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Wash Your Hands Frequently

Flashes Safe Seven Video: Watch Flash Teach President Diacon How to Wash His Hands

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ is just seven weeks away from move in. To count down the return of students, faculty and staff for the start of the fall semester, the university will review one Flashes Safe Seven principle each week. This week, we focus on Wash Your Hands Frequently.

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ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Today

Maria Cegledy had a short but distinguished senior year.

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Softball Player Has Short, but Distinguished Senior Season

Not every day will be the best day and things might not always go exactly as planned, but it really is about the journey and the people standing next to you through it all, Maria Cegledy said.

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Kent Campus

Students walk along the Lester A. Lefton Esplanade on the Kent Campus

University Leaders Answer Questions, Discuss Returning to Campus This Fall During Facebook Live

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Interim Senior Vice President and Provost Melody Tankersley, Ph.D., and Vice President for Enrollment Management Mary Parker, Ed.D., recently shared updates about academics and enrollment, respectively, while engaging with the university community.

Tags: University News, Student Life, University College, Coronavirus, Destination ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ

Kent Campus

Photo of library books

University Libraries Begins Curbside Pickup Service on Monday, July 6

Curbside Pickup is ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Libraries’ new contactless service that allows users to check out materials from its collection while libraries on the Kent and Regional campuses remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Eric Mansfield in Washington, D.C.

Opinion: Being an Ally Is More Than Just Friendship

Eric Mansfield examines what it means to be an ally in the fight against racism. Mansfield is executive director of university media relations in ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ's University Communications and Marketing department and an adjunct public relations instructor with the College of Communication and Information.

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Kent Campus

Jhariah Wadkins is a senior communications studies major at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ.

Opinion: Black People Simply Want Justice and Equality

Jhariah Wadkins, a senior communications studies major in ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ's College of Communication and Information, encourages young people to keep this fight against racism going and to not let up.

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Kent Campus

Michael Kavulic, Ph.D., speaks at Project GRAD Akron’s 13th Annual Achieving Dreams Celebration Gala.

Opinion: I Hope We Can Move to Action. I Hope I Can Move to Action.

I wonder, how do I decide how to act in recognition of that disturbing dynamic? Michael Kavulic, Ph.D., director of research strategic initiatives in ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, shares his inner thoughts as an ally.

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Kent Campus

Professor teaching in Zoom class in front of tv screens

Cleveland Foundation Grant Provides Opportune Funding for ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Geauga

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ at Geauga is pleased to announce a $20,000 award from the Lake-Geauga Fund of the Cleveland Foundation toward a student emergency fund and technology advances. The $20,000 grant will be split evenly between the two initiatives.

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HR and DEI departments must offer black employees relevant programs to deal with trauma from racial injustice.

Leaders Must Set Aside the Standard DEI or HR Playbook During This Unprecedented Time

When black Americans watched George Floyd being killed by a white police officer, they saw themselves and their family members. The unrelenting series of events that black Americans have witnessed before and after Floyd’s killing is , which at its core is racism, says ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Psychological Sciences Professor Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D.

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Wayne Dawson, WJW Fox 8 anchor and ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ graduate in the class of '79.

Opinion: In the Midst of a National Nightmare There Is a Glimmer of Hope

George Floyd's death focused light on what had been America’s ugly secret, the killing of black men by law enforcement officers at a rate far greater than any other race. Wayne Dawson, WJW Fox 8 anchor and ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ alumnus, offers his take on what's at stake for America.

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Kent Campus