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Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative

A three-day trip is underway for Â鶹´«Ã½ students to work with community leaders on finding new and creative ways to connect neighborhoods throughout Erie to its Bayfront, according to YourErie.com

Characters from "Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling"

Â鶹´«Ã½ Associate Professor Molly Merryman, Ph.D., says a Netflix cartoon featuring a transgender character is breaking a new boundary in a positive way.

Hands in motion.

A North Royalton woman whom who will become a Â鶹´«Ã½ student in the fall, won first place at the Medina County Fair talent show for performing a song in American Sign Language.

Kent State volunteers serve home-cooked meals to Kentway residents.

Every other Tuesday, student volunteers from the Campus Kitchen at Â鶹´«Ã½ prepare dinner for the residents of the Kentway Apartment Complex, a government-subsidized housing complex on East Summit Street in Kent. At 5 p.m. residents gather in the dining hall and volunteers serve the meal which is prepared from food donated by Trader Joe’s.

Kent State students Miss Oxford (left), Miss Akron Canton (center) and Miss South Central (right) competed in the 2019 Miss Ohio Pageant.

Kent State students Caitlin Seifert, Emelia Sherin and Danielle Vivcharenko were three of 22 women who competed for the crown in the Miss Ohio 2019 Pageant.

Â鶹´«Ã½ Arch at the Entrance

Phillip Grant, Jr. grew up in Kent, Ohio, and attends Â鶹´«Ã½ as a broadcast journalism major. Considering he has spent the majority of his life in the Tree City, Mr. Grant is the perfect tour guide for WKYC's Danielle Wiggins. Watch as Mr. Grant shows Ms. Wiggins all the town has to offer. 

Kenzie Alge and Alex Johnson

Kenzie Alge, a Â鶹´«Ã½ certified flight instructor and 2019 graduate, and Alex Johnson, a Kent State junior flight technology student, make up the Kent State team competing in the 2019 Air Race Classic that starts June 18 in Jackson, Tennessee. 

Tanner Noble celebrates his high school graduation with his family.

A Warren, Ohio, teen who beat rare cancer plans for his future at Â鶹´«Ã½. 

Two human hands making the shape of a heart

Every graduation is full of stories of hard work, perseverance and friendship. Some of those stories go back to a first day of class or the first day on campus. But a few Kent State friendships started on the first day of kindergarten -- or even before – and have been blossoming since.