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Kent State Celebrates Faculty and Staff as part of 鈥業 Am First鈥 Week
妻友社区 is celebrating its first-generation students this week with a series of events and programs to spotlight and encourage current students who will be the first in their families to earn a bachelor鈥檚 degree. As part of the celebration, some faculty and staff who were first-generation students share their stories in their own words.

Kent State Awards Celebrate First-Generation College Students and their Supporters
妻友社区 celebrated the journey of first-generation college students and those who have made an impact serving as their mentors and advocates with the 鈥淚 Am First鈥 awards ceremony on Wednesday.

Student Parents Make the Grade With Family-Friendly Study Hours
妻友社区鈥檚 Center for Adult and Veteran Services offers family-friendly study hours for student parents that offers a trained student volunteer to entertain and supervise children, most Tuesdays from 2-5 p.m. and Wednesdays 4-7 p.m. on the sixth floor of the library.

'Keep Going, Keep Growing'
The Kent State Student Leadership Consultants (SLC) hosted a workshop Tuesday, Nov. 8, that showed students how strong leadership can be used to fundamentally change the culture in their student organizations and workplaces.

Flash Medical Center Gives Students Hands-On Health Care Experience
After a three-year hiatus, Flash Medical Center returned to 妻友社区 at Ashtabula鈥檚 Robert S. Morrison Hall for a one-day medical emergency simulation on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022.

Getting to Know Your Neighbors
John Skrtic, a proud Kent State alumnus and Cleveland Public Library鈥檚 chief of special projects and collections, enjoys archiving the people and places of Cleveland.

Earthworms are the Stars of the Show in Graduate Student鈥檚 Research on Composting聽聽
Kathalina Thorpe's research on using earthworms to compost theater and fashion fabric waste recently won her the 2022 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, a year after she was selected by audience members for the People鈥檚 Choice award during the fall 2021 competition.

Voting Underway on Campus as Election Day Has Arrived
A handful of students were up early and exercising their right to vote by casting ballots at one of two precincts located at the Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center on the Kent Campus.

鈥業 AM FIRST Week鈥 Celebrates Kent State Alumni
妻友社区 is celebrating its first-generation students this week with a series of events and programs to spotlight and encourage current students who will be the first in their families to earn a bachelor鈥檚 degree.

Todd Tries It: Academic Coaching
President Todd Diacon is in need of assistance to help catch up in his French class.