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Tayjua Hines, president of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's Black United Students, speaking at a George Floyd protest in Kent.

Opinion: Now Is the Time to Speak Up, Use Your Platform and Enact Change

Tayjua Hines, president of Black United Students at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, shares this student perspective about racism in our country and says now is the time to enact change.

Tags: University News , Black United Students

Kent Campus

Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., interim vice president of the Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Opinion: Diversity of Protests Offers Renewed Commitment to Social Justice Advocacy

Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's interim vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, and chair and associate professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies, offers her insights in current unrest in America.

Tags: University News , Black United Students

Kent Campus

Neil Cooper, Ph.D., director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies.

Opinion: Addressing Racial Injustice Is in the Interest of All Americans, Says Neil Cooper, Ph.D., Director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies

Neil Cooper, Ph.D., director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, says civil disturbances of the kind witnessed since the death of George Floyd represent moments of opportunity for societies.

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Kent Campus

Cleveland Police Patrolman Kevin Jones is captured shedding a tear by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ photography student Sylvia Lorson.

Journalism Student's Photograph Gaining National Attention

A ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ student is gaining recognition for a photo she took that captures an African American Cleveland police officer shedding a tear as he came face to face with demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis Police custody.

Tags: University News , Community & Society , Featured Story

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Members of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's Undergraduate Student Government Painted "Flashes Take Care of Flashes" on the Rock on Front Campus.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Emergency Grant Fund Helps Students With Basic Needs

The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Emergency Grant Fund is helping students meet financial challenges.

Tags: University News , Division of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs , Institutional Advancement , Alumni

Alumni and Giving

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ women’s basketball players and graduating seniors Ali Poole, Sydney Brinlee and Megan Carter smile with their caps and gowns. (Photo credit: Scott Galvin)

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Student-Athletes Complete Record-Setting Spring Term in Classroom

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ student-athletes conquered the unprecedented challenge of completing the final months of the spring term via remote classes by posting the highest term grade point average (3.563) in athletics department history. All 17 programs posted a term GPA of 3.1 or better with 14 setting a new term record.

Tags: University News , Intercollegiate Athletics , Student Success

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Daffodils bloom by a ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ sign.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Increases Need-Based Aid, Maintains Same Tuition for Continuing Students

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is committed to making a college education affordable for all students and their families. Over the last two years, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has dedicated an additional $2 million for need-based aid. 

Tags: University News , Board of Trustees

Kent Campus

Head Football Coach Sean Lewis on the field.

Flashes of Inspiration: Coach Sean Lewis Promotes 'Can Do' Attitude

Today’s Flashes of Inspiration comes from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Football’s Head Coach Sean Lewis, who delivers a pep talk about how to make it through uncertain, challenging times.

Tags: University News , Video , Football , COVID-19

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ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Golden Flashes Women's Golf Team and Coach Lisa Strom

Flashes of Inspiration: Women's Golf Head Coach Offers Pep Talk

Today’s Flashes of Inspiration comes from Lisa Strom, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s head women’s golf coach, who offers a pep talk to all in the university community struggling under the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tags: University News , Video , Student Life , COVID-19

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