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°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's history of women's athletics goes back more than 100 years.
Black Women Bosses (BWB) is designed to help participants learn leadership and business skills, gain community and practice self-care and confidence as an entrepreneur.
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s commitment to diversity and inclusion has been recognized with the 2022 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. The annual award recognizes U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion.
The family of Astrid N. Sambolin Morales, Ph.D., an assistant professor at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ, is dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. They have been without electricity since the storm hit Sunday Sept. 18, 2022.
The first full week of fall is also the most spirited week at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ. The week of Sept. 26 to Oct. 1 is Spirit Week and includes homecoming weekend at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ. The week will be full of events celebrating °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ spirit.
Two professors from °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s College of Education, Health and Human Services returned from a trip to the University of Rwanda (UR) energized by the new partnerships and collaborations they formed there.
The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Board of Trustees welcomed the Class of 2026 at the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held Sept. 21 at the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Airport. °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s freshman class began classes on the Kent Campus nearly 7% larger than the previous year with 4,251 students – the eighth largest incoming class in the university’s 112-year history.
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s Class of 2026 has arrived on the Kent Campus in strong numbers – 4,251 to be exact – an increase of nearly 7% over the previous year, the largest class since before the pandemic and the eighth largest incoming class in the university’s 112-year history.
On this 21st day of September, we remember when Earth, Wind and Fire played at the Kent Student Center in October 1973.
The performance, titled will have its opening night at 7 p.m. Oct. 24, in the 700-seat auditorium of the National Academy of Science in Washington, D.C.