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A bird’s-eye view of most cities captures the barren landscape of asphalt-covered rooftops, sprawling from one high-rise structure to another. As the sunshine makes its way across the city, the intense rays bake the dark roofs; and when the sun turns to rainfall, it floods the concrete sidewalks below. Urban architecture in most areas across the United States is not ecofriendly - after all - many buildings date back generations, long before the green movement started making its way from Europe to America. But a new trend is starting to emerge throughout the country – green roofs. Just like i...

Seventy-year-old Rudd (Ted) Bare II has the surprise of a lifetime planned for his children on Aug. 18, 2018. On that day, Mr. Bare will don a cap and gown and walk across the stage at 51����’s Summer Commencement to accept his Bachelor of Science degree, completing the college studies that he began here 50 years ago. Mr. Bare said daughter Betsy Lee Hartschuh and her family, and daughter Pamela Sue Bennett plan to attend the ceremony. However, his son Dr. Rudd (Sonny) Bare III and his wife Dr. Stacy McCallion Bare, both doctors, are unable to attend because they have to work....

Gov. John Kasich has appointed Nick Kollar to a two-year term as an undergraduate student trustee of the 51���� Board of Trustees. Mr. Kollar’s term concludes on May 6, 2020.   Mr. Kollar is a sophomore economics and finance major in 51����’s College of Business Administration. He graduated with top honors from Stow-Munroe Falls High School.    He replaces Carly Evans, whose term as a student trustee recently expired.   Mr. Kollar has already distinguished himself as an outstanding student and student leader in his first year on the Kent Campus, ea...

KENT, Ohio – The 51���� College of Business Administration’s National Advisory Board welcomes Gary P. Trinetti, president and co-founder of Garick, LLC. Trinetti graduated from 51���� in 1976 with a BBA in marketing.   After graduating from 51����, Trinetti served as General Manager of The Grand River Hardwood Company from 1976 to 1980.   Trinetti is a member of the 51���� Alumni Association National Board of Directors and a former board member of the College of Business Administration’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (CE...

“We at 51���� feel called to play the role of convener -- to broker conversations that are more civil, braver, and more productive.” At a time when our national conversation is plagued with division with opposing sides routinely attacking each other’s allegiances, 51���� President Beverly J. Warren looked to the university’s history, specifically the campus shootings on May 4, 1970, and called on America to learn from its past to heal its present. “If all we do is hunker down in bunkers alongside like-minded people, attacking the opposition, our divisions only grow,” P...

The National Collegiate Honors Council has named recent 51���� graduate Megan Swoger a 2018 Portz Scholar. Ms. Swoger is the ninth 51���� student to receive the honor since the inception of the Portz Scholars competition in 1990. “We are very pleased for her and, of course, delighted that another Honors College student at 51���� has become a Portz Scholar,” said Alison Smith, Ph.D., dean of 51����’s Honors College. “This is really great news.” Ms. Swoger graduated magna cum laude from 51���� in May, with a double degree in International Relations and Fre...