From Nov. 14 through Dec. 9, university groups on the Kent Campus will be collecting clean, gently used or new items from all ages, including warm clothing, hats, gloves, scarves and sweaters. The clothing collected will go to the four Winter Warm-Up Stations on campus, where students are encouraged to take whatever they need to stay warm this winter. The stations are located in the Williamson House, the first floor of the Kent Student Center, Schwartz Center Room 261 and the Tri-Towers front desk lobby. Some of the clothing will also go to the Phyllis Zumkehr Portage County Clothing Cen...
From Nov. 14 through Dec. 9, university groups on the Kent Campus will be collecting clean, gently used or new items from all ages, including warm clothing, hats, gloves, scarves and sweaters. The clothing collected will go to the four Winter Warm-Up Stations on campus, where students are encouraged to take whatever they need to stay warm this winter. The stations are located in the Williamson House, the first floor of the Kent Student Center, Schwartz Center Room 261 and the Tri-Towers front desk lobby. Some of the clothing will also go to the Phyllis Zumkehr Portage County Clothing Cen...
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share by Email When driving in the rain, it is unlikely that you have thought much about how the environment is affected, let alone how nearby aquatic sources are impacted. With funding from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a biogeochemistry research team at Kent State University decided to look into the particles that were formed and transported from tires and the road. In their research, David Costello, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, and his te...
When severe winter forces cancellations and closings on the Ashtabula Campus, that information is shared in a number of ways. Stay up to date by reading the winter weather advisory page and subscribing to Flash ALERTS.
Kent State is required to have and maintain a Storm Water Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Phase II Storm Water permit. As part of that permit, Kent State is required to develop best management practices (bmps) under 7 Minimum Control Measures (MCM). One of these MCM bpms is to survey the university community regarding their understanding of stormwater and how we can all protect it from pollution. The Environmental Health and Safety Department has developed this survey and it is available on the EHS website. Please visit the EHS website to learn more about environmental ...
Today, as part of Kent State’s Veterans Day commemoration, a group of volunteers along with University Facilities Management (UFM) staff gathered with shovels, buckets, bulbs and bone meal on the hill overlooking The Commons near Taylor Hall. Just a few yards from the May 4 Memorial, this group worked to dig holes, fill them with “just a puff” of bone meal and plant daffodil bulbs as part of University Facilities Management’s annual plan to keep Daffodil Hill in bloom as a living memorial to U.S. soldiers killed in the Vietnam War. Shovels and gloves, water and...
Kent State is required to have and maintain a Storm Water Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Phase II Storm Water permit. As part of that permit, Kent State is required to develop best management practices (bmps) under 7 Minimum Control Measures (MCM). One of these MCM bpms is to survey the university community regarding their understanding of stormwater and how we can all protect it from pollution. The Environmental Health and Safety Department has developed this survey and it is available on the EHS website. Please visit the EHS website to learn more about environmental compliance and ...
Today, as part of Kent State’s Veterans Day commemoration, a group of volunteers along with University Facilities Management (UFM) staff gathered with shovels, buckets, bulbs and bone meal on the hill overlooking The Commons near Taylor Hall. Just a few yards from the May 4 Memorial, this group worked to dig holes, fill them with “just a puff” of bone meal and plant daffodil bulbs as part of University Facilities Management’s annual plan to keep Daffodil Hill in bloom as a living memorial to U.S. soldiers killed in the Vietnam War. Shovels and gloves, water and coo...
The twentieth International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DCMI 2022) took place on October 3-7. These conferences expanded the DCMI scope to the whole spectrum of metadata innovation, best practices, and focused on challenges and opportunities in a diverse and data-intensive world. At the conference, five Kent State University iSchool alumni had the opportunity to give their own presentations on diverse topics relating to metadata uses, best practices, management, etc. Let’s check out some of the amazing work our alumni have been up to. John Antil...
Come help Flashes Fighting Hunger, Kent State’s student-powered response to food insecurity, and observe Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week (Nov. 14-19) by filling the truck with unperishable food and toiletry items! The mobile unit will be parked in the Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement building parking lot from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16. Kent State volunteers will weigh the donated items and pack them onto the truck. All collected items will be transported to the Flashes Fighting Hunger pantry, the CARES Center pantry and Kent Social...