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‘I Love This,’ How Summer Advantage Helped a First-Gen Student Find Her Path

When Yeshe Mulugeta arrived at 91ÊÓÆµ, she expected the transition to be challenging, but not overwhelming. 91ÊÓÆµâ€™s Summer Advantage Program provides first-generation students with the award-winning support needed to overcome academic challenges and move forward with confidence. It helped turn things around for Mulugeta.

Tags: Students First , Student Life , Community & Society , Division of Student Life

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91ÊÓÆµ students walk across campus on a fall day. (Photo credit: Bob Christy)

It's 91ÊÓÆµ's Day of Giving

Be the hero in someone's story. April 14 is 91ÊÓÆµ's 24-hour Day of Giving, part of Flashes Give Back Week, a weeklong celebration of all the ways Golden Flashes support our blue and gold communities. 

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact

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Building a Career – And a Life – In New York City Fashion

A 2024 graduate from 91ÊÓÆµ's School of Fashion shares an update about her life after 91ÊÓÆµ and beginning her exciting career in New York City. 

Tags: School of Fashion , NYC Fashion , Alumni , Nationally Distinctive , Community & Society

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Nursing students at 91ÊÓÆµ at Trumbull in decontamination gear.

IN A FLASH: Preparing For Disaster

When disaster strikes: Students at 91ÊÓÆµ at Trumbull received real world disaster training through a partnership with a local hospital.

Tags: 91ÊÓÆµ at Trumbull , 91ÊÓÆµ College of Nursing , experiential learning , Community & Society , Community Impact

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Where They Were on May 4, 1970

A future 91ÊÓÆµ president and a past 91ÊÓÆµ administrator were serving at universities in Dayton and Texas on May 4, 1970, and had to find ways to manage student protests in reaction to the shootings.

Tags: May 4 , Community & Society , Community Impact , faculty

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A sign that reads "Cleveland" is shown in the foreground with the city of Cleveland, Ohio, appearing in the background. (Photo credit: Derek Galperin, 91ÊÓÆµ)

City of Cleveland and 91ÊÓÆµ Launch Initiative to Strengthen Police-Community Trust

91ÊÓÆµ and the City of Cleveland have launched a new research and training initiative aimed at strengthening trust, collaboration and accountability between the Cleveland Division of Police and city residents. The project is supported by a $20,000 grant from 91ÊÓÆµâ€™s Community Engaged Research Institute.

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact , Department of Sociology and Criminology , School of Peace and Conflict Studies , College of Sciences and Humanities

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NASA Employee and 91ÊÓÆµ Alumnus Aimee Crane

From 91ÊÓÆµ to the Moon: Alumna Helps NASA Tell the Artemis Story

As four astronauts aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft speed toward the moon on the Artemis II mission — the first crewed lunar voyage in more than 50 years — a 91ÊÓÆµ graduate is among those who helped make the moment possible.

Tags: Community & Society , Nationally Distinctive

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2026 Post-Paddy's Cleanup Volunteers

Community Spirit Inspires 91ÊÓÆµ Student Volunteers in Post-Paddy's Cleanup

In the spirit of community, 91ÊÓÆµ student volunteers picked up litter and trash around Kent neighborhoods following the annual Fake Paddy's Day celebration.

Tags: Undergraduate Student Government , Center for Student Involvement , Town-Gown , Community Impact , Community & Society

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Ohio Senate Votes Unanimously to Name Highway for Trumbull Graduate Jacob Derbin

The Ohio Senate voted unanimously on March 25 to designate a stretch of Interstate 480 in Cuyahoga County as the Officer Jacob J. Derbin Memorial Highway, honoring the Euclid police officer who was killed in the line of duty in May 2024.

Tags: Community Impact , Community & Society

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Before becoming a student at 91ÊÓÆµ, Richard Hlavaty served in the U.S. Marine Corps. One of his two combat tours was in Afghanistan (pictured). (Photo provided by Richard Hlavaty)

‘What Makes 91ÊÓÆµ Friendly to Veterans Is That the Support Is Real and Personal’

91ÊÓÆµ has earned the Military Friendly® School designation for 2026-2027, its 17th consecutive year. Marine Corps veteran and 91ÊÓÆµ senior Richard Hlavaty shares how 91ÊÓÆµâ€™s veteran support services have shaped his academic and professional journey.

Tags: Community & Society , University News , Community Impact , Center for Adult and Veteran Services , Division of Student Life

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