Student Life

‘No Matter Where Life Takes Us, We Will Always Have These Friendships’
Three friends who attended schools together their entire lives, beginning at ×ÔοÊÓÆµâ€™s Child Development Center, have graduated together in ×ÔοÊÓÆµâ€™s spring Class of 2025. Now, they are contemplating where their post-graduate lives will take them and how they will maintain their close friendship.

Brain Health Research Institute Welcomes 2025 Summer Undergraduate Fellows
Eleven ×ÔοÊÓÆµ students are taking part in the university’s Brain Health Research Institute Undergraduate Fellows Program for Summer 2025.
Salvador Dalà Paintings Make Their Debut Alongside ×ÔοÊÓÆµ Fashion School Creations
An exhibit of rare Salvador Dalà paintings and a collection of garments designed by ×ÔοÊÓÆµ School of Fashion students inspired by the Dalà artwork has opened at Peg’s Gallery in Hudson, Ohio.
Flying High: Ohio’s Lieutenant Governor tours ×ÔοÊÓÆµâ€™s Nationally Ranked College of Aeronautics and Engineering
Ohio Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel recently toured ×ÔοÊÓÆµâ€™s College of Aeronautics and Engineering, seeing firsthand how the university is educating students for critically needed jobs in the aviation and engineering fields.

×ÔοÊÓÆµâ€™s Making Our Own Space Program Gives Teens a Taste of Architecture
Summer camps for kids interested in architecture don’t come along often – at least that’s what Elise Bolton’s mother discovered when she searched for one. But then, not a whole lot of 11-year-olds may dream of becoming architects.

‘If You Succeeded in Every Situation, You’d Learn Nothing’
A resilient mindset and an innovative plan for the future helped Jude Carver recover from a competition setback as he looks ahead to Fall Semester 2025.

Honors College Advisor Given the Distinguished Advisor Award
For all of her exemplary work, Theresa Yogi was recently awarded ×ÔοÊÓÆµâ€™s Distinguished Advising Award by University Advising and the Kent Academic Advising Support and Advising Association. Of her 13-year career, Yogi has spent seven-and-a-half years at ×ÔοÊÓÆµâ€™s Honors College.

Crossing the First-Year Finish Line: ‘I’ve Learned So Much’
Muna Koirala’s first year at ×ÔοÊÓÆµ was an exercise in academic anxiety, and she’s willing to share her story in hopes that her struggles will help other students overcome their own.

IN A FLASH: A FAB-tastic Block Party
A mid-April Block Party, presented by the Flashes Activities Board, welcomed spring to campus with makers' tables, a caricature artist, a photo booth, a giant, inflatable slide and more.

Aging with Care Through Technology
As a doctoral student of sociology, Adedayo Adeagbo is doing her research on dignity care for aging people using advancements of technology in healthcare.