Managers and supervisors should have received information from the Controller's Office regarding the cut-off dates for financial transactions for the current fiscal year, which ends on June 30. View the deadlines for receipt of information and other year-end announcements online at www.kent.edu/controller under the Fiscal Year End Cut-off Dates tab. The Controller's Office appreciates timely submissions of documents to ensure that a timely year-end cut-off has occurred. The FY2023 year is scheduled to close the evening of July 14, 2023, and the final June Flashline reports should be a...
On May 3rd, students in Dr. Kelsen LaBerge’s Introduction to Engineering course demonstrated their Hovercraft projects. This project serves as a class capstone, where the 79 students in the course were divided into 13 teams that must successfully design, build, and fly a hovercraft that adheres to a specified budget. Students work with their teams to come up with a preliminary design before giving a presentation of their work. After passing this presentation, teams begin building their hovercraft using balsa wood, propellers, and electronics such as servos, motors, and electroni...
On Tuesday, May 2nd, Manufacturing Works hosted Reaching New Heights in Advanced Air Mobility (AAM): Opportunities in Autonomous Vehicles in partnership with the College of Aeronautics and Engineering and the Northeast Ohio Flight Information Exchange. The conference, held at the Kent State University Student Center, brought together speakers from Kent State, JobsOhio, the Ohio House of Representatives, and more for discussions surrounding the growing field of Advanced Air Mobility. In addition to a full day of sessions on May 2nd, attendees were also encouraged to attend a Live Drone...
Pictured (left to right): Kent State President Todd Diacon and Kent City Manager Dave Ruller PARTNERSHIPS HAVE REDEFINED KENT STATE AND THE CITY OF KENT Kent City Manager Dave Ruller remembers the day he met Kent State University’s then-President Lester A. Lefton nearly two decades ago at the Franklin Square Deli to talk about Kent. Lefton didn’t mince words. He wanted to make Kent State great, he told Ruller, but he couldn’t do it with a deteriorating downtown, parts of which he pronounced “a piece of crap,” Ruller recalls. “I was like, ‘OK, put your money where your mout...
Justine Gallo, BA ’22, has combined her personal philosophy and fashion design degree to launch a new business in downtown Kent. Sun in Leo is a boutique located in Acorn Alley that reuses—and responsibly sources—clothing, accessories, jewelry and trinkets. Gallo says the concept of circularity drives the store’s business model, which focuses on resource cycles such as reusing, repairing, refurbishing and upcycling to extend the life of products and waste as little as possible. Sustainable fashion is a fundamental part of Kent State’s fashion...
In April, members of Kent State University’s Chapter of AFS traveled to Cleveland to attend the annual Metalcasting Congress hosted by the American Foundry Society. This event brings together foundry professionals, professors, teachers, students, and hobbyists in the metalcasting industry. The Metalcasting Congress boasts lectures, debates, exhibits, and networking opportunities that highlight and celebrate the newest technologies, innovations, and techniques. Senior Mechatronics Engineering major Delonte Goodman, a Kent State University student who attended this conference, listed ma...
Pictured (center): Julie Morris, sustainability coordinator, stands between her two supervisors. At left, Bridget Susel, community development director for the city of Kent; at right, Melanie Knowles, sustainability manager for Kent State University. WORKING TOGETHER TOWARD A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE This year, the city of Kent announced a climate action plan to reduce the city’s greenhouse gas emissions and address other environmental concerns. After the detailed plan was crafted, city officials realized something was missing. The plan includes transitioning municipal ligh...
On Wednesday, April 19th, the Kent State University Precision Flight Team and the College of Aeronautics and Engineering hosted the 2023 Safety Conference. The Safety Conference brought together over 190 individuals from Kent State University, Bowling Green University, SkyQuest, Cleveland Air Traffic Control, Akron-Canton Air Traffic Control, and the Federal Aviation Administration for discussions and panels by industry professionals on topics encompassing aviation safety and proficiency. The event, which began in 1991 as a Safety Day, was born in response to a 1990 non-fatal aviation accident...
On Tuesday, April 26th, Dr. Evren Koptur’s Computer Engineering Technology Capstone class presented their final capstone projects to College of Aeronautics students, faculty, and staff. Senior students, many preparing to graduate in May, worked in teams to create three separate projects, titled Drone-Based Water Sampling and Air Quality, Modular Smartphone-Controlled Electric Skateboard, and Retro Gaming Arcade Cabinet. The Drone-Based Water Sampling and Air Quality project aims to make air quality testing and water sample collection safer and more efficient. This is accomplished by a...
As we near the end of the fiscal year (June 30, 2023), remember to complete your Beyond Compliance (BC) training. Two hours of BC training are required of all staff annually, and strongly encouraged for Tenure Track/Full-Time Non Tenure-Track faculty. One of your two annual BC hours should be a gender-based discrimination or harassment course (formerly known as Title IX Beyond Compliance). Why Beyond Compliance? Beyond Compliance provides annual training for Kent State faculty and staff to make sure they are fully up-to-date and aware of relevant laws and university polici...