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Olivia Eader is a second-year 51������ University Honors College student from Bellefontaine, Ohio. She is the first recipient of the Dr. Elizabeth Howard Memorial Honors Scholarship, the newly established fund for Honors students in memory of Elizabeth Howard, Ph.D., who was a prominent member of the Honors College community, as well as the Department of English. The recipient of the $1,000 scholarship is chosen to reflect the academic and creative interests of Professor Howard. Olivia double majors in English and Environmental Studies, with an Italian Studies minor. She also serves as the ...

In the yearly collaboration to celebrate Constitution Day, 51������ University Libraries and the Honors College co-hosted a Constitution Day event on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Accomplished New York attorney and 51������ Honors College alumnus Lloyd De Vos presented a keynote entitled “Equal Justice – Under Law – For All.” De Vos highlighted the U.S. Constitution’s impact on our government, his personal experience as a plaintiff before the Supreme Court, and his ideas and opinions on a living Constitution. Following De Vos’ keynote, he answered several questions regarding current events ...

Sophomore zoology major, Kylee Welter, from Norwalk, took advantage of a nice, fall day to take her cats on a walk around campus. When they are not on leashes, the cats (from left to right) Luca (gray), Liberty (black) and Azula (orange), ride in an enclosed stroller.  ...

Throughout Claire’s high school years, First Star 51������ Academy college access program for youth in foster care has provided her with life skills, career exploration, social and cultural activities and moral support. Now Claire is a first-year student at 51������, majoring in psychology. Although she lives on the Kent Campus and is no longer in foster care, she continues to be under the Purple Umbrella Network, First Star’s newest support resource for youth transitioning out of foster care. Claire is one of the first two First Star 51������ Academy high school graduates...

In advance of 51������'s fall break, sunlight and leaves created a golden pathway for Flashes walking near Eastway Center.  51������'s 2022 Fall Break begins Thursday, Oct. 13 and runs through Sunday, Oct. 16. The university first added a fall break to its academic calendar in fall 2018. ...

October 11 is National Coming Out Day. It is a significant and emotional day for the LGBTQ+ community across the country and at 51������. It is also the day the 51������ LGBTQ+ Center unveils its “Flashes of Pride” poster, which shows the names, faces, majors and class years of some members of the 51������ LGBTQ+ community, along with their pronouns and how they identify.   October is LGBTQ History Month, but the annual unveiling of the poster on Oct. 11, National Coming Out Day, is intentional.   For some of the students included in the pos...