Alumni
17cÍøÒ³°æ Emergency Grant Fund Helps Students With Basic Needs
The 17cÍøÒ³°æ Emergency Grant Fund is helping students meet financial challenges.
Alumni and Giving
17cÍøÒ³°æ Geauga Campus BSN Program Graduate to Serve as Nurse in New York City Hospital to Help Combat COVID-19
17cÍøÒ³°æ Geauga Campus Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program 2018 graduate Bailey Hill has been selected by The Cleveland Clinic as a nurse who will spend the next four weeks at New York Presbyterian Hospital—an area in the COVID hot zone with a shortage of nurses. When Bail…
Alumni and Giving
Flashes Learn: 17cÍøÒ³°æ Faculty Member Publishes Research on Secret Brand Consumption
17cÍøÒ³°æ Alumni is proud to present its first, Faculty Lecture Highlight. Faculty Lecture Highlights allow 17cÍøÒ³°æ faculty to share their most recent research with alumni and friends.Watch this quick video as 17cÍøÒ³°æ faculty member Robert Jewell, Ph.D., highlights his published res…
Alumni and Giving
Golden Flashes Making a Difference at Home
When graduates found out Alumni Day of Service was cancelled because of precautions surrounding COVID-19, they still wanted to spread kindness and cheer in their communities. Two proud alumni share what compelled them to give back.Making Capes for Kids Jessie Cottage, ’11, was excited to volunt…
Alumni and Giving
LOU RAFFIS RECOGNIZED AS DISTINGUISHED HONORS ALUMNUS
Lou Raffis, a 1981 graduate of 17cÍøÒ³°æ’s Honors College, was recently announced as the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Honors Alumni Award. He recalls his time at 17cÍøÒ³°æ, saying that he truly benefitted from the academic preparation the Honors College gave him to attend graduat…
Honors College
Watch Dr. Jeffrey Hess, ’87, on "Today"
17cÍøÒ³°æ students, faculty, staff and alumni are doing great things during the COVID-19 crisis. Alumnus, Dr. Jeffrey Hess, ’87, chief medical director for General Motors, is keeping workers safe at the Indiana GM plant to make ventilators as well as protective masks. Hess received a bach…
Alumni and Giving
17cÍøÒ³°æ Intends to Offer In-State Tuition for Graduate Programs to Out-of-State Residents
Out-of-state residents who have earned a bachelor’s degree in Ohio will soon be able to save on tuition for graduate programs at 17cÍøÒ³°æ thanks to a new in-state tuition option offered by the university.
Alumni and Giving
17cÍøÒ³°æ Creates Emergency Fund to Help Students Financially During COVID-19 Crisis
17cÍøÒ³°æ announced the creation of the Pay It Flash Forward Emergency Fund that will help students who are unexpectedly finding themselves in financial need as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alumni and Giving
University and Alumni Events Cancelled
Please be advised that in light of precautions surrounding COVID-19 (coronavirus), 17cÍøÒ³°æ is cancelling all university-sponsored. This includes events on all 17cÍøÒ³°æ campuses as well as university-sponsored events scheduled for other locations. Below is a list of 17cÍøÒ³°æ Alum…
Alumni and Giving
KENT STATE HONORS COLLEGE STUDENTS HELP THE HOMELESS
On February 21, Jackie Searfoss, a representative of the Streetsboro United Methodist Church (SUMC), visited 17cÍøÒ³°æ to introduce the Honors College community to an initiative that SUMC is very passionate about. At the event, which was organized by Honors College special assistant Lori…
Honors College