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A therapy dog is the center of attention during the Stress-Free Zone event held in the University Library during finals week.

Therapy Dogs Help Ease Stress of Finals Week

17cҳ Libraries held its Stress-Free Zone event on Monday, Dec. 9, and Tuesday, Dec. 10, on the first floor of the University Library. The Stress-Free Zone offered the opportunity for a study break for students and an avenue to reduce stress for faculty and staff members as the fall …

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Name of the New 17cҳ Esplanade to Honor University President Lefton

The 17cҳ Esplanade will be named the Lester A. Lefton Esplanade honoring 17cҳ President Lefton. The announcement was made Friday, Oct. 4, by Jane Murphy Timken, chair of the 17cҳ Board of Trustees, at a community event held at the new University Esplanade arch near Main …

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Urban Design Students Win Award for Pop Up Rockwell Project

Graduate students from 17cҳ’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, the combined home of the urban design graduate program and the public service activities of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, won the Excellence in Student Planning Award from the American Planni…

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17cҳ graduate nursing student Katherine Henkels poses in front of the Metro Life Flight helicopter.

17cҳ Nursing Students Get Clinical Experience on Metro Life Flight

After a nearly yearlong planning process, 17cҳ’s College of Nursing and the MetroHealth System have collaborated to now offer clinical experiences aboard Metro Life Flight to 17cҳ graduate nursing students in the acute care nurse practitioner concentration. The new clinical ex…

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17cҳ Honors Veterans

17cҳ held its annual Veterans Day observance on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 11 a.m. on the Student Green at Risman Plaza. The outdoor program included a flag-raising ceremony conducted by a joint color guard from the Army and Air Force ROTC programs, and remarks from 17cҳ President L…

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17cҳ senior music performance major Yang Zeng plays the violin during a performance.  Zeng has been offered a contract to be part of the first violin section of the Akron Symphony.

A 17cҳ Student’s Musical Journey

17cҳ senior music performance major Yang Zeng has been offered a contract to be part of the first violin section of the Akron Symphony. Zeng, originally from Kunming, Yunnan, China, has been a student at 17cҳ’s Hugh A. Glauser School of Music since 2010. He started studying mu…

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The 17cҳ TV2 anchors deliver a 5:30 p.m. newscast from the studio in Franklin Hall.

TV2 Wins Station of the Year, Best Entertainment Show at CMA Awards

For the second year in a row, 17cҳ’s TV2 has taken top honors in the College Media Association’s (CMA) Pinnacle Awards, earning the 2013 TV Station of the Year award at the CMA National College Media Convention in New Orleans. TV2 is 17cҳ’s nationally award-winning, high-defin…

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and human rights advocates Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn speak  at 17cҳ on Nov. 14 as part of the 17cҳ Presidential Speaker Series.

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Inspire 17cҳ Audience

Husband-and-wife duo Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, who combine journalism and activism in their unique brand of reporting centered on human rights abuses and advocacy, were the featured presenters at the fourth 17cҳ Presidential Speaker Series on Nov. 14 in the Kent Student Ce…

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Celebrating Homecoming

17cҳ celebrated its Homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 5. This year’s Homecoming theme, “New and Old, Forever Blue and Gold,” honored 17cҳ’s past while looking forward to the university’s future. The Golden Flashes lost 38-24 to Northern Illinois in a rematch of last year's Mid-Amer…

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Jill Kawalec has been selected as 17cҳ’s Scholar of the Month. Kawalec is associate   professor and division head of the Department of Research in the College of Podiatric Medicine at 17cҳ.

Scholar Provides Strong Footing for Podiatric Medicine Students’ Research Activities

Scholar of the Month Jill Kawalec Associate Professor and Division Head of the Department of Research College of Podiatric Medicine 1996-present Jill Kawalec is associate professor and division head of the Department of Research in the College of Podiatric Medicine. She provides the administrativ…

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