The University of Akron is a comprehensive research and teaching university, offering more than 300 programs of study. At Akron, you will find a metropolitan setting that places you in the heart of a dynamic, regional economy, and in sync with the pulse of business, government and the community. Most important, here you will discover energy, in the high-tech classrooms of our new academic buildings, in our new Student Union and Student Recreation and Wellness Center, and among the 200 student organizations on campus.
(see more)The University of Akron is a comprehensive research and teaching university, offering more than 300 programs of study. At Akron, you will find a metropolitan setting that places you in the heart of a dynamic, regional economy, and in sync with the pulse of business, government and the community. Most important, here you will discover energy, in the high-tech classrooms of our new academic buildings, in our new Student Union and Student Recreation and Wellness Center, and among the 200 student organizations on campus.
Through the Fisher Institute for Professional Selling in the College of Business Administration, Marketing undergraduate students recently participated in the National Collegiate Sales Competition (NCSC), held at Kennesaw State University in Georgia.
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2016 Apr 26
UA students helped in assisting over 500 grade school and high school students during the 2016 Time Warner Cable Akron Regional Science Olympiad.
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2016 Apr 26
Their academic record, combined with other criteria, qualified these students for membership in this premier honor society recognizing business excellence.
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2016 Apr 12
Their academic record, combined with other criteria, qualified these students for membership in this premier master's in business honor society recognizing excellence.
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2016 Apr 12
Each year, UA's Department of Student Life service office, serveAkron, organizes the Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program. More than ninety Zips volunteered during the week of Spring Break, March 21-25, 2016, with three diverse non-profit organizations in Georgia, North Carolina, and Florida. In all, these volunteers dedicated 3,056 hours to making a difference.
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2016 Mar 30
Zips for St. Jude, a registered student organization, works each year to raise funds and awareness for the work being done at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, to fight childhood cancers.
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2016 Mar 4
More than 750 University of Akron students have been named to the President's List. To qualify, students must be undergraduate, enrolled full-time and achieve a 4.0 grade point average for the semester.
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2016 Feb 2
Congratulations to more than 3,600 students who made the fall 2015 Dean's List!
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2016 Feb 2
Nearly 100 University of Akron students have been named to the President's List. To qualify, students must be undergraduate, enrolled full-time and achieve a 4.0 grade point average for the semester.
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2015 Oct 14
Congratulations to more than 180 students who made the summer 2015 Dean's List!
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2015 Oct 14
Congratulations to more than 3,400 students who made the spring 2015 Dean's List!
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2015 Jun 9
More than 800 University of Akron students have been named to the President's List. To qualify, students must be undergraduate, enrolled full-time and achieve a 4.0 grade point average for the semester.
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2015 Jun 9
The University of Akron's Zips Aero design team once again earned the top prize at the 2015 SAE Aero Design West competition in Van Nuys, California April 24-26. The team finished 1st overall and set a new record for accuracy in the Advanced Class competition -- breaking their own world record from 2014--and finished 3rd overall out of 41 teams competing in the Regular Class competition.
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2015 May 27
These honors are given based on the students' academic achievements in the area pertaining to each individual award.
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2015 May 7
Learn more about the five students selected to speak during five graduation ceremonies May 8-10.
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2015 May 6
The competition included survey field work performed in January and February, and a research paper was completed in March.
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2015 May 6
Alpha Sigma Lambda, the oldest and largest adult honorary society in the United States, inducted more than 60 University of Akron students.
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2015 May 6
It's estimated that the corrosion of our aging infrastructure is a $400 billion per year national problem. These students will bridge the work of corrosion scientists who research and develop technology with corrosion technicians who apply that technology in the field.
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2015 May 6
Their academic record, combined with other criteria, qualified more than 40 students for membership in this premier honor society recognizing business excellence.
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2015 May 6
The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.
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2015 Apr 24
Legacy. Integrity. Fellowship. Excellence. University of Akron students take top honors at the annual campus LIFE Awards ceremony.
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2015 Apr 23
Each year, the Department of Student Life's Civic Engagement Program organizes the Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program. Ninety Zips volunteered from March 23-26 with three diverse non-profits. This group dedicated over 2,400 community service hours and impacted a host of non-profits, communities and lives.
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2015 Apr 2
Student in the top 20 percent of their graduating College of Business Administration master's class
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2015 Mar 12
UA College of Education Learning Community students give back by volunteering at a local elementary school.
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2015 Mar 12
Fifteen members of The University of Akron community visited Haiti and the Dominican Republic in December as part of a Leadership Experience Project supported by The Institute for Leadership Advancement at UA.
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2015 Mar 12
St. Jude Up 'til Dawn, a registered student organization, works each year to raise funds and awareness for the work being done at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis to fight childhood cancers.
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2015 Feb 5
