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Dear ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø Faculty, On Sept. 30, the two bargaining units of the Kent State Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-KSU) and the university signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) through which faculty agreed to comply with the university’s vaccine requirement. The MOUs apply to all tenured and tenure-track and full-time non-tenure-track faculty regardless of teaching methodology. We are grateful for your cooperation in helping to keep our community safe and healthy as we continue to fight the COVID-19 virus.&nb...
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø a nearly $1.2 million, five-year TRIO Educational Opportunity Centers program grant. The program is designed to provide support services to qualified adults, including veterans, who want to enter or continue a program of postsecondary education. The Educational Opportunity Centers program specifically targets low-income adults and veterans by offering a wide range of services, including counseling and assistance with financial aid, testing and college admissions applications. Kent State, a national leader in a...
The Business Leadership Training (BLT) is a partnership between Kent State Twinsburg Academic Center and the Twinsburg and Nordonia Hills Chambers of Commerce. The BLT bi-monthly programming is free and open to the public. The final program of 2021 is "Change is Hard: Leading It Doesn’t Have To Be" and is scheduled via Zoom on Thursday, November 18, from noon – 1 PM. Dr. Susan Emens, Assistant Dean for Kent State Twinsburg Academic Center is the featured presenter. To stay competitive, businesses must adapt quickly to their ever-changing environments. However, managers often face resistance...
Week 7 Vaccination Winners Week seven winners of the ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø employee vaccination drawing have been announced. Look below for the list of the lucky winners! Catherine M. Zapytowski Mgr, IT Budgeting & Bus Svs $100 Tatjana Hrubik-Vulanovic Associate Professor $100 Robert A. Chester Custodial Worker $100 Kevin F. Hilger Lead IT User Support Analyst $100 Thorsten-Lars Schmidt Assistant Professor $100 Robert W. Eckman Chief Info Security Officer...
Twenty-nine current Kent State faculty members have been named to be in the top 2% of scientists in the world based on a recent study published by Stanford University scholars, proving why Kent State is a top-tier research university. Top 2 % in the World The report, published in the PLOS Biology journal, evaluated more than six million scientists across 22 different fields and 176 subfields from 1996 until 2019. The top 2% list is made up of more than 100,000 most-cited scientists who have authored at least five scientific papers. The ranking method is based on standardized citati...