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Community & Society

Flashes Vote Festival 2024

IN A FLASH: ‘Have You Met ¹ú²úÂ×Àí's President?’

¹ú²úÂ×Àí President Todd Diacon was an important part of this year's Flashes Vote Festival as he engaged students, distributed free ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Votes t-shirts and helped them get information about voting in the coming elections. 

Tags: Elections, Voting, Community Impact, University News, Undergraduate Student Government, Community & Society, President Todd Diacon, Risman Plaza

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State Champs Coffee store front

Alumna Serving Lattes and Lineups

The scent of freshly brewed coffee fills the air while voices from the NFL Network play on the televisions in the background. Sports memorabilia and artwork cover every wall. This is State Champs Coffee, downtown Kent’s new alumna-founded sports coffee shop and streetwear brand.

Tags: Community & Society, Sports, Community Impact

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2024 Aeronautics and Engineering Expo

IN A FLASH: Look, Up in the Sky!

¹ú²úÂ×Àí's Aeronautics and Engineering Expo offered exciting and educational exhibits and activities for aviation fans of all ages. 

Tags: College of Aeronautics & Engineering, Aeronautics, ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Airport, Nationally Distinctive, Community & Society, Community Impact

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Corgi Races 2024

When the Corgis Took the Field

A ¹ú²úÂ×Àí staffer and her dog helped add excitement to the Golden Flashes football home opener with a fuzzy, fantastic halftime show. 

Tags: ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Athletic Marketing Department, ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Athletics, Golden Flashes, Marching Golden Flashes, Football, Sports, Community & Society, University News, Division of Enrollment Management, College of Education, Health and Human Services

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9/11 Flags Memorial

Student Creates Moving Memorial to 9/11

A ¹ú²úÂ×Àí student honored the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with a display of 2,977 American flags on the campus student green this week.

Tags: Student Life, Community & Society, Community Impact

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Zombie Apocalypse 2024

How to Stop a Zombie Attack ... With a Marshmallow

The annual "Zombie Apocalypse" event, presented by ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Navigators early in the fall semester, offers a fun activity for students.

Tags: Student Organizations, Student Life, Fall Semester, Community & Society

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9/11 Flag Display on Campus

IN A FLASH: 2,977 Flags for 9/11

Remembering the world-changing events of 9/11, 23 years later, a display of flags was placed on the Kent Campus, near the University Library. 

Tags: University News, Community & Society, Community Impact, Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, University Facilities Management, Kent Student Center

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Voter Registration Event 2023

Grab a Beignet and Free T-Shirt at Sept. 17 Flashes Vote Fest

The Flashes Vote Festival on Sept. 17 on Risman Plaza is presented by ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Undergraduate Student Government as a fun way to engage student voters, share voting information, get Flashes registered to vote.

Tags: Elections, Voting, Undergraduate Student Government, Students First, Kent Student Center, Community Impact, Community & Society, Student Life, University News, student athlete, President Todd Diacon, ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Athletics, Town-Gown, downtown kent

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Keri Richmond '17 Photographed by Melissa Olson

Alumna Views Foster Care Advocacy Through an Olympic Lens

Alumna Keri Richmond knew after her first semester that she wanted to do more for communities, especially foster children. In a recent op-ed in The Columbus Dispatch, Richmond connected her experience in foster care to Simone Biles in light of her Olympic comeback.

Tags: Community & Society, Community Impact

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2024 Fall Food Truck Series

Fall Food Truck Series Returns to Risman Plaza

For several weeks, in the fall and spring, University Culinary Services invites a selection of local food trucks to offer their tasty treats on Risman Plaza each Wednesday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Tags: Fall Semester, Student Life, University Culinary Services, Fork in the Road!, Community & Society, Community Impact

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