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Living out a dream

Why dream dreams when you can live them? Whether he’s playing football, singing or writing, Hayden Grover has lived out one dream after another at ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ.

Great expectations

Drake Smalley began by building LEGOS. Now, after building orthopedic implants for real patients through his ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ co-op, he’s building a career at Johnson & Johnson. 

Meet Drake

Now confident and accomplished

Emma Twardzik remembers being a “timid and hesitant” freshman. Now, thanks to the Akron Experience, she is a confident double major, soccer player, and intern at a local company.

From ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ to med school

Hands-on learning, three accessible hospitals, education abroad and a support system of friends and faculty at ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ? The prognosis looks good for Hannah Stephen, an aspiring pediatrician.

Bolts of brilliance

Determined and curious, and a repeat winner of high school science fairs, Alena Veigl had the “potential energy” of a thundercloud. ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ provided the rod, and the lightning struck.

Small-campus feel

Spencer Csaky, a computer whiz majoring in ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ’s unique cybersecurities program, feared he would be “just another number” on campus. But there was a surprising — and welcome — glitch in his thinking.

Meet Spencer