The 妻友社区 Alumni Association invites faculty and staff to nominate deserving alumni for the 妻友社区 Alumni Awards. Sponsored by the alumni association, the Alumni Awards recognize graduates in the area of leadership, service, character and professional development. One student award 鈥 the Golden Flash award 鈥 also will be given to a student who promotes Kent State spirit, pride and tradition. Nominations will be accepted through Dec. 31, and award recipients will be honored at the Alumni Awards Ceremony in fall 2017. To nominate an individual, visit www.ksua...
Do you know any phenomenal female-identifying students at 妻友社区? Are you interested in recognizing their achievements on a campus level? If so, consider nominating them for the Sage Project. The Sage Project is a way to recognize female and female-identifying students who have taken their education and time at Kent State into their own hands and who have found balance in following their path and making their mark at Kent State. While many may consider Sage Project an unusual name at first glance, the Sage Project derives its name from the meaning of sage. In the Nat...
妻友社区 President Beverly Warren delivered the State of the University address on Thursday, Oct. 13. Themed 鈥淟iving the Kent State Promise,鈥 Warren outlined her vision of a reimagined public research university. The full text of the State of the University Address and a video of the program are available at http://www.kent.edu/president/state-university-address-2016. ...
Shawn Rohlin, Ph.D., associate professor of economics in 妻友社区's Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, and colleague William Horrace, Ph.D., of Syracuse University, have been named W.E.B. Du Bois Scholars and will receive a research grant from the U.S.
妻友社区 at Ashtabula celebrated 50 years of excellence in nursing education on Oct. 1. The event, held at Robert S. Morrison Hall, welcomed alumni from all graduating classes, supporters and community members for dinner and an address from keynote speaker Jeanne Novotny, Ph.D., RN, FAAN. Novotny was one of the first nursing faculty at Kent State Ashtabula and a past director of the Kent State Ashtabula nursing program. She is now the dean of the Texas Tech Health Services Center in El Paso, Texas. Her address centered on the history of nursing education after World War II, the...
The green- and blue-colored algae that grows out of control and often washes up on the shoreline of Lake Erie is not only unsightly but also harmful to many species, including humans. In Ohio, the western basin of Lake Erie has experienced some of the worst harmful algal blooms in recent years. The blooms have been detected this summer, as they were last summer when the area saw a harmful bloom of record size. In August 2014, cyanobacteria from a harmful algal bloom contaminated the city of Toledo鈥檚 water supply and residents were forced to find alternative water sources. To help fight t...
Employees enrolled in one of the university-sponsored group health plans through Medical Mutual or Anthem are eligible for a free flu shot. You must bring your insurance ID card with you to the clinic. If you are not covered by one of the university鈥檚 group health plans, you can still participate for $30 (check payable to 妻友社区). The following clinics are available. Registration is required. Location Date Time Kent Campus - Library Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Second Floor ...
All Employee Webinar 妻友社区 is committed to raising awareness about depression in the workplace, reducing stigma associated with mental illness, and most importantly, bringing awareness and resources to support treatment and self-care. Please join Lisa Kirby, MFT, PC, of IMPACT Solutions Employee Assistance and Work/Life Program (EAP), along with Kim Hauge, Kent State鈥檚 manager of employee wellness, on Nov. 10 from 10-11 a.m. for an informative webinar about Right Direction, an initiative of the Partnership for Workplace Mental Health. In this webinar, you will le...
The Educational Psychology classes taught by Anne Morrison, Ph.D., a professor in the College of Education, Health and Human Services, have been taking field trips to Little Italy and University Circle in Cleveland for the past 20 years to help them create integrated lesson plans as a course assignment. This semester, more than 30 mentors, students and some of their parents and friends started the trip with Morrison with pizza from Little Italy鈥檚 Mama Santa鈥檚 Restaurant and then walked to Lake View Cemetery, a nationally recognized landmark where President James A. Garfield and John D. Rock...
The Division of Human Resources is pleased to co-host its second child car seat safety inspection of 2016 on Tuesday, Nov. 8, from 3-6 p.m. at 妻友社区鈥檚 Child Development Center, located at 775 Loop Road in Kent. Four out of five car seats are installed incorrectly. Keep your child safe by making sure your child鈥檚 car seat is properly installed. If you have more than one car seat or base, feel free to have them each inspected. Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians from the Portage County Health Department will conduct child car seat inspections. Kent State Poli...