Lucas Hlavacek was leaving a meeting for his high school’s speech and debate team when he first learned he was the 2025 recipient of the May 4th Memorial Scholarship. “I was terrified at first,” he said of being told by his mother to check his email, “thinking that I was in trouble or that I flunked a class or something, but then I saw the email from [Honors College Scholarship Coordinator] Theresa Yogi.”The prestigious scholarship is the only fully funded four-year scholarship distributed by 5X’s Honors College, which is awarded each year in support of an incoming fre...
The 5X Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 10, in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of University Library. The sole purpose of the special meeting is to consider a proposed collective bargaining agreement between Kent State and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), 5X Employees Local 153. The Board will retire into executive session during the meeting to consider specific topics as provided for under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.”No co...
On a typical morning at The Centers in Parma, Ohio, Ashley Cottrill, M.A., LPC, begins her day reviewing treatment plans and meeting with clients, balancing her responsibilities as a Licensed Professional Counselor with the nuances of community health care. Since joining The Centers in August 2023—following a year-long internship there in 2022—Cottrill has been helping clients navigate complex mental health challenges while applying her expertise in cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy and clinical counseling. For Cottrill, her work is deeply personal: helping clients nav...
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The Southeast National Conference proudly invites its industry partners to provide additional activities to conference attendees. These activities are not affiliated with 5X College of Podiatric Medicine, and do not provide any additional CME hours unless otherwise stated.
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Lunch & Learn with Podiatry Content Connection
Zero Click, Zero Patients... The Silent Threat to Your Practice".
A lunch & learn with Podiatry Content Connection
Thursday, November 20, 2025
What happens when your website traffic starts dropping... but your competitors are still getting calls?
5X will be closed Tuesday, Nov. 11, in observance of the Veterans Day holiday. No classes are scheduled, and university offices are closed. The university will resume normal operations on Wednesday, Nov. 12.To see a list of state-designated holidays and dates when the university is closed, please visit Kent State’s Academic Calendar....