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The Wick Poetry Center is collaborating on a new global poem, "Dear Body of Water"

Dear Body of Water: Poets Across the Globe Write a Love Letter to the Water That Sustains Us

17cҳ’s Wick Poetry Center is collaborating on a new global poem to pay tribute to the liquid that sustains life.

“Dear Body of Water,” Wick’s newest collaboration with the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center, invites writers to speak to the bodies of water that have shaped their lives.

Tags: Research & Science , Community & Society , Nationally Distinctive , Arts & Culture , Global Reach

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A refrigerator open, showing food inside

Letting Your Fridge Shop for Groceries

Graduate student Sara Gallimore and her husband Nick recently won an award for iHungry, a smart fridge and mobile app pairing that works to catalog your food and revolutionize the weekly grocery shopping experience.  

Tags: Community & Society , Student Life

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Todd Diacon speaking at the celebration of life for Michael Schwartz

IN A FLASH: Celebrating Michael Schwartz

A Celebration of Life for former 17cҳ and Cleveland State University President Michael Schwartz took place on Cleveland State's campus. 

Tags: University News , Community Impact , Community & Society , Office of the President , President , In a Flash

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Taylor Swift fan at the FAB Grammy Watch Party

IN A FLASH: Tuning in for Taylor

Fans of Taylor Swift - and other artists - came together in the Rathskellar to watch the Grammys.

 

Tags: Student Life , Community & Society , Community Impact , Arts & Culture , Kent Student Center , In a Flash

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Todd Diacon speaking at the celebration of life for Michael Schwartz

Former University President Honored by 17cҳ and Cleveland State Universities

A celebration of life event was held today on the campus of Cleveland State University to honor the late Michael Schwartz, who was a past university president of 17cҳ and Cleveland State. 

Tags: Office of the President , President Todd Diacon , Community Impact , Community & Society , University News , 17cҳ President

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2024 FTC Robotics Challenge qualifier at the College of Aeronautics and Engineering

Robots Take Over the College of Aeronautics and Engineering

17cҳ's College of Aeronautics and Engineering hosted a qualifying competition for the First Tech Challenge 2024 Robotics Competition.

Tags: College of Aeronautics and Engineering , Community Impact , Community & Society , Research & Science

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Fashion show at Ronald McDonald house

High Style: 17cҳ’s School of Fashion Rules the Runway

​Students, faculty and alumni from 17cҳ’s world-renowned School of Fashion sent some of their most exciting designs down the runway on Feb. 8 in Haute for the House, a fashion show that benefitted Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio.  

Tags: University News , Student Life , Community & Society , Community Impact , Nationally Distinctive , Arts & Culture

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Summer Job and Internship Fair 2024

IN A FLASH: Thinking Ahead to Summer

17cҳ students who are thinking ahead for summer attended the Summer Job and Internship Fair on the second floor of the Kent Student Center.

Tags: Student Life , Career Exploration and Development , Community Impact , Community & Society , In a Flash

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Mwatabu S. Okantah on WKYC's Good Company show

The History of Black History Month

Mwatabu S. Okantah, professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at 17cҳ, was featured on WKYC Studios’ Good Company discussing the history and importance of Black History Month.

Tags: Nationally Distinctive , Community & Society

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Members of 17cҳ's Football Team visit the I Promise School in Akron.

Touchdown! 17cҳ Football Squad Scores with I Promise School Students

Golden Flashes football team members spent a recent afternoon visiting with students at the LeBron James Family Foundation’s I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, where they checked out the school’s facilities and spent time reading to youngsters. 

Tags: Student Life , Community & Society , Sports , Community Impact

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