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������ is just seven weeks away from move in. To count down the return of students, faculty and staff for the start of the fall semester, the university will review one Flashes Safe Seven principle each week. This week, we focus on Wash Your Hands Frequently.

The Campus Kitchen at ������, a student-run organization that reclaims food to feed the needy in the Kent area, has had to swiftly switch gears from operating a hot food kitchen to an expanded food pantry.

When ������ closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March, not all students living on the Kent Campus were able to leave. 

Members of ������’s Design Innovation Initiative are forging creative collaborations with local and regional organizations and funders as they work toward the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for first responders battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

������ at Geauga is pleased to announce a $20,000 award from the Lake-Geauga Fund of the Cleveland Foundation toward a student emergency fund and technology advances. The $20,000 grant will be split evenly between the two initiatives.

The ������ Emergency Grant Fund is helping students meet financial challenges.

Today’s Flashes of Inspiration comes from ������ Football’s Head Coach Sean Lewis, who delivers a pep talk about how to make it through uncertain, challenging times.

Today’s Flashes of Inspiration comes from Lisa Strom, ������’s head women’s golf coach, who offers a pep talk to all in the university community struggling under the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Today’s Flashes of Inspiration features David Hassler, director of ������’s Wick Poetry Center, who is sharing the poem, “Thank You, Tree.”