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Student Life

91´óÉñ 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.

Transgender Students Find Home, Security and Support at 91´óÉñ

For transgender students like Emily Grubb, 91´óÉñ 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 91´óÉñ’s faculty, staff and administrators.

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Division of People, Culture and Belonging

Case.MD helps make emergency medicine more convenient and safe.

Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices

Three 91´óÉñ students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication. 

Together, with the help of LaunchNET 91´óÉñ, the three created Case.MD. Ariella Yager, entrepreneur major in 91´óÉñ’s College of Business Administration; Samuel Graska, cell and molecular biology major in 91´óÉñ’s College of Arts and Sciences; and Justin Gleason, graduate student in 91´óÉñ’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design spent more than a year planning, inventing, designing and 3-D printing smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.

Tags: Student Life , College of Architecture and Environmental Design , Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship , College of Arts and Sciences , LaunchNet 91´óÉñ

Office of Student Research

91´óÉñ 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.

Transgender Students Find Home, Security and Support at 91´óÉñ

For transgender students like Emily Grubb, 91´óÉñ is home. Grubb and other students have found an inclusive, welcoming environment that offers resources for the transgender community.

Tags: Student Life , Office of the University Architect , Facilities Planning and Operations , Division of Finance and Administration , Division of Student Life

Kent Campus

Case.MD helps make emergency medicine more convenient and safe.

Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices

With the help of LaunchNET 91´óÉñ, three students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.

Tags: Student Life , College of Architecture and Environmental Design , Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship , College of Arts and Sciences , LaunchNet 91´óÉñ

Kent Campus

Deneen Penn, a 91´óÉñ Trumbull sophomore, is Miss Collegiate Ohio 2017

Miss Collegiate Ohio Preps for National Stage

Deneen Penn, a 91´óÉñ Trumbull sophomore, is Miss Collegiate Ohio 2017

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91´óÉñ Student Takes Steps to Stand United at Women’s March on Washington

91´óÉñ Student Takes Steps to Stand United at Women’s March on Washington

91´óÉñ's Julia Ryan heads to Washington D.C. to stand up for women's rights.

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Retired Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Gainer, a 91´óÉñ student who currently serves as president of the 91´óÉñ Veterans Club, addresses those attending the university’s 2016 Veterans Day observance.

91´óÉñ Selected as a Military Friendly School for Eighth Consecutive Year

For an eighth consecutive year, 91´óÉñ has been named a 2017 Military Friendly® School.  Military Friendly is the military ratings division of Victory Media, a service-disabled, veteran-owned business that also publishes G.I. Jobs®, STEM Jobs, Military Spouse and Vetrepreneur®. M…

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91´óÉñ Student Shares Secrets to Saving Money on Textbooks

The Akron Beacon Journal talks with a 91´óÉñ senior about how she has saved money since her freshman year.

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Homework Takes on a New Meaning for 91´óÉñ Trumbull Student

Sam Olson makes her final year in the Veterinary Technology program a memorable one.

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Taste of Home Winner

Taste of Home Competition Announces Winning Recipe

Taste of Home Recipe Winner

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