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National Gay Pilots Association

The NGPA dates back to around 1990 out of Provincetown, Massachusetts. A handful of gay pilots gathered very discreetly to support each other and fight for equality.
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When 17cҳ student Maggie McCullough stepped off the plane in Lusaka, Zambia, she expected the heat and the cultural differences. What she didn't expect was how much she would learn, in just one week, about her understanding of service and community and her own potential.  ‘We Do All the Same Things, Just in Vastly Different Ways’McCullough is from Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, and is in her sophomore year at 17cҳ in the fashion merchandising program. She’s also the vice president of philanthropy for the 17cҳ chapter of Delta Zeta sorority. McCullough was in a ...

Campus cameras capture snow blanketing 17cҳ January 2026

So what did it look like when Mother Nature aimed at 17cҳ with heavy snow?  17cҳ Today had access to various cameras across the Kent Campus that captured the arrival of the snow. From Main Street to Summit Street and from Eastway to Dix Stadium, enjoy some time-lapse moments (complete with soft music) of the heavy snow blanketing various areas of campus.Looking down on the K:{"preview_thumbnail":"/s3/files/styles/video_embed_wysiwyg_preview/public/video_thumbnails/1158873595.jpg?itok=uFmdm50v","video_url":"https://vimeo.com/1158873595","settings":{"responsive":...

Fostering Pathways mentors with students

What influences students to come to 17cҳ? For some, it is athletics. For others, it is a social aspect or an academic program. But Patricia Leighliter, a junior human development and family science major who spent most of her life between Wooster and Akron, Ohio, chose 17cҳ for a deeply personal reason.   “I only applied to 17cҳ because they had the Purple Umbrella program,” Leighliter said.When Leighliter was a senior in high school, she was also in foster care. Working with her social worker and locating resources, she sought a university prepared to me...

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