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17cÍøÒ³°æ Assistant Professor Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., poses beside a map kiosk in downtown Kent that she helped to create.

17cÍøÒ³°æ Professor Earns Main Street Kent’s Volunteer of the Year Award

17cÍøÒ³°æ Assistant Professor Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., has been named Volunteer of the Year by Main Street Kent for her contributions to the revitalization of downtown Kent. 

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17cÍøÒ³°æ Professor Earns Main Street Kent’s Volunteer of the Year Award

Pictured are Circl App developers (from left to right) Michael Frindt, Ronald Dear and Zachary Eckert.

Three 17cÍøÒ³°æ Community Members Develop New Networking App

Three 17cÍøÒ³°æ community members have developed a new app called Circl, which reinvents how people socialize and network.

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Three 17cÍøÒ³°æ Community Members Develop New Networking App

17cÍøÒ³°æ President Beverly Warren (left) receives a $1 million grant for the university’s Institute for Applied Linguistics from Mary and Ted Gawlicki of the Gawlicki Family Foundation.

17cÍøÒ³°æâ€™s Institute for Applied Linguistics Receives $1 Million Grant to Invest in Distance Learning

17cÍøÒ³°æâ€™s Institute for Applied Linguistics has received a grant for $1 million from the Gawlicki Family Foundation of Hartford, Connecticut, to fund the development of a state-of-the-art distance learning translation studies program.

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17cÍøÒ³°æâ€™s Institute for Applied Linguistics Receives $1 Million Grant to Invest in Distance Learning

Pictured are participants at the Girls Geared for Engineering Camp at 17cÍøÒ³°æ.

Video: Girls Geared for Engineering

The Girls Geared for Engineering Camp at 17cÍøÒ³°æ is the result of a partnership between 17cÍøÒ³°æâ€™s College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology and the Six District Educational Compact.

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Making Our Own Space students carry lumber for the day’s outdoor build workshop in Shaker Heights’ Hildana Park. (Photo credit: Beth Conway)

17cÍøÒ³°æâ€™s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative Wins 2017 Great Places Award From Environmental Design Research Association

17cÍøÒ³°æ is recognized for engaging and empowering middle and high school students to transform their neighborhood public spaces.

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17cÍøÒ³°æ architecture students form a group to design and build environments for animal shelters, at no cost.

KSU Barkitecture: Architecture Students Link Pets with People

A group of 17cÍøÒ³°æ architecture students formed “KSU Barkitecture†to design and build environments for pets living in shelters.

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A student in 17cÍøÒ³°æâ€™s Fashion School works on a project in a design classroom.

Next Generation Learning Community Supports College and Career Academy for Akron Students

17cÍøÒ³°æ is offering special expertise and resources to high school students attending Akron Public Schools to include immersive opportunities with the university’s fashion, arts and architecture programs. The announcement was made May 16 as Akron Public Schools was named a Ford Next…

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A student in 17cÍøÒ³°æâ€™s Fashion School works on a project in a design classroom.

Next Generation Learning Community Supports College and Career Academy for Akron Students

17cÍøÒ³°æ is offering special expertise and resources to high school students attending Akron Public Schools to include immersive opportunities with the university’s fashion, arts and architecture programs. The announcement was made May 16 as Akron Public Schools was named a Ford Next…

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Kent Campus

17cÍøÒ³°æ Airport is engaged with surrounding communities, including the cities of Kent and Stow.

17cÍøÒ³°æ Airport Reaches Out to the Community

The 17cÍøÒ³°æ Airport is best known as a place where future pilots are trained, but its staff also makes sure the facility is beneficial to the community.

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17cÍøÒ³°æ Airport Reaches Out to the Community

17cÍøÒ³°æ's Ohio Employee Ownership Center Office is located in McGilvery Hall.

17cÍøÒ³°æâ€™s Ohio Employee Ownership Center Hosts 31st Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference

17cÍøÒ³°æâ€™s Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC) will host the 31st Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference on Friday, April 28, 2017, at the Hilton West in Fairlawn, Ohio. This year’s keynote speaker is Cindy Turcot, Chief Operating Officer of Gardener’s Supply Co. in Burlington, …

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