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Georgia Barnhart’s path to higher education did not begin at a high school graduation stage. It started years later, in a quiet moment after her children had grown, the house had calmed, and her desire to make a difference in the world could no longer be quieted.“I decided to study to become a victim advocate,” Barnhart said. “I realized I wasn’t done. There was more I needed to do, for myself, for others.”Barnhart, who now resides in Dover, Ohio, was born in Naples, Florida, moved to Canton, Ohio, as a child, and graduated from Perry High School. She's pursuing both a Bachelor’s in Criminolog...

When Don’Marie Reid enrolled in ����Ӱҵ University four years ago, she was on a mission to prepare for a career as a pediatrician, to become a role model for her peers, and to make the LeBron James Family Foundation proud.As she graduated from ����Ӱҵ this past week as a member of the first cohort of the I Promise program, Reid walked across the stage knowing that she has achieved her mission and so much more.Reid, who is a biology major in the College of Arts and Sciences, credits the LeBron James Family Foundation’s I Promise program and ����Ӱҵ Vice President an...

   With a flip of a tassel, more than 4,800 ����Ӱҵ students became ����Ӱҵ alumni in university commencement ceremonies on May 8, 9 and 10. Exuberant graduates and their families shouted, jumped, hugged and shed happy tears as these Golden Flashes moved on to the next part of their journeys.        Want to see one of YOUR photos in “IN A FLASH?” Submit your ����Ӱҵ-related photos to InAFlash@kent.edu and you may see them in a future ����Ӱҵ Today post. Photos should be framed -horizontally- and include a brief description...

Drawing from personal experiences growing up in rural Kansas, ����Ӱҵ University President Todd Diacon shared how the low-level anxiety of temporary disorientation on country backroads taught him valuable life lessons that remain relevant today.“My message to you today, graduates, is that it is OK not to be fully certain about something,” Diacon told the enthusiastic crowds. “Being uncertain and even experiencing a bit of anxiety because of that uncertainty is also OK.”Watch Diacon’s address: In a time when many graduates face questions about their futures, Diacon’s message resonated w...

What started as a simple conversation between a ����Ӱҵ University School of Fashion student and the American head of the global luxury menswear and fabric brand Scabal touched off a series of events that will result in a group of rarely seen Salvador Dali paintings having their North American debut in Northeast Ohio on June 12.What happened in between was a combination of luck, perfect timing and invaluable partnerships with Scabal and Peg’s Foundation in Hudson, Ohio, that are benefiting ����Ӱҵ’s internationally renowned School of Fashion in many ways.It began in the summer of 2023, w...