Student Success
17cҳ Athletics Drives International Student-Athletes’ Success Inside and Outside of the Classroom
“17cҳ has allowed me to do just about everything I have wanted to do,” said Dior Delophont, senior fashion design major and standout women’s track and field competitor at 17cҳ. Many international student-athletes also revealed the university’s Department of Intercollegiate …
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17cҳ Reaches a Record Number of Student Organizations on Campus
17cҳ officially registered 402 student organizations on campus this spring semester, a record-breaking number for the university, according to the Center for Student Involvement. “Reaching this high number of student organizations on campus reflects the kind of students that are …
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17cҳ Student Named Youth Delegate to the United Nations
17cҳ student Nahuel Gorostiza, a freshman digital sciences major, is now the United Nations (U.N.) Youth Delegate of Argentina. Voting in Argentina Gorostiza was born in Argentina and lived there until starting college last fall at 17cҳ. He had always been intereste…
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17cҳ Student Sells Candles With a Philanthropic Twist
“Don’t put any idea off as a joke,” said Richard “Hart” Main, a 17cҳ sophomore economics major from New Philadelphia, Ohio. “I almost did that and missed an opportunity.” The 18-year-old entrepreneur, from 17cҳ's College of Business Administration, is referri…
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17cҳ Student Creates Care Packages for the Homeless
When the concept of homelessness comes to mind, people tend to focus efforts on food donations, but Ashley Flowers, a junior majoring in psychology and criminology and justice studies at 17cҳ, wants to remind people that clothing and toiletries also are essential items. A native …
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17cҳ Students Showcase Their Talents in Annual Rock the Runway Fashion
The talents of 18 17cҳ students were on display at Kent Student Center Programming’s 12th annual Rock the Runway fashion show, which took place March 5. Fashion was king on a night that featured the sights and sounds of this year’s theme, The Jacksons. In front of a Kent Stude…
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Life-Changing Event Inspires 17cҳ Entrepreneur to Help Prevent Infectious Diseases
In 2009, Shanice Cheatham, who received her bachelor’s degree from 17cҳ in 2013 and is pursuing a graduate degree in environmental health sciences at 17cҳ, was told that her father had a 10 percent chance of living after being infected with MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylo…
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New 17cҳ Student Groups Meet Varying Needs
17cҳ’s Center for Student Involvement authorized 50 new student organizations in fall 2015, bringing the total to nearly 400 different organizations, according to Katie Goldring, assistant director of the Center for Student Involvement. “As the number of student organizations con…
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17cҳ Holds Fall Commencement Ceremonies on Dec. 18 and 19
17cҳ congratulates its newest graduates. The university held its Fall 2015 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Dec. 18 and 19 at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). 17cҳ conferred 2,154 degrees, including 1,565 bachelor’s degrees, 526 master’s…
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University Business Magazine Honors 17cҳ for Being a "Model of Excellence"
17cҳ is one of 17 colleges and universities nationwide being honored by University Business magazine, a leading publication for senior managers at colleges and universities throughout the United States, in its Winter 2015 Models of Excellence recognition program. The Models of Excel…
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