Community & Society
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
¹ú²úÂ×Àí's DeWeese Health Center is offering three flu shot clinics for students, faculty, and staff to get protected for the 2023-2024 flu season on Sept. 8, Sept. 15 and Sept. 26.
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Fights Hunger With Meijer
Sept. 1 was National Food Bank Day, and the partnership between Meijer and ¹ú²úÂ×Àí can help people support Flashes Fighting Hunger just by doing their weekly grocery shopping.
Capturing the Power of the Cleveland Air Show
¹ú²úÂ×Àí staffer Michael Gershe captured the power of the Cleveland National Air Show this weekend with his photography.
'I feel that I can really offer that empathy'
Graduating senior Delia Brennan applies she learns in the classroom to help survivors of trauma and promote activism in her community.
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Public Health Faculty Awarded Grant to Prepare Teachers and School Personnel to Connect Students With Mental Health Resources
¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s Center for Public Policy and Health in the College of Public Health was recently awarded $600,000 in grant funding to support the Northeast Ohio Mental Health Awareness Training, a collaborative project that will train teachers and relevant school personnel to connect children and youth in a school setting to appropriate mental health resources.
‘Represented and Proud’
This week began the annual photo shoot for the Flashes of Pride Poster, which features the faces, names, sexual identity and majors of some of ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s LGBTQ+ community and allies.
MPower Men of Color Summit Oct. 14 Promises Connection, Celebration and Education
The MPower Summit on Oct. 14 is designed to bring students, faculty, and staff together from college, high school, and community organizations to support the mission of men of color initiatives. All people are welcome to attend the summit, which will be held at the ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Student Center.
10 Years and More Than 200,000 Guests Later
The ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Hotel and Conference Center is celebrating 10 years of being at the heart of a transformed downtown.
Learn the Signs of an Overdose and How to Help
The ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Kent Campus will be one of four locations offering free Narcan education from the Kent Health Department on Aug. 31. To help raise awareness about overdoses in Portage County, Open United Recovery (OUR) Place, the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Portage County, Kent Health Department and Brightview Kent Addiction Center will distribute free resources and educational materials.
IN A FLASH: White Coats and Big Smiles
The Fall 2023 White Coat Ceremony marked nursing students' transition to professional nursing classes.