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From Badgers to Golden Flashes: Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s President, Wife and Head Football Coach Share Connection With Two Universities
Even Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s highest-ranking officials can experience a tug on their loyalties when the Golden Flashes take on their alma maters in athletic contests. President Todd Diacon, his wife, Moema Furtado, and head football coach Sean Lewis all will experience that dual loyalty on Saturday when Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« faces the University of Wisconsin-Madison at noon at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Nursing Alumna Reflects on May 4 Tragedy
In the spring of 1970, two-time Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University alumna and registered nurse Pat Gless was a junior in Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s inaugural nursing program. While in class on Monday, May 4, a professor rushed into her classroom and warned students who could leave campus to do so. Fifty years later, Gless now reflects on the events surrounding that tragedy and how they have impacted her life and nursing career.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Debuts New TV Commercial Produced Entirely In-House
An ecology student testing water in a river. A nursing student assisting a patient. A music student performing onstage. These are just three of the 30 Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students featured in the new Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« TV commercial that was developed and produced entirely in-house by Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« staff members who are all Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« graduates.
Flashes Sign Team IMPACT Recruit Mary Alice Tryda
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University field hockey coach Kyle DeSandes-Moyer is pleased to announce the signing of 10-year-old Mary Alice Tryda through Team IMPACT to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« field hockey team.
Ascendium Grant Will Streamline Transfers and Increase Student Retention, Graduations
The pathway from a two-year college to Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University will soon become an easier road to travel for Ohio students, thanks to a grant awarded to Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« to collaborate with three Ohio community colleges to streamline the transfer process.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Celebrates Homecoming
On Saturday, Sept. 21, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University fight song blared down Main Street, the city of Kent was flooded with blue and gold, alumni and friends gathered and reminisced about their Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« days, fans packed the stadium to cheer on their beloved Golden Flashes and the entire campus boomed with Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« pride.
Delta Air Lines Program Propels Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s Flight Technology Students to Careers as Pilots
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s nationally ranked Flight Technology program, in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, is one of only three nationwide that Delta Air Lines selected this year to become a Delta Propel Partner, a program that creates career opportunities for students studying to be future commercial pilots.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Board Formalizes New 10-Year Agreement With Tuscarawas Campus
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s long-standing relationship with the Tuscarawas County University Branch District to administer the Tuscarawas Campus of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« will continue through June 30, 2030, in a new 10-year agreement approved by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Board of Trustees.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Honors Seven Alumni With 2019 Alumni Awards
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Alumni Association is proud to announce its 2019 Alumni Award recipients. Recipients are chosen based on their exceptional contributions in their chosen profession, in their communities and at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Unveils World-Class FedEx Aeronautics Academic Center
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s new FedEx Aeronautics Academic Center provides a world-class training ground to help aviation students and future pilots soar to even greater achievements.