Community & Society
Before classes began for Fall Semester 2024, the ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer Plus (LGBTQ+) Center welcomed the university's LGBTQ+ community back to campus with a Fall Kickoff event.
Music, activities, games and fun brought together ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ's international students for a global block party.
The celebration, Sept. 19-21, will be packed with panel discussions, workshops and poetry readings, culminating in a gala dinner on Sept. 21.
For the past month, ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ has hosted 37 international graduate students as part of the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program, a monthlong immersion in American higher education and culture. The group, from 26 countries, arrived on the Kent Campus on July 21 and was scheduled to depart on Aug. 17 to begin their graduate programs at universities throughout the country.
Bright sunshine, verdant green spaces and colorful flowers in bloom set the scene for summertime on the Kent Campus.
This summer, ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ's College of Nursing welcomed high school students participating in the University Hospitals Future Nurse Academy program to campus for a tour and hands-on practice in our simulation labs.
The white coat at ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ’s College of Podiatric Medicine’s White Coat Ceremony is presented as a reminder of the professionalism required by students, in their studies at ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ and later as they become podiatric physicians.
When U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ this summer, he and U.S. Representative (and ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ alumna) Emilia Sykes toured the College of Aeronautics and Engineering and the May 4 Visitors Center.
Each August, ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ welcomes alumni and their canine companions to campus for one of the most anticipated events of the year, the "Dog Days of Summer."
After spending time on an athletics service trip to Rwanda in January, recent ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ graduate and women’s soccer team member Callie Jean Cunningham felt compelled to act.