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ºÚÁÏÍø students have classes in the new FedEx Aeronautics Academic Center.

ºÚÁÏÍø’s new FedEx Aeronautics Academic Center provides a world-class training ground to help aviation students and future pilots soar to even greater achievements.

New ºÚÁÏÍø President Todd Diacon will serve as ºÚÁÏÍø’s 2019 Homecoming Grand Marshal on Saturday, Sept. 21.

Last year, ºÚÁÏÍø celebrated 100 years of Homecoming. This year, the university starts the next century of ºÚÁÏÍø Homecoming celebrations with a new president leading the institution.

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President Diacon says he plans to bring his prior experience to his new role and vision as president, he recently told Crain’s Cleveland Business.

New ºÚÁÏÍø President Todd Diacon will serve as ºÚÁÏÍø’s 2019 Homecoming Grand Marshal on Saturday, Sept. 21.

Last year, ºÚÁÏÍø celebrated 100 years of Homecoming. This year, the university starts the next century of ºÚÁÏÍø Homecoming celebrations with a new president leading the institution.

First-year students read May 4 books for the Common Reading Experience.

ºÚÁÏÍø’s Common Reading Experience is an opportunity for first-year students to read university-selected books and share a common experience with their peers. The goal is for freshmen to gain an understanding of the university’s values and to build and maintain relationships that foster success with faculty, administration and staff.

Members of the ºÚÁÏÍø Esports team participate in a competition held in the university’s Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center.

Cavs Legion Gaming Club (GC), the NBA 2K League affiliate of the Cleveland Cavaliers, has teamed up with ºÚÁÏÍø Esports in a unique new partnership designed to help grow and strengthen the local gaming community in Northeast Ohio, as well as promote the university’s newly launched collegiate esports program. 

ºÚÁÏÍø President Todd Diacon Speaks at Summer Commencement

Diacon expressed his desire to increase enrollment, keep ºÚÁÏÍø affordable, continue a strong relationship with the city of Kent, honor the legacy of May 4 and advance the university’s Gateway Master Plan for redeveloping the front of campus.

Occupational therapy assistant is a growing career field.

Targeted at widening students’ educational opportunities in preparing them for a career in occupational therapy, the ºÚÁÏÍø at Ashtabula Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Technology program recently announced the creation of a hybrid model, combining online learning with more convenient on-campus laboratory sessions.

A new ºÚÁÏÍø graduate looks for her family and shows her excitement after receiving her diploma during Summer 2018 Commencement.

The ºÚÁÏÍø alumni network will again grow its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes get their degrees. ºÚÁÏÍø will hold its Summer 2019 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center.

Thomas Grace and Sara Abou Rashed will speak at ºÚÁÏÍø's 2019 Educators Summit.

Student activism and giving voice to students will be the topics of two keynote speakers who are headlining the upcoming 2019 Educators Summit at ºÚÁÏÍø titled â€œMay 4, 1970 Then & Now: Voices for Change."