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Â鶹ÊÓƵ transgender student Emily Grubb (left) stands with Ken Ditlevson, director of the university’s LGBTQ Student Center. The LGBTQ Student Center is located on the lower level of the Kent Student Center.

For transgender students like Emily Grubb, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is home.

Grubb and other students have found an inclusive, welcoming environment that offers resources for the transgender community, such as the student organization Trans*Fusion and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Student Center. Transgender students also receive support from Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s faculty, staff and administrators.

This year marks the ninth year Â鶹ÊÓƵ is being recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus USA program.

The Kent City Council and mayor dubbed Kent, Ohio, the state’s Tree City. This year marks the ninth year Â鶹ÊÓƵ is being recognized by the Tree Campus USA program.

A colorful, fall aerial photo of the campus of Â鶹ÊÓƵ, taken from a university aircraft, helps show why the university has received the Tree Campus USA recognition for a ninth consecutive year.

University is rooted in its commitment to tree care.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ transgender student Emily Grubb (left) stands with Ken Ditlevson, director of the university’s LGBTQ Student Center. The LGBTQ Student Center is located on the lower level of the Kent Student Center.

For transgender students like Emily Grubb, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is home. Grubb and other students have found an inclusive, welcoming environment that offers resources for the transgender community.