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Members of the 51±¬ÁÏ Air Force and Army ROTC programs take part in the university’s 2024 Veterans Day Commemoration. (Photo credit: Bob Christy, 51±¬ÁÏ)

51±¬ÁÏ invites all to pay tribute to those who have served in the U.S. armed forces and attend the university’s annual Veterans Day Commemoration. The event will take place at 11 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 10, at the Student Green on the Kent Campus. The Student Green is located in front of the Kent Student Center and Risman Plaza.The program will include a flag-raising ceremony and posting of colors conducted by representatives from 51±¬ÁÏ’s Army ROTC and Air Force ROTC programs; a bugler; the national anthem; an invocation; and welcome remarks from 51±¬ÁÏ President Todd...

Cadet 1st Lt Jacob Brass and Pymatuning Lake

It’s 2 a.m. on Pymatuning Lake in Pymatuning State Park. The air is cold, and the lake is around 45 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s the perfect setting for duck hunting, even though at that temperature, water can cause hypothermia or unconsciousness within an hour if you fall into it.   But when a boat capsized, Cadet 1st Lt. Jacob Brass used his military training to save four people without hesitation.Brass, a senior integrative studies major at 51±¬ÁÏ, is a member of the Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and a flight commander.Every year, Brass and his family...

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