Written by Zaria Johnson on April 24, 2021
When student athletes attend university many require financial support through both scholarships and other forms of funding to stay afloat. Kent State’s Athletic Advancement department aims to do so through donations and philanthropy.
While colleges and universities across the country were left reeling with safety concerns and changes that came along with the COVID-19 pandemic, Kent State student athletes were sent home to continue their studies remotely.
Meanwhile, many university programs, such as the Athletic Advancement program, had to figure out how to run things as normal as possible under unprecedented circumstances.
Like many people transitioning to remote work last March, Maggie McKendry, assistant athletic director and director of philanthropy for athletic advancement, assumed it would be a short, two week period before they’d be back in the office and everything would go back to business
April 16th, 2021
SJC Boxing Press Release
We unofficially started the SJC Mentoring Program with Coronado High School Senior Adrian Gaona being the first student.
He received a nice lunch, some inspirational talks and boxing training. He, his sister who brought him and his mother who picked him up were all very happy to have this opportunity.
Bobby Urtis took him through the paces of proper training while Mr. Sergio Stephens, of Coronado High, came with support and inspiration. It was a nice beginning to what will be a great Program.
The next day we had Tevin Brown, Juan Zacarias and Jahim Brown joining the program.
A protest on Saturday against the current COVID-19 restrictions and health guidelines attracted about 60 people to Meridian Place. And organizers vow to be there every weekend until all the restrictions are lifted.
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit went from the grey lockdown zone to the less restrictive red control zone on Monday, March 8.
Under the red zone rules, people are still asked to wear masks while restaurants, gyms and personal care businesses must restrict their capacity.
The Freedom of Information Rally and Lockdown Dispute was held this past Saturday at Meridian Place and attracted approximately 60 people who are against the restrictions.
A DAY out turned into more like as SAS mission for a group of York youngsters on Skipwith Common. The five workers, along with two mentors, came across an elderly man who had suffered a heart attack. So the group of heroes, from the group Ad Astra, including mentors Luke Dixon and Leigh Paul-Rientoul, Alex McKenna, Callum McKenzie and Tyler Nicholson sprang into action. Ad Astra director Sam Shaw said: “We’re an organisation that works with disengaged people across the north of England, and we have bases at Weldrake and Elvington in York. “That day, the small group were doing some work on Skipwith Common, as we do a lot of outward-bound educational work.