students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.

Tags: Student Life , College of Architecture and Environmental Design , Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship , College of Arts and Sciences , LaunchNet ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ

Kent Campus

Deneen Penn, a ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Trumbull sophomore, is Miss Collegiate Ohio 2017

Miss Collegiate Ohio Preps for National Stage

Deneen Penn, a ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Trumbull sophomore, is Miss Collegiate Ohio 2017

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ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Student Takes Steps to Stand United at Women’s March on Washington

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Student Takes Steps to Stand United at Women’s March on Washington

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's Julia Ryan heads to Washington D.C. to stand up for women's rights.

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Retired Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Gainer, a ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ student who currently serves as president of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Veterans Club, addresses those attending the university’s 2016 Veterans Day observance.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Selected as a Military Friendly School for Eighth Consecutive Year

For an eighth consecutive year, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has been named a 2017 Military Friendly® School.  Military Friendly is the military ratings division of Victory Media, a service-disabled, veteran-owned business that also publishes G.I. Jobs®, STEM Jobs, Military Spouse and Vetrepreneur®. M…

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