![Sara Snyder, assistant professor in ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Fashion School, confers with a fashion design student on a project. Sara Snyder, assistant professor in ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Fashion School, confers with a fashion design student on a project.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PHOTOLEAD-fashion.jpg?VersionId=Ow8_RzIPSuDZ5vit12.YFGjugNBs4ING&h=e6f36a9c&itok=UTtDATWf)
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Fashion School has again been recognized in the Business of Fashion’s annual Global Fashion School Rankings.
News Briefs
![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ employees work out at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ employees work out at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PROFILES-Wellness1.jpg?VersionId=DZz.4aqNisorN84MQiwvhf0e5d2fhth1&h=e6f36a9c&itok=5hmXdmcx)
Obtaining and maintaining work-life balance is no easy task, and that is why ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ offers numerous options in its employee wellness program to help faculty and staff achieve this balance.
![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ mascot Flash and the University of Akron's mascot Zippy share a handshake. ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ mascot Flash and the University of Akron's mascot Zippy share a handshake.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Video-wagonwheel.jpg?VersionId=pH2hblulRRq4dTAhEI.Y6UoGDG81lGEa&h=e6f36a9c&itok=h7IzFohl)
Last February, you saw how Zippy betrayed our beloved Flash. Little did we know that the rivalry goes back much further, at least according to Zippy and Flash. Help us win back the Wagon Wheel by cheering on ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Football on Nov. 21 at the University of Akron!
![Pictured (left-right) are ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Trumbull nursing students Kelly Jacops and Kelly Speicher; Marsha LaPolla, director of women’s services at Trumbull Memorial Hospital; and ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Trumbull nursing program lecturers Lynne Walker and Kimberly Depaul. Pictured (left-right) are ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Trumbull nursing students Kelly Jacops and Kelly Speicher; Marsha LaPolla, director of women’s services at Trumbull Memorial Hospital; and ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Trumbull nursing program lecturers Lynne Walker and Kimberly Depaul.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/REGIONAL-SleepSafety.jpg?VersionId=Tlca2tOwz15A6Hkd9MQ4ANInELTCO0ab&h=e6f36a9c&itok=ncYqGW6l)
Students and faculty from ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ at Trumbull’s nursing program recently presented Sleep Sacks for newborns at Trumbull Memorial Hospital.
![Diminished Faculties performs at Venice Cafe in downtown Kent. Diminished Faculties performs at Venice Cafe in downtown Kent.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/SPECIALFEATURE-DiminishedFaculties1.jpg?VersionId=GOH9D_K5cgzBAeFjJ0ZUEB7rBbMhEySZ&h=e6f36a9c&itok=hUqTVk-1)
Twelve years ago, a team of ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ faculty members discovered their common hobby of playing instruments at a Department of Psychological Sciences’ event. After that, they created a band that now performs under the name Diminished Faculties.
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oleg d. lavrentovich
Trustees Research Professor
Liquid Crystal Institute® and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
Kent Campus
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