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![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ President Beverly Warren greets a recent ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ graduate who was sworn into the U.S. Air Force during a military ceremony at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational. ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ President Beverly Warren greets a recent ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ graduate who was sworn into the U.S. Air Force during a military ceremony at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Golf1_0.jpg?VersionId=b1E7IyqjHzaCmyUGwosQu7Jn2C.KEJYF)
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ showed its appreciation to military members by hosting a hospitality chalet for veterans, service members and their families during the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron on Aug. 5-9.
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![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ student Theresa Medrano stands near the pillars of Merrill Hall on campus. ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ student Theresa Medrano stands near the pillars of Merrill Hall on campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Theresa1.jpg?VersionId=7VEyZWuRm0a4iLDZOjtDszsNpMQZkXhv)
Anything is possible.
Theresa Medrano, a ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ senior from Westlake, Ohio, is living proof of this.
At age 17, like most high school seniors, Medrano should have been thinking about senior prom and graduation. But she became a victim of domestic violence and…
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![A summer 2015 graduate shows off her diploma during the Commencement ceremony. A summer 2015 graduate shows off her diploma during the Commencement ceremony.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/BOB_8110-1500x800.jpg?VersionId=y6bhzoSCu9CIODLEVNrb5_OU6lMcYdrx)
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ held its Summer 2015 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ conferred 1,476 degrees, including 931 bachelor’s degrees, 453 master’s degrees, 76 doctoral…
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ will hold its Summer 2015 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center).
University celebrates its annual Homecoming on Oct. 3
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ has established a Division of Student Affairs. Shay Little, Ph.D., has been named interim vice president of the division. Little previously served as associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students for the last three years.
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![David Hacker, associate professor of geology at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ at Trumbull, poses for a photo near a rock outcropping in the Gorge Metro Park in Summit County. Hacker has been selected as ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Scholar of the Month. David Hacker, associate professor of geology at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ at Trumbull, poses for a photo near a rock outcropping in the Gorge Metro Park in Summit County. Hacker has been selected as ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Scholar of the Month.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Hacker1_0.jpg?VersionId=F3Cnr8ltJjYBqLkrq9v.aYvLRyUtNFcm)
Scholar of the Month
David Hacker
Associate Professor of Geology
College of Arts and Sciences
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ at Trumbull
2000-present
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![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ student Anna Hoffman, a global communication studies and political science major, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the country’s efforts to save its national language. (Photo credit: Alex Ledet) ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ student Anna Hoffman, a global communication studies and political science major, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the country’s efforts to save its national language. (Photo credit: Alex Ledet)](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Photo-of-Anna-Hoffman-photo-credit-Alex-Ledet.jpg?VersionId=A2NIpSel5GKViH49DAItclWTZhKrN2zk)
Anna Hoffman, a ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ global communication studies and political science major from Kent, Ohio, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the country’s efforts to save its national language. Her research project was funded through a fellowship from the …