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Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s new FedEx Aeronautics Academic Center provides a world-class training ground to help aviation students and future pilots soar to even greater achievements.
Last year, Â鶹ÊÓƵ celebrated 100 years of Homecoming. This year, the university starts the next century of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Homecoming celebrations with a new president leading the institution.
President Diacon says he plans to bring his prior experience to his new role and vision as president, he recently told Crain’s Cleveland Business.
Last year, Â鶹ÊÓƵ celebrated 100 years of Homecoming. This year, the university starts the next century of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Homecoming celebrations with a new president leading the institution.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Common Reading Experience is an opportunity for first-year students to read university-selected books and share a common experience with their peers. The goal is for freshmen to gain an understanding of the university’s values and to build and maintain relationships that foster success with faculty, administration and staff.
Cavs Legion Gaming Club (GC), the NBA 2K League affiliate of the Cleveland Cavaliers, has teamed up with Â鶹ÊÓƵ Esports in a unique new partnership designed to help grow and strengthen the local gaming community in Northeast Ohio, as well as promote the university’s newly launched collegiate esports program.
Diacon expressed his desire to increase enrollment, keep Â鶹ÊÓƵ affordable, continue a strong relationship with the city of Kent, honor the legacy of May 4 and advance the university’s Gateway Master Plan for redeveloping the front of campus.
Targeted at widening students’ educational opportunities in preparing them for a career in occupational therapy, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ at Ashtabula Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Technology program recently announced the creation of a hybrid model, combining online learning with more convenient on-campus laboratory sessions.
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumni network will again grow its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes get their degrees. Â鶹ÊÓƵ will hold its Summer 2019 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center.
Student activism and giving voice to students will be the topics of two keynote speakers who are headlining the upcoming 2019 Educators Summit at Â鶹ÊÓƵ titled “May 4, 1970 Then & Now: Voices for Change."