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Kent Student Center Program Hosts Roaring ’20s-Themed Fashion Show
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The design team of Ann Marie Elaban (left) and Kassidy Brillhart (right) are announced as winners of this year’s Rock the Runway fashion show.

Kent Student Center Programming, part of the Center for Student Involvement, hosted the 13th annual Rock the Runway.

Eight Students Awarded Membership to International Society of Typographic Designers
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International Society of Typographic Designers Student Assessment scheme in the MAC Center Annex

Eight School of Visual Communication Design (VCD) students were awarded membership to the prestigious  (ISTD).

Twelve-year-old Enjoys the Challenge of Coursework at С»ÆƬÊÓƵ's Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg
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Twelve-year-old Jameson Payne attends a class at С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg.

In Ohio, most seventh graders are learning earth and space science, physical science and life science in a middle school classroom. But Jameson Payne is not like most kids his age. 

С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Student Receives American Red Cross Acts of Courage Award
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С»ÆƬÊÓƵ junior Josh Looser received the Red Cross Acts of Courage Award after successfully performing the Heimlich maneuver on a woman who was choking last year.

Joshua Looser, a junior entrepreneurship major, received the Red Cross Acts of Courage Award after successfully performing the Heimlich maneuver on a woman who was choking last year.

Transgender Students Find Home, Security and Support at С»ÆƬÊÓƵ
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С»ÆƬÊÓƵ transgender student Emily Grubb (left) stands with Ken Ditlevson, director of the university’s LGBTQ Student Center. The LGBTQ Student Center is located on the lower level of the Kent Student Center.

For Emily Grubb, all it took was looking through a magazine to decide where to go to college. A copy of magazine led Grubb to С»ÆƬÊÓƵ.

С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Hospitality Students From Ashtabula and Kent Campuses Collaborate on Winning Concept
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Pictured are hospitality management students from the Ashtabula and Kent campuses. They are (left to right) Jordan Manning, Meghan Simmons, Brooke Mihalick, Kaylee Madden, Brittany Hopkins, Katie Uterhark, Quintin Caponi, Chelsa Vogel and Brittany Pope.

The С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Club Managers Association of America student chapter received an award at the association's World Conference.

С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Career Closet Helps Students Make a Good First Impression
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Kristin Williams, Lori Bodnar, Tabitha Martin and Alicia Robinson launched С»ÆƬÊÓƵ Career Closet to help provide students with professional attire for job interviews.

Transgender Students Find Home, Security and Support at С»ÆƬÊÓƵ
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С»ÆƬÊÓƵ transgender student Emily Grubb (left) stands with Ken Ditlevson, director of the university’s LGBTQ Student Center. The LGBTQ Student Center is located on the lower level of the Kent Student Center.

For transgender students like Emily Grubb, С»ÆƬÊÓƵ is home.

Grubb and other students have found an inclusive, welcoming environment that offers resources for the transgender community, such as the student organization Trans*Fusion and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Student Center. Transgender students also receive support from С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s faculty, staff and administrators.

Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices
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Case.MD helps make emergency medicine more convenient and safe.

Three С»ÆƬÊÓƵ students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication. 

Together, with the help of LaunchNET С»ÆƬÊÓƵ, the three created Case.MD. Ariella Yager, entrepreneur major in С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s College of Business Administration; Samuel Graska, cell and molecular biology major in С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s College of Arts and Sciences; and Justin Gleason, graduate student in С»ÆƬÊÓƵ’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design spent more than a year planning, inventing, designing and 3-D printing smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.

Transgender Students Find Home, Security and Support at С»ÆƬÊÓƵ
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С»ÆƬÊÓƵ transgender student Emily Grubb (left) stands with Ken Ditlevson, director of the university’s LGBTQ Student Center. The LGBTQ Student Center is located on the lower level of the Kent Student Center.

For transgender students like Emily Grubb, С»ÆƬÊÓƵ is home. Grubb and other students have found an inclusive, welcoming environment that offers resources for the transgender community.

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