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Student organization closes gap between fashion and Down Syndrome community

Student organization closes gap between fashion and Down Syndrome community

Kelsie Horner, Reporter August 29, 2023

Photo courtesy of Nadia Hutkay Dress Up For Downs is a student-led organization that partners with the Down Syndrome Association of Northeast Ohio (DSANEO), bringing awareness to the Down Syndrome community...

Genevieve struts down the runway during the Dress Up for Downs fashion show in the Rockwell Hall on Saturday, November 18, 2017.

Dress Up for Downs begins a pen pal program during COVID

Bella Hagey Reporter October 15, 2020

After a long day at school, one member of Kent State’s Dress Up for Downs organization returned home to find the first letter written by her pen pal.Genevieve Burke took the letter from her mom and eagerly...

A clapboard sits on the table outside the auditorium in Hall. 

Dress Up for Downs fashion show raises $3,000

Ella Abbott November 19, 2017

Dress Up for Downs raised $3,000 for the Upside of Downs Saturday night through the organization’s annual fashion show.Dress Up for Downs is a student organization created by a junior fashion design...

Professor Awarded Grant for Down syndrome Research

Nicholas Sewell February 6, 2014

Kristy Welshhans, assistant professor of biological sciences at Kent State, was awarded a grant this week from the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation, or JFL, for her projects working to improve cognition in...

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