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People looking to the skies this weekend in Kent may have seen several hot air balloons floating by. Eighteen balloons, including one crab-shaped balloon (“Claw’d the Crazy Crab”) participated in the Balloon A-Fair Festival in Ravenna Ohio, from September 15-17 at SUNBEAU Valley Farm.   The festival celebrated its 43rd year with the theme “Carried Up and Away with Community Spirit.”   VIDEO: Time-lapse video of balloon inflation and launch.    Festival events included a children’s parade, a community breakfast, a grand parade and new for this year, a ...

The ����ɫ��ҹ University Board of Trustees welcomed the Class of 2026 at the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the ����ɫ��ҹ University Airport in Stow, Ohio. ����ɫ��ҹ’s freshman class began classes on the Kent Campus nearly 7% larger than the previous year with 4,251 students – the eighth largest incoming class in the university’s 112-year history. These newest Golden Flashes arrive as high achievers, boasting an outstanding GPA of 3.5.  Diacon has made supporting first-generation and underrepresented students a priority. One in three (34%) of the f...