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Familiar Face Gregory J. Hatch Equipment Laboratory Tech School of Art Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Install, maintain, fabricate and repair equipment for the benefit of students, faculty and staff at the Center for the Visual Arts WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: June 2007 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Reiter Dairy LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The people and the benefits ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: The excellent benefits RESIDES IN: New Franklin, Ohio HOMETOWN: New Franklin, Ohio EDUCATION: Norto...

New Face Molly Smith Associate Director of Advancement Regional Campuses and Special Programs Geauga Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Advancement work for a regional campus WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: December 2017 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: I worked for the American Cancer Society for the last 14 years coordinating Relay for Life events. LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The opportunity to come "home" and work with great colleagues who are all here for the students. ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: The large regional campus...

Each year, employees are encouraged to attend the Open Enrollment and Wellness Fairs held on all �������� campuses. Each fair will include information about 2019 health care plan offerings and information on how all full-time, benefits-eligible employees can earn up to $300 in wellness rewards by participating in a variety of healthy lifestyle activities. The Open Enrollment window for making actual changes to your benefits will open at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 15 and close at 4:59 p.m. on Nov. 2. The Open Enrollment and Wellness Fair on the Kent Ca...

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Imagine being faced with a health concern. One way to handle it is to accept a prescription from the doctor and go about your life. But this was not an option for Michealle Gabrovsek, director of technology portfolio management at ��������. With the help of Kent State’s wellness program – not medication – she faced her issue head on. At her yearly doctor appointment in January 2017, Ms. Gabrovsek was told she had high cholesterol. Ms. Gabrovsek was shocked. She thought she was living a healthy lifestyle. “I was actually running about three miles a day, so I thought I was doin...

For many people, being your own boss is the ultimate goal. For Evan Laisure, that goal turned into reality shortly after graduating from the Visual Communication Design program at ��������. Mr. Laisure began with a simple idea and turned it into his own online shop called The Pastimes, featuring original designs on clothing, posters and glassware. “I didn’t want to just create artwork and put it on Instagram, get a few likes and that’s it,” Mr. Laisure says. “I’ve always been entrepreneurial, and I wanted to find a way to mend that passion with design, so those two came together...

Marji Wachowiak has always been drawn to buying.  Now a lecturer in ��������’s Fashion School, Ms. Wachowiak enjoyed an extensive career in the fashion industry where she was a buyer and product developer for Macy’s, Target and wholesalers. Today, she still buys but for not for anyone else. She buys for herself. She loves discovering interesting pieces and finding ways to change them into her current style, sometimes engaging in staining, rebuilding and/or adding new fabric to furniture and other household items. “Repurposing furniture is a de-stressor because sanding and ...

As the sun made a rare, warm April appearance, a crowd gathered in the shade outside ��������’s Rockwell Hall to remember Taylor Pifer. One by one, Ms. Pifer’s friends stepped up to the microphone, remembering how their kind and outgoing friend would say hi to complete strangers, how she could never hold a grudge, how she loved fashion and Dunkin Donuts. Ms. Pifer’s life was unexpectedly cut short in June 2017. To keep her memory alive, her friends Nicole Barrett, Samantha Jaras and Erica Mohler wanted to create a space on campus for people to visit when they were missing her. Th...

Their remarkable work takes place in studios, classrooms, laboratories and outdoors. They have been published in prestigious journals, authored books and received significant research grants. Now, they add a new honor to their list of notable achievements. �������� President Beverly J. Warren recently presented 13 Kent State faculty members with the 2018 President’s Faculty Excellence Award, which recognizes exceptional performance that leads to the achievement of national or international recognition in the faculty member’s discipline. “At its core, higher education is abou...

Fifty cheers for 50 years. �������� at Tuscarawas received recognition at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus to honor its upcoming 50th anniversary. A weeklong celebration will be held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the campus, beginning on Monday, Sept. 10, through Sunday, Sept. 16. Highlights from the past 50 years will be featured every evening throughout the week to honor the history of Kent State Tuscarawas, beginning with a special encore appearance from comic writer Dave Barry on Monday. Tuesday through Thursday of that week will feature reunions of Kent State Tu...