Nationally Distinctive

Goodyear Blimp Pilots Have Full-Circle Moment
The skies over 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Airport will feature a unique homecoming this weekend as three alumni return to pilot the Goodyear Blimp during the Aeronautics and Engineering Expo (A&E Expo) on Saturday.

Working to Get Student Voters Informed and Engaged
The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Votes initiative is working with organizations and departments across campus to help engage and inform student voters in advance of the coming elections.

IN A FLASH: Donning their White Coats
Second-year nursing students at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø received white coats in a ceremony marking their transition into the professional sequence of their program.

IN A FLASH: A Welcome at Wick
Graduate students in 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's College of Architecture and Environmental Design received a personal welcome from the college's associate dean at the park outside 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Wick Poetry Center.

Students Wanted: Sign Up to be Part of Largest-Ever Study of University Students
Researchers at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø are beginning the second year of their largest and most ambitious study ever to track 10,000 university students and follow them throughout their lifetimes.

Wick Poetry Center Home Formally Dedicated as Gaston Prentice House
The historic house perched next to the Lefton Esplanade at South Lincoln Street on the Kent Campus, which has been home to the Wick Poetry Center since 2014, is now officially the Gaston Prentice House.

Continuing Excellence: 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Earns Military Friendly School Designation for 15th Straight Year
51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s unwavering commitment to supporting military-connected students has once again been recognized, as the institution earns the Military FriendlyⓇ School designation for the 15th consecutive year.

IN A FLASH: Ice Cream with the Dean
51³Ô¹ÏÍø's College of Architecture and Environmental Design welcomed new and returning students back to campus with ice cream on the Lefton Esplanade and greetings from the college's dean, program heads and leaders of its student organizations.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Alumna Reaches for the Stars
A career change and a decision to pursue a Master of Information and Library Science at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø reignited Robin Pertz's love of space and landed her a dream job at NASA.

IN A FLASH: Undergraduate Researchers Visit Kent
51³Ô¹ÏÍø welcomed undergraduate researchers from our university, Cleveland State University and the University of Akron to the Kent Campus for the 19th annual Northeast Ohio Undergraduate Research Symposium.