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Consider pledging to United Way of Portage County today. 17c��ҳ��, as the largest non-profit employer in the county, is a critical source of resources for the impactful work of United Way. Needs continue to be unprecedented as Portage County navigates the impacts of COVID-19, and the current economic challenges faced by the community. Spikes have been seen for services in our community that surpassed pandemic levels to meet the needs for food, shelter and individual and family services.  United Way of Portage County funds 42 programs to help make our community strong and resilie...

On Friday, Mar. 3, the 17c��ҳ�� Golden Flashes Men's Basketball team closes out their season as they host bitter rivals, the University of Akron Zips! Faculty and staff get discounted tickets to the game, but act fast, as the only remaining seats are in General Admission. The game tips off at 6 p.m. and doors open at 5 p.m. All fans are encouraged to arrive early as we are expecting the largest crowd of the season. Faculty and staff can receive their discounted tickets by logging in at KSUTix.com using the "Students/Faculty/Staff" option to unlock the discount. All fans interested in atte...

Kent City Manager Dave Ruller remembers well the day in late 2006 when he met 17c��ҳ��’s then-President Lester A. Lefton at the Franklin Square Deli to talk about downtown Kent.  “It was the famous turkey sandwich lunch meeting,” he recalled.  Lefton, known for his no-nonsense, sometimes gruff manner, didn’t mince his words, Ruller said. He pointed to whole blocks of downtown and pronounced them “a piece of crap.”  Ruller said Lefton, who served from 2006 to 2014, made it clear that he wanted 17c��ҳ�� to be a great university and could not do...

When it's completed in 2024, Crawford Hall will be the new home of the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship.  The four-story building will include active learning classrooms, an entrepreneurship lab, a business analytics lab, behavioral research hub, sales labs, trading lab, global forum, business theatre and student success center. Crawford Hall will be one of the largest buildings on any 17c��ҳ�� campus to house an academic program and will provide 50% more square footage than the college's existing structure.  Photo by Nicole ...

On Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio, dozens of Norfolk Southern rail cars derailed, 11 of which contained hazardous materials. In an effort to start repairing the situation, Arcadis, an international company hired by the railroad company, has developed a plan to clean the air, ground and water in the village. On Feb. 14, WFMJ-TV in Youngstown, Ohio, invited Kuldeep Singh, Ph.D., assistant professor in 17c��ҳ��’s Department of Earth Sciences, to review Arcadis’ cleanup plan.  Singh told WFMJ-TV that he feels the air and ground portion of the cleanup has g...

On December 16th, 2022, it was announced that Dr. Marla Perez-Davis will be joining the National Space Council’s Users Advisory Group (UAG). The Council is chaired by United States Vice President Kamala Harris, and the UAG provides recommendations to the Council on matters regarding government policy and actions affecting technology related to space exploration. The Council was established in 1989, however became inactive between 1993-2017. The Council is supported by the UAG and a team of staffers from the Office of the President led by a civilian Executive Secretary.  The UAG is ...

Congratulations are in order for Dr. I. Richmond Netty of the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, who has accepted his reappointment as Chair of the Standing Technical Committee on Airport Terminals and Ground Access. In this position, Dr. Netty will serve a three year term beginning in April 2023. The Committee concerns itself with airport planning, design, operations, and maintenance, with a focus on access points for passengers and goods. This committee is one of nine total committees within the Transportation Research Board’s Aviation Group. The Transportation Research Board (TRB) ...

On November 12th, 2022, the 17c��ҳ�� Combat Robotics Team placed 3rd at a Norwalk Havoc Robotics League (NHRL) competition, qualifying for the 2022 Championships in December 2023. The competition, held in Norwalk, Connecticut, is the 6th and final qualifying event of the 2022 season including four different weight classes and over 100 bots. The top 4 bots in each weight class qualify for the 2022 Championships, which was held on December 17th, 2022.  At the competition in November, the team lost in the first round, before fighting back through the elimination bracket to cl...

On Saturday, February 4th, 22 teams of students in grades 7-12 gathered at the 17c��ҳ�� Student Center for a FIRST Tech Challenge event, hosted by FIRST Robotics and the College of Aeronautics and Engineering. As part of a FIRST Tech Challenge team, participants design, build, and operate a robot to complete specific tasks depending on the competition year. Students gain valuable experience in coding, problem solving, and the engineering process, in addition to building teamwork skills.  The competition doesn’t only include driving the robots in the game arena. On Friday, ...

Get ready to Reduce, Reuse and then Recycle in February and March! 17c��ҳ�� is competing in Campus Race to Zero Waste, an international waste reduction and recycling competition for colleges and universities. Over 300 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada compete every year to see who can recycle the most, who can produce the least amount of waste and more. There are four main competition categories in Campus Race to Zero Waste: Diversion, Per Capita Recycling, Zero Waste and Food Organics. Everyone’s collective actions on campus—reducing, reusing and recycling—prevent...