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�������� is excited to present the Fall Employee Wellness Speaker Series: Reigniting Your Light. This speaker series features topics imperative to support your personal well-being. Topics and guest speakers include the following: Sept. 26 - Thomas O'Reilly, M.S., PCC, will share his wisdom and expertise on how your circadian rhythm affects your quality of life, not only in your sleeping hours but in your waking hours too. More importantly, he will teach us how to "dance to the rhythm." Register for in-person session Register for lives...

To access the Title IX online application, log in to your FlashLine account. Click on the Employee dropdown box, select Resources, Training and Development. Under the “Training and Development” header, select Law Room.  For questions or comments regarding Title IX training, contact Bonita Prewitt, gender equity compliance officer/Title IX coordinator, at bprewit2@kent.edu or call 330-672-7535. Please contact the Training and Development department regarding registration concerns at hrd@kent.edu. ...

Familiar Face Deb McGuinness Associate Director, Advancement Communications Division of Institutional Advancement Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Advancement Communications provides comprehensive communications and marketing strategies that support fundraising and promote the university among key constituents. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: December 2011 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: A variety of marketing and corporate communications positions, as well as advertising agency experience. LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The students! They are t...

New Face Melissa Ricchiuti Procurement Analyst/Buyer Procurement Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Responsible for developing strategic data reports for spend analysis; translating to fit departmental needs, including, but not limited to, RFP analysis and cost savings models. Prepare university procurement requests as assigned. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: January 2017 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Malco Products, Inc. LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The people! Students, staff and faculty have been most respectful and friendly. The campus setting...

The ability of geckos to climb on surfaces is mainly pegged on their adhesive toe pads. The pads are designed with hair-like structures. These hierarchical structures enhance compliance, intimate contact and promote van der Waals interactions with the surfaces. It has been confirmed that a unique configuration of the gecko toes is key in their locomotion, which happens in two modes namely; gripping and release modes. During the gripping mode, two diagonally opposite toes are in action and are pulled inwards towards the center of mass of the body. The other two pads are normal...

These days, consumers can buy the latest clothing trends quickly and inexpensively. Critics, however, maintain that this “fast fashion” can be detrimental to the environment. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 84 percent of unwanted clothes in the United States in 2012 went into either a landfill or an incinerator. The EPA also says the materials that the fast-fashion companies are noncompostable, cause the greenhouse gas methane and contribute to climate change. �������� junior fashion design and business student Madeline Mehler created her ne...