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Homecoming Parade at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ

The streets of Kent, Ohio, will be filled with blue and gold as °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ alumni, students, parents, employees and community members gather for this year’s Homecoming, with a full slate of events Oct. 20-21.

Lessons in Leadership: Hispanic Heritage Month Panelists Talking

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Leadership Center features panels of students and faculty talking about their leadership journeys. As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to a close, the center hosted a Lessons in Leadership: Hispanic Heritage Month Panel. 

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Fall Fest 2023 horse-drawn carriage rides

Students lined up to get a free beanie and take a ride on a horse-drawn carriage at Flash Activities Board’s Fall Fest on Wednesday, Oct. 11. With hot apple cider and donuts in hand, students either played cornhole or sat on hay while listening to the live calypso music.

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°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ students work at computers

You get an email from your supervisor demanding you send them your cell number so they can text you important instructions. You get a text asking you to verify that you’re logging into your Flashline account. But you’re not. Now you’re wondering how many times you’ve used this same password. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ is looking to keep you safe online.

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A miniature fairytale house

In Noelle Bowles’ classroom, fairytales come to life through the eyes of her students. Bowles, associate professor of English at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ at Trumbull, teaches lessons that extend past the storybook and onto the pages of real life.

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woman checks cellphone

Changes have now been made to Rave, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s Emergency Communication System, which is used to send Flash ALERTS as text messages when important information needs to be distributed in a timely fashion, such as during a safety crisis or weather emergency. 

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Bob Christy, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s senior photography coordinator, holds his camera while covering Spring 2022 Commencement.

Serving under four university presidents, Bob Christy is a witness to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ history. His photos document the university's people, places and points in time. Get to know Christy as °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Today takes a closer look at the man behind the camera.

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ students Ryan Aquilani of Philadelphia, Pa., and Holly Atkinson of Dayton, Ohio, make fidget tools as part of Disability Awareness Month, sponsored by Student Accessibility Services.

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's Student Accessibility Services is celebrating October as Disability Awareness Month, with events and activities to spread the word to students that they are not alone in their struggle and that help is available. 

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woman checks cellphone

Changes are coming to Rave, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s Emergency Communication System, which is used to send Flash ALERTS as text messages when important information needs to be distributed in a timely fashion, such as during a safety crisis or weather emergency. 

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Warhorse Tattoos

Juliana Buonaiuto, Undergraduate Student Government president, stated in her convocation speech this year that she got a lightning bolt tattoo during the first two weeks of her first year. A recent Pew Research Center survey revealed that 32% of Americans have a tattoo. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Today went to some local authorities to see if those trends match the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ community.