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Each year, droughts cost crop farmers dearly. They experience not only a loss in yield, but also a reduction in the quality of the crops produced. But, what if new breeds of plants could be created that still thrive even without a drop of rain for weeks? 

����ɫ��ҹ University invites the community to celebrate the launch of the Center for the Visual Arts on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 4 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place on the second floor of Cartwright Hall, overlooking the center’s construction site, east of Terrace Drive.

The groundbreaking for ����ɫ��ҹ University’s new Center for Architecture and Environmental Design occurred Oct. 3. The building will serve as the new home of ����ɫ��ҹ’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design, bringing all of the programs of the college under one roof. It will be located between South Lincoln and South Willow streets, just south of the Lefton Esplanade and across the street from Franklin Hall.

����ɫ��ҹ University’s Annual Giving and Donor Services departments sponsored “Thank-A-Giver (T.A.G.) Day” on Wednesday, Oct. 1, as a way of acknowledging and thanking the many generous donors, alumni and friends who help support ����ɫ��ҹ and its students.

Danielle Hupp, ����ɫ��ҹ University’s assistant director of annual giving, was honored as one of the recipients of the “30 for the Future” award by the Greater Akron Chamber.

The fall 2014 Bowman Breakfast will take place at ����ɫ��ҹ University in the Kent Student Center Ballroom on Wednesday, Oct. 8. Doors open at 7 a.m., breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m., and the program will follow at 8 a.m.

What began as a job to help pay for college and meet new people turned into a bigger reward than ����ɫ��ҹ University senior Carissa Deeds could have imagined. 

A few months ago, Deeds was awarded the first ����ɫ��ҹ University Libraries Student Assistant Scholarship. In the essay that secured her award, Deeds wrote about how working at the library helped her meet new people and made the transition from high school to college smoother.  

For 30 years, ����ɫ��ҹ University’s Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices – locally, regionally and nationally – and bringing poetry to people’s everyday lives through readings, publications, workshops and scholarships. Now, the Wick Poetry Center, part of the College of Arts and Sciences, begins a new era by relocating from Satterfield Hall to the Lefton Esplanade.

Part of ����ɫ��ҹ University's College of the Arts, the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music provides excellent music instruction to students at the undergraduate and graduate levels who wish to pursue careers in music performance and music education.

Learn More ����ɫ��ҹ the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music

For 30 years, ����ɫ��ҹ University’s Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices – locally, regionally and nationally – and bringing poetry to people’s everyday lives through readings, publications, workshops and scholarships. Now, the Wick Poetry Center, part of the College of Arts and Sciences, begins a new era by relocating from Satterfield Hall to the Lefton Esplanade.