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The School of Communication Studies’ Communication Graduate Student Association (CGSA) will be participating in this year’s Relay for Life event held at the Kent State Field House. The fundraising event begins Friday, April 29 at 6 p.m. and continues throughout the night until 12 p.m. on Saturday, April 30. “Relay for Life is fighting a disease that everyone in CGSA has been affected by at one point or another,” Nicolle Kovacs, co-captain of the CGSA Relay for Life team, said. “Relay for Life is a big event on campus so we are also looking forward to getting to know the other groups involve...

Members of the University Community, I am grateful for the sense of community and mission that we have shaped over the last 22 months and appreciate the honest and open communication that has guided our actions. It is in that spirit that I am writing to share some personal health news. During a recent physical examination, I learned that I have breast cancer that will require surgery. My outstanding medical team at the Cleveland Clinic has assured me that the cancer is in a very early stage and that there is high expectation for a full recovery. Thank you all for the outstanding work and...

�������� at Stark recently hosted 26 high school seniors from Wayne County Schools Career Center. The students, who are all enrolled in the center’s Patient Care Technologies program, met with Kent State Stark’s Nursing Department faculty and toured the nursing laboratory located in the recently opened Science and Nursing Building. Chrissy Kauth, associate lecturer of nursing, and Dawn Richards, adjunct nursing technician, spoke to the seniors about their career choice and gave them a tour of the state-of-the-art facility, which includes high-fidelity, computerized human patien...

��������’s International Friendship Program continues to grow and develop partnerships between faculty, staff and students.  Eron Memaj, director of international student affairs, who launched the program in fall 2015, says the idea of the program is to connect international students with faculty and staff who provide advice about academic life and insight into American culture and customs. “In the fall semester, we started with 20 partnerships,” Memaj says. “Now, this semester, we have more than 80 partnerships.” Memaj says he hopes the program continues to grow. “The pr...

“Don’t put any idea off as a joke,” says Richard “Hart” Main, a �������� sophomore economics major from New Philadelphia, Ohio. “I almost did that and missed an opportunity.” The 18-year-old entrepreneur is referring to ManCans, his company that makes and sells masculine-scented candles with a philanthropic twist. ManCans are sold in 150 local shops throughout the U.S. Customers can choose from a variety of scents, including new car, campfire, cigar and fresh cut grass. The company is able to donate 75 cents from each homemade candle to charity. More than 100,000 cans of so...

�������� at Stark commemorates Earth Day 2016 with the presentation of events to inspire the awareness of environmental responsibility and to improve the appreciation for our planet’s natural resources. Kent State Stark has partnered with the following sponsors to present these events: The Repository, The Print Shop of Canton Inc. and Brewer-Garrett. The event will take place at Kent State Stark, 6000 Frank Avenue NW in Jackson Township, and is free and open to the public. Sunday, April 24 from 1 – 4 p.m.: Kent State Stark will present the Earth Day Celebration at the Campus Ce...

��������’s School of Communication Studies hosted its Global Issues Forum on Human Trafficking: A Global and Local Epidemic on April 6 in the Moulton Ballroom. The forum brought together more than 100 faculty, staff, students and community members to hear from a panel of professionals who have encountered human trafficking in their careers. The panelists for the evening include: •Kathleen Chandler. Currently serving on the Board of County Commissioners. She was elected in 2005 to the Ohio House of Representatives where she crafted legislation to make human trafficking a crim...

Work in Progress: Forming lift 3 on elevator #1. Working on retaining wall progressing south to column line A7. Pile caps and foundations for elevator #2 are complete. Looking forward: Pour lift #3 on elevator #1 on 4/8/2016. Steel delivery and erection begins for sequence #1 on 4/11/2016 (North side – column line 0). Continue with retaining wall south from column line A7 and turn east. Start forming elevator #2 (south). ...