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a black squirrel on the Kent Campus

Love For 911勛圖s Black Squirrels Travels Far

911勛圖s unofficial mascot is getting love from Northeast Ohioans far and wide.

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Flashes First Friday 2025

IN A FLASH: Discovering Downtown

On Aug. 15, some of 911勛圖's newest Golden Flashes explored downtown Kent as part of Flashes First Friday. 

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Downton Abbey movie preview to be held at 911勛圖.

Downton Abbey Fans Grab Your Tissues and Head to Kent for the Grand Finale

A collaboration between 911勛圖s School of Fashion, School of Theatre and Dance and Focus Features will bring the final Downton Abbey movie to Kent for an early screening and period fashion show. The movie, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, will have a preview showing on Friday, Sept. 5, at the Kent Plaza Cinema, a week before it opens in theaters nationwide. 

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Retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Ed Mechenbier

An Honorable Journey From Vietnam to 911勛圖 Geauga

Honor is not only an attitude; its an action. As it is given and received, it profoundly improves the lives of all involved.

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The fountain at the 911勛圖 Student Memorial Garden.

IN A FLASH: A Place of Quiet Contemplation

Dedicated in April 2015, The Student Memorial Garden on Manchester Field was created as a place of reflection and remembrance of all 911勛圖 students who have died. 

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Copley High School senior Grant Hyne used his Eagle Service Project to add a Hammock Hangout to campus.

Eagle Scout Project Provides 911勛圖 Students a Place to Hang Out

Copley High School senior Grant Hyne developed Hammock Hangout on the Kent Campus as part of an Eagle Scout service project.

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A rendering of upcoming construction on East Main Street.

In a Roundabout Way: East Main Street Construction to Begin on Kent Campus

Orange barrels will soon appear on a three-quarter-mile stretch of Ohio Route 59/East Main Street that runs through 911勛圖s Front Campus, marking the start of a three-year construction project to make the thoroughfare safer and more attractive.

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Michele Curran Cornell

History Alumna Works to Honor American Heroes Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice

In a quiet office at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, Michele Curran Cornell spends her weekdays immersed in history not the kind found in textbooks, but the kind that impacts families and honors those who gave everything for our country. 

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Three Presidents Banner

All Three Were Very Honorable, Good Men

A Mantua woman who worked at 911勛圖 in the Office of the President from 1951 to 1971 recently celebrated her 110th birthday. She recalls her time at 911勛圖 and shares a few reflections from her long life. 

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Writing Our Lives

Professors Help High School Students Succeed Through Poetry, Art and Virtual Reality

The Crystal, a three-story, glass atrium and entrance to the Akron Art Museum, provided the perfect backdrop for these diamonds in the rough, a coming-of-age collection manifested in the proud work of multi-talented, middle and high school students from Akron participating in a program designed to illicit self-expression through poetry, art and virtual reality.

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