Florence
Honors Student Announced as Fulbright Alternate
Moira Armstrong (they/them), an Honors College senior from Warren, Ohio, has been selected as an Alternate for the 2022 Fulbright Scholarship Award. As an alternate, candidates such as Moira may be elevated to finalist status for an award should extra funding become available. Moira’s alternate stat…
Honors College
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Florence Program Featured in the News in Italy
Our Education Abroad program was featured in the national news in Italy to represent the return of students to Florence, and Italy in general, following Covid 19 shutdowns. ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì offers programs in Florence during the Spring and Fall semesters. Students take a minimum of 12 credi…
College of Arts & Sciences
Alpha Lambda Delta, Kent Chapter, Welcomes First Year Students as Membership Rises
On Feb. 19, 2020, the Kent chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta, The National Honors Society for First-Year Success, held its induction ceremony for eligible members from the fall 2019 semester. At the start of the spring 2020 semester, all first-year, registered full-time students who met the qualificatio…
Honors College
EXPERIENCE ABROAD ENCOURAGES EXPLORATION, SELF-DISCOVERY
Since its start in 2016, the Freshmen In Florence (FIF) program has allowed a select group of incoming honors freshmen to spend their first semester of college studying at the ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì campus in Florence, Italy. During the fall 2019 semester, Laura Moll, a professor of English at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì who ha…
Honors College
Honors College Student Elena Neoh Named Recipient of 2019 Golden Flash Award
Elena Neoh, a human resource management major with a creative writing minor, has been announced as the recipient of the 2019 Golden Flash Award. According to the website for the ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Alumni Association, which sponsors the award, the Golden Flash Award recognizes a student who “promotes Kent St…
Honors College
The Future of Education Is the Symposium Topic at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Florence June 21-23
Educators from across the globe will convene at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s Florence campus June 21-23 for an international symposium where participants will use design innovation principles to create a framework for the future of education.
Kent Campus
Largest Honors College Class Finds Home Away From Home
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s Honors College is a Living-Learning Community where first-year students like Michael Trauman have discovered a home away from home, and a place where they can pursue their dreams. Mr. Trauman is among the hundreds of students who comprise the largest Honors College freshman …
Kent Campus
Faculty
TOMMASO BERNABEI Tommaso Bernabei is a writer-director for film, television and theatre, with an MA in film making, and international recognition for his work both as a writer and a director. He has worked as a freelance director for the past 12 years with many international production companies …
CCI Explore
First Group of ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Freshmen Start Their College Careers in Italy
When Joshua Budd thinks about all the places he has traveled up to his senior year of high school, only one has been outside of the United States, and that was a quick jaunt to Niagara Falls, Ontario, in Canada. So, the thought of actually living in a foreign country, especially Europe, was well out…
Kent Campus
Student Spotlight: Discovering Florence
I arrived after having not slept for nearly two days. I was drained from a friend’s wedding, had layovers in Toronto and Frankfurt that were just long enough to not afford me time to nap, and I have never been able to sleep on planes. After negotiating an overpriced cab ride from the airport, I was …
International Programs and Education Abroad