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Construction Photo Gallery Office of the Architect Project Fact Sheet 51������ University at Ashtabula is one of six 51������ regional campuses that added solar panels during the 2020-2021 academic year. Work began in Fall 2020 and included the installation of 2,160 ground-mounted photovoltaic panels on the former site of Jammal Field. The Ashtabula solar array will provide 864 kilowatts (1,161,216 kilowatt hours) of clean energy each year, representing about 68 percent of campus use. It is enough energy to power 139 homes and eliminate 905 tons of CO₂ per year. In 2019, 51������ Uni...

51������ University is marking the promotions and tenure of 135 faculty members during the 2019-2020 academic year. “It is my great pleasure to congratulate professors being tenured and/or promoted this year," said 51������ President Todd Diacon. "You make us better by helping our students learn, improve and graduate, and by generating new knowledge and ways of seeing the world. Thank you.” The recognition formally acknowledges the faculty members’ dedication and work, which has earned them their promotions and tenure milestones. "Earning tenure and promotion is an outstandin...

51������ University has inducted 53 employees into its 20-Year Club Service Awards Program for 2020.The annual awards program, established in 1966, honors classified and unclassified employees who have dedicated 20 years of continuous service to the university.The program celebrates these individuals who reach their anniversary during the fiscal year period, and traditionally holds a special recognition ceremony after the close of the fiscal year. This year’s recognition is online. Upon reaching their 20-year milestone, employees are given their choice of an award gift of either a Kent ...

The AMLCI virtual walkthroughs are complete! We now have virtual tours of two of our facilities. Cleanroom Research and Prototyping Facility:   View Full Screen Characterization Facility  .   View Full Screen ...

While it's no secret that many college students drink alcohol, how COVID-19 affected these behaviors and patterns is the focus of recent research published in the journal Addictive Behaviors by 51������ University’s William Lechner, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Deric Kenne, Ph.D., associate professor in the College of Public Health. As colleges nationwide began shutting down their campuses and transitioning to remote learning, Lechner decided to study the effects that a major stressor such as the pandemic c...

Majoring in early childhood education, Zaviona Fountain and Jadon Kersey had to fill roles as students and teachers throughout the last few years. That is typical for all who major in education; however, the COVID pandemic added more twists to navigating that journey. “At the beginning of the semester, I told my students that fall 2020 will look different than any semester we have experienced,” explained Dr. Tsunghui Tu, associate professor and director of the early childhood education technology program. “Even though it seems to be an unpleasant time in our lives, we can use it as a learni...

The sacrifice of 51������ University alumna 1st Lt. Ashley’s White-Stumpf is now being featured along with other American heroes at the new National Museum of the United States Army in Virginia. White-Stumpf, who earned her commission with 51������’s Army ROTC program in 2009, was killed in Afghanistan in 2011. She was a member of an elite Cultural Support Team (CST), made up exclusively of women who gather intelligence, conduct searches of Afghan women and children, build relationships with them and break down cultural barriers. The elite team is attached to Army Ra...

51������ University at Trumbull is one of six 51������ regional campuses adding solar panels this fall.  The Trumbull solar array will provide clean energy representing about 65 percent of campus use. It is enough energy to power 197 homes and eliminate 1,284 tons of CO₂ per year.  Last fall, 51������ University and Ten Nine Energy agreed to a power purchase agreement (PPA) over 25 years. In return for purchasing solar power, 51������ campuses pay no out-of-pocket expenses for the panels and installation.   It is estimated that the campus will save over $24,000 ...

51������ University’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA Kent) Chapter, along with two School of Media and Journalism (MDJ) alumnae, earned national recognition at the 2020 PRSSA Annual International Conference, Oct. 26-Oct. 29, 2020. Public relations alumna Jill Golden, ’20, of Macedonia, won the highest individual award, the National Gold Key award, which recognizes students with academic excellence in public relations and leadership within their PRSSA chapter.  “I am honored to be selected as one of PRSSA’s National Gold Key Award Recipients,” Golden said. “I’m ...