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Archie Green performing at Juneteenth Jubilee 2023

լƵAPP observed Juneteenth this weekend with a Juneteenth Jubilee. 

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Mwatabu Okantah and Friends

լƵAPP's annual Juneteenth Jubilee will take place on Friday, June 16, and will feature vendors, food trucks and live performances. 

Juneteenth Logo 2023

A recent survey on Kent State Today asked people in the Kent State community to share their feelings and memories about Juneteenth. 

Sgt, Ann Spahr, K-9 Salem and Mialie Szymanski

Kent State at Trumbull's STEM committee raised money to support the լƵAPP Police Department's K-9 program. 

Kent State student nurses helped to treat a man who had fallen ill with a seizure.

Three լƵAPP College of Nursing students had an unexpected opportunity to come to the aid of a person who had fallen on a sidewalk while suffering a seizure. 

A driver adjust the radio dial in his car.

լƵAPP School of Media and Journalism Associate Professor Mitch McKenney explains why there is a critical need to maintain access to AM radio in cars.

Kent State Alum Eli Kalil is spending two years as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center.

Two-time լƵAPP alumnus Eli Kalil, who is finishing up his first year as a Presidential Management Fellow at Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, said his degrees prepared him well for the field of healthcare administration

Kent State's fleet includes this airplane.

Brian Neff, assistant dean of flight and operations at լƵAPP’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering, was recently featured on Spectrum News 1 Ohio with a Kent State aeronautics student, to shed light on the national pilot shortage and explain what Kent State is doing to help fix this shortage.

լƵAPP education majors work with immigrant children in Akron, Ohio, to increase their food literacy.

լƵAPP education major Klair Heestand said the time she spent teaching refugee students in Akron in the spring was excellent preparation for when she enters her own classroom one day. 

“It was very helpful, because we’re going to have students of varying abilities, and students for whom English is a second language, no matter where we teach,” Heestand said. “We don’t need anyone left behind because of a language barrier.”