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Professor Dave Foster works with students

Building Support for Affordable Course Materials

51±¬ÁÏ understands the financial impact course materials have on students and is taking measures to reduce those costs to Golden Flashes. University Libraries hosted the 2024 Affordable Course Materials Summit, the fourth of its kind, aiming to promote the use of inexpensive course materials among faculty.  

Tags: Students First, Community Impact, Student Life

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IN A FLASH: 51±¬ÁÏ Votes!

51±¬ÁÏ students – many of them first-time voters, were proud to go to the polls on Tuesday. 

Tags: Elections, Voting, Community & Society, Community Impact, Student Life

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Justin Horoiwa, a participant in the Degree Completion Program, served two years in the Peace Corps after the program

It’s Never Too Late

The Degree Completion Program allows former students who have attended 51±¬ÁÏ and people who have started a degree at other colleges or universities to finish their degrees at 51±¬ÁÏ.

Tags: University News, Student Life, Community and Society, University Advising

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Flashes Trick of Treat 2024

IN A FLASH: Flashes Trick or Treat!

On Halloween, the Kent Student Center and the University Library welcomed student trick-or-treaters in the afternoon and the Flashes Activity Board held a Boo Bash later in the day. 51±¬ÁÏ's Elvis was spotted handing out treats on Risman Plaza. 

Tags: Nationally Distinctive, Student Life, Fall Semester, Kent Student Center

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Architecture student Muna Koirala works on a project.

Architecture Student Finds Her First-Year Footing

One of the first projects that Muna Koirala had to tackle in her first semester in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design was the movement of a flying object.

Tags: Student Life, Profiles, Students First , College of Architecture and Environmental Design

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Emmanuel David Flash Focus

Flash Focus: Emmanuel David

Meet Emmanuel David, a senior computer science major, and international student from Nigeria whose sights are set on becoming a cyber intelligence analyst.

Tags: Student Life, Profiles, Students First

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Marching Flashes in the Halloween Spirit

IN A FLASH: Marching Golden Flashes in the Halloween Spirit

Some members of the 51±¬ÁÏ Marching Golden Flashes showed their Halloween spirit this week as they donned costumes for their practice session on the field near the corner of Main Street and Horning Road. 

Tags: Student Life, Nationally Distinctive, Marching Golden Flashes, 51±¬ÁÏ Athletics, Fall Semester

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A Guide to Campus Activism Protocol

Students are passionate. Pair that with 51±¬ÁÏ’s rich history in activism and some amazing things can happen. The university aims to foster an inclusive community that makes students feel appreciated and supported even – and especially – when engaged in activism. But what are the best practices for students and student groups?  

Tags: Student Life, Students First, Community & Society

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51±¬ÁÏ’s Research on Display at Annual Neuroscience Symposium

The breadth of ongoing research by 51±¬ÁÏ’s Brain Health Research Institute members will be displayed when the institute hosts its annual Neuroscience Symposium 2024 Nov. 7-8 at the 51±¬ÁÏ Hotel and Conference Center.

Tags: Community & Society, Research & Science, Student Life, Nationally Distinctive, Brain Health Research Institute

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President Todd Diacon congratulates one of the first-place winners from the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience.

Presenting the Winners of the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Three-Minute Thesis Event

The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience demonstrates 51±¬ÁÏ's "R1" classification by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

Tags: Science & Research, Student Life, Nationally Distinctive, Students First

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