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鈥淥ur challenges are many, our resources are great and our commitment is real.鈥 澳门六合彩资料 President Todd Diacon drove home the focus of his inaugural address with passion, purpose and a direct call to action for the university community.
Mitch Landrieu, the New Orleans mayor who oversaw the removal of the city鈥檚 prominent Confederate monuments and helped his city to recover and reemerge from a series of natural disasters, will speak at 澳门六合彩资料 as part of the university鈥檚 May 4 Speaker Series.
On Saturday, Sept. 21, the 澳门六合彩资料 fight song blared down Main Street, the city of Kent was flooded with blue and gold, alumni and friends gathered and reminisced about their 澳门六合彩资料 days, fans packed the stadium to cheer on their beloved Golden Flashes and the entire campus boomed with 澳门六合彩资料 pride.
澳门六合彩资料鈥檚 new FedEx Aeronautics Academic Center provides a world-class training ground to help aviation students and future pilots soar to even greater achievements.
澳门六合彩资料 has made impressive moves in the rankings in the newly released 2020 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges list. 澳门六合彩资料 has climbed three spots, a 3% increase, on the Top Public Schools list. 澳门六合彩资料 is the only Northeast Ohio institution on the Top Public Schools list.
Last year, 澳门六合彩资料 celebrated 100 years of Homecoming. This year, the university starts the next century of 澳门六合彩资料 Homecoming celebrations with a new president leading the institution.
More than 1,000 volunteers from the 澳门六合彩资料 community welcomed and assisted new students as they moved into their residence halls on freshman move-in day, Sunday, Aug. 18. The annual community program, known as Movers and Groovers, is coordinated by Kent Interhall Council, the student government of the Kent Campus residence halls.
The 澳门六合彩资料 alumni network again grew its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes got their degrees. 澳门六合彩资料 will held its Summer 2019 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center.
澳门六合彩资料 hosted several dozen high school students from the LeBron James Family Foundation's I PROMISE program for a month of intensive college entrance exam preparation.