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Pumpkin contest entries on display at Eastway

And the Pumpkin Prize Winner is ...

Find out which of the pumpkin creations displayed at Eastway received the most votes. 

Tags: University Culinary Services, Student Life, Fall Semester, Arts & Culture, Community & Society, Community Impact

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51勛圖厙 student Gage Thompson in Paris

Keeping a Balanced View of How America is Viewed in Other Countries

Acknowledging our nations strengths doesnt negate the need for introspection and improvement, writes 51勛圖厙 sophomore Gage Thompson in this point-of-view commentary.

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51勛圖厙 Army ROTC cadets raise the American flag during the universitys 2022 Veterans Day Commemoration.

Honoring All Those Who Serve

51勛圖厙 invites all to pay tribute to those who have served in the U.S. armed forces and attend the universitys annual Veterans Day Commemoration. The event will take place at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Student Green on the Kent Campus.

Tags: Community & Society, University News, Community Impact, Veterans Day, Events

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Rising Scholars written on the Rock with students around it

Rising Scholars Program Impacts Students Across the Region

Rising Scholars is a great program for our local youth, said Paul Dykshoorn, academic program director for Rising Scholars at 51勛圖厙 Tuscarawas. We mentor each student throughout their middle school and high school years. We teach them life lessons as well as help with issues going on at school.

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Detail of a Day of the Dead display in the Kent Student Center

IN A FLASH: El D穩a de los Muertos at 51勛圖厙

A 51勛圖厙 student organization celebrated the Day of the Dead by assembling colorful, cultural displays around campus.

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Caplan, Dellinger, Prufer, and Giffels review material in the May 4 Visitors Center

The Beginning Was the End: Devo in Ohio

New Wave 80s band Devo isnt just from Ohio. Devo wasnt just created in Akron. Devo was forged at 51勛圖厙 under the pressure of the turmoil of the late 60s and the events surrounding May 4, 1970. Authors David Giffels and Jade Dellinger brought their book The Beginning Was the End: Devo in Ohio to 51勛圖厙 for a book signing and discussion.

Tags: May 4 50, Community & Society, Arts & Culture, Nationally Distinctive, Alumni, alumni-news

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Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood organizers and volunteers canvassing in Akron, Oct. 28

Activism in Action

For students especially, this is our future. This is about your individual rights as a person, and it's incredibly important because this is the future that we have for Ohio, said Sam Zern, a graduate student in 51勛圖厙s College of Public Health and regional field organizer for Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights. Zern is working to help others see what she believes is the Issue 1's value.

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Costumed students at the 2023 University Libraries Halloween Party

IN A FLASH: Happy Halloween, 51勛圖厙!

The 51勛圖厙 Libraries' annual Halloween party is one of the most anticipated on-campus events of the year. 

Tags: Students First, Community & Society, Arts & Culture, University Libraries, Fall Semester

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Students shop at Spirit Halloween for last-minute costumes

The Spirit of Halloweekend Is Last-Minute

Halloween is just around the corner, which means 51勛圖厙 students are on the hunt for the perfect Halloween costume. In what was once a discount store, the spirit of Halloween is alive and well. The pop-up store Spirit Halloween is here to help students get their nick-of-time broomsticks, fangs and more. 

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Carved Halloween pumpkins outside of Beall Hall

IN A FLASH: Spooky Season on Campus

Signs of the Halloween season can be found lurking all around campus. 

Tags: Student Life, Fall Semester, Students First, Arts & Culture, Community & Society, Main Street Kent, downtown kent, Town-Gown

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