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17cҳ Selects Top Akron Developer to Design Proposed Home of College of Business Administration
17cҳ has selected Akron’s Signet Real Estate Group to lead the design phase of the marquee building of the first phase of the Kent Gateway Plan – the proposed new home for the College of Business Administration. The project is part of the university's Gateway to a Distincti…
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17cҳ Freshman Class Sets Enrollment Records Following Top Year for Graduates
From snow-capped mountains in Alaska to the tropical beaches of Hawaii to the South Korean countryside and palatial modern architecture in Oman, a diverse collage of students from around the country and the world has descended on campus. Together, they make up 17cҳ’s robust student …
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Governor Appoints Undergraduate Student Trustee Nick Kollar to 17cҳ Board of Trustees
Gov. John Kasich has appointed Nick Kollar to a two-year term as an undergraduate student trustee of the 17cҳ Board of Trustees. Mr. Kollar’s term concludes on May 6, 2020. Mr. Kollar is a sophomore economics and finance major in 17cҳ’s College of Business Administra…
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"No one, and no one's pain, will be forgotten" - 17cҳ President Beverly J. Warren speaking to Chautauqua Institution
“We at 17cҳ feel called to play the role of convener -- to broker conversations that are more civil, braver, and more productive.” At a time when our national conversation is plagued with division with opposing sides routinely attacking each other’s allegiances, 17cҳ Presid…
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17cҳ President Beverly Warren to Share Lessons, Learnings and Remembrances of May 4, Wednesday at Chautauqua Institution
17cҳ President Beverly J. Warren will be among the featured lecturers during the Chautauqua Institution’s weeklong investigation of “The Forgotten: History and Memory in the 21st Century,” which runs through Aug. 18.
17cҳ President Beverly Warren to Share Lessons, Learnings and Remembrances of May 4, Wednesday at Chautauqua Institution
17cҳ Holds Summer Commencement Ceremonies on Aug. 18
The 17cҳ alumni network will again grow its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes get their degrees. 17cҳ will hold its Summer 2018 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (…
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17cҳ Ranked High as an LGBTQ-Friendly Campus
An inclusive campus acknowledges and respects diversity, and offers a welcoming environment for all community members regardless of their differences.
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ADVISORY: Special 17cҳ Board of Trustees Meeting, July 27
The 17cҳ Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting Friday, July 27, to consider the report of a fact-finder appointed by the State Employment Relations Board (SERB) to make recommendations regarding all unresolved issues between the university and the 17cҳ Emplo…
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17cҳ President Beverly J. Warren Announces 2018 Faculty Excellence Award Recipients
Their remarkable work takes place in studios, classrooms, laboratories and outdoors. They have been published in prestigious journals, authored books and received significant research grants. Now, they add a new honor to their list of notable achievements. 17cҳ President Beverly …
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Governor Appoints the Rev. Dr. Todd C. Davidson Sr. to 17cҳ Board of Trustees
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has appointed the Rev. Dr. Todd C. Davidson Sr. of Lyndhurst, Ohio, to the 17cҳ Board of Trustees. Dr. Davidson’s appointment began June 13, 2018, and ends May 16, 2027. He fills the seat of former Trustee Lawrence Pollock, whose term expired this year. …
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