Community Impact
An event like the total solar eclipse observed in Kent on April 8 can help to shake up our lives from the mundane. Poetry can work in the same way, said Chris Wick, son of Walt Wick, one of the founders of Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University’s Wick Poetry Center.
Campus and community came together to share a once-in-a-lifetime event at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University.
It was a party 218 years in the making.
The thousands of people who came to Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University on April 8 to witness the total solar eclipse did not leave disappointed by the celestial show, the likes of which had not been seen in Kent, Ohio since 1806.
Where will you be viewing the total solar eclipse, Golden Flashes? Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ has a complete schedule of eclipse-themed events and activities.
As the 2024 total solar eclipse passes over Kent, Ohio, on Monday, April 8, Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University students, faculty and staff have the unique opportunity to witness an optical illusion known as the Purkinje effect.
The excitement has been building for more than a year, and the day is finally upon us!
The brightly colored blue and gold Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit from Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University’s College of Public Health will be hitting the streets to help bring public health services to the people of northeast Ohio.
After the eclipse, Flashes can do their part to promote sustainability by recycling their eclipse glasses for use by viewers of future eclipses around the world.
The Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University Spring Food Truck Series begins on Risman Plaza April 3 and continues each Wednesday through May 1.
Explore these safety precautions to photograph the solar eclipse like a professional.