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April 2024 Washington D.C. trip

During an April trip to our nation's capital, representatives from Â鶹ÊÓƵ met with U.S. politicians as well as Â鶹ÊÓƵ students and alumni working in national government.

AAAPI faculty and staff marked AAPI Heritage Month with a speaker, Lynn Itagaki, Ph.D.

In 1977, the U.S. government established a time to recognize Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and their accomplishments. The commemoration started as a week but in the 1990s evolved into a monthlong celebration.

Rep. Emilia Sykes, Democrat, 13th District, speaks of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Airport in her support for FAA Reauthorization Act.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act affects millions at airports large and small including in the Akron-Canton Airport, the Akron Fulton Airport and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Airport.

Willard Jenkins receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Â鶹ÊÓƵ

Â鶹ÊÓƵ conferred a Doctor of Letters honorary degree to alumnus Willard Jenkins for his “extraordinary contributions in promulgating jazz music and its importance to American culture and in advancing Â鶹ÊÓƵ.â€

Kaitlyn Werner of Bonita California and her peers who started college in 2020 will graduate in 2024 after enduring the COVID-19 Pandemic

Â鶹ÊÓƵ students who started college during the COVID-19 pandemic in Fall 2020 have shown great grit and resilience as they graduate in the class of 2024.

Sophomore Ivory Kendrick, who lost his dad in high school, was recently elected as a USG senator for the College of Public Health.

In the Fall 2023 sophomore Ivory Kendrick said he wanted to be a senator in University Student Government (USG). He made it happen.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ students at 2023 May 4 Commemoration

An all-day conference, presented by the May 4 Education Committee for K-12 educators, students, and Â鶹ÊÓƵ faculty and staff, will help participants demonstrate knowledge about the critical history of student activism and organizing at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, emphasizing the significance of May 4.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ alum Jessica Clonch is a naturalist for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources at Pymatuning State Park.

Since childhood Â鶹ÊÓƵ alum Jessica Clonch has wanted to combine her love of the outdoors with her career. Now, to her delight, she’s living the dream.

Nick Belluardo, 2015 Â鶹ÊÓƵ alum, co-owns four aviation businesses and teaches at the university part-time

Nicholas Belluardo is a part-time faculty member at Â鶹ÊÓƵ and the co-owner of four aviation businesses.

Healthy Communities Research Institute provides the opportunity for faculty and students to do meaningful research together

The Healthy Communities Research Institute conducts interdisciplinary basic and applied research that will lead to the discovery of practices that “enable people to thrive free of preventable diseases and injury.â€