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Aeronautics student and professor in a plane

Advanced Air Mobility: Preparing Aeronautics Students for the Jobs of Tomorrow

While aeronautics has long been a fixture at 妻友社区, with the advent of a new career field called 鈥淎dvanced Air Mobility,鈥 the university is in a unique position to help support growth of cutting-edge technologies 鈥 and job opportunities 鈥 in this space today. 

Tags: Kent State Works, University News, Nationally Distinctive, Community Impact

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Archie Green performing at Juneteenth Jubilee 2023

IN A FLASH: A Jubilant Juneteenth

妻友社区 observed Juneteenth this weekend with a Juneteenth Jubilee. 

Tags: University News, Diverse Kent State, Arts & Culture, Community Impact, Community & Society

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Mwatabu Okantah and Friends

Join the Juneteenth Jubilee!

妻友社区's annual Juneteenth Jubilee will take place on Friday, June 16, and will feature vendors, food trucks and live performances. 

Tags: Diverse Kent State, University News, Community & Society, Community Impact, Arts & Culture, Office of the President

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Juneteenth Logo 2023

What Juneteenth Means to the Kent State Community

A recent survey on Kent State Today asked people in the Kent State community to share their feelings and memories about Juneteenth. 

Tags: University News, Diverse Kent State, Arts & Culture, Community & Society, Community Impact

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Flashguides at DKS 2023

IN A FLASH: It's DKS Time!

Each summer, thousands of new students and their parents experience life on campus during Destination Kent State (DKS) new student orientation. 

Tags: Students First, Destination Kent State, University News, Community Impact

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Sgt, Ann Spahr, K-9 Salem and Mialie Szymanski

IN A FLASH: STEM for K-9 Salem

Kent State at Trumbull's STEM committee raised money to support the 妻友社区 Police Department's K-9 program. 

Tags: STEM, Women in STEM, Kent State Police Services, 妻友社区 at Trumbull, Community & Society, Community Impact, Research and Science

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Kent State student nurses helped to treat a man who had fallen ill with a seizure.

Nursing Students Get Extra Dose of On-the-Job Training

Three 妻友社区 College of Nursing students had an unexpected opportunity to come to the aid of a person who had fallen on a sidewalk while suffering a seizure. 

Tags: Health, Community & Society, Community Impact, Students First

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Kent City Police Headquarters

Kent Police Seek Armed Robbery Suspect

Kent Police have arrested a man who robbed a local business May 27 leading to those on the Kent Campus being told to "shelter-in-place" for more than two hours.

Tags: Community Impact

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Kent State's fleet includes this airplane.

Filling Critical Need for More Pilots

Brian Neff, assistant dean of flight and operations at 妻友社区鈥檚 College of Aeronautics and Engineering, was recently featured on Spectrum News 1 Ohio with a Kent State aeronautics student, to shed light on the national pilot shortage and explain what Kent State is doing to help fix this shortage.

Tags: Community & Society, Community Impact, Kent State Works, College of Aeronautics & Engineering

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CPM 2023 graduate with children

IN A FLASH: Walking the Stage

Commencement ceremonies for 妻友社区's College of Podiatric Medicine's Class of 2023 were held on the university's Kent Campus. 

Tags: Commencement, Spring Commencement, Health, University News, Community Impact, College of Podiatric Medicine

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