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Why $20 million federal dollars are heading here
The City of Kent made a strong case for federal stimulus money, arguing they had a project that was green, transportation-friendly, job-creating and shovel-ready. On Wednesday, city officials learned they were getting a $20 million check.
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- Project called a 'domino' for redevelopment
As it prepares to celebrate it's 100 year anniversary, Kent State University is touting an independent report it says demonstrates the school's value to the local economy. ideastream®'s Rick Jackson has details.
KSU Has A $2 Billion Impact On NE Ohio - Jan. 21, 2010
(Akron News Now)
In celebrating its 100-year anniversary, Kent State University took a look at what kind of economic impact it has on Northeast Ohio. The short answer, huge. Kent State University President Doctor Lester Lefton made economic report public today during a morning speech. Link to audio.
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- Kent
State University gets a report card (WKSU)
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major university can have a big effect on economic development (WKSU)
- A $2 billion effect on the region's economy: KSU
unveils results of impact study (Record Courier)
- Study shows KSU boosts area economy by $1.9 billion (Akron Beacon Journal)
Editorial: Communication comes at a high cost (Brown University News Service)
It's the
cost of doing business. It's the cost of staying connected. It's the cost of
running the university efficiently. University administrators essentially threw
around all those ideas in response to Kent State's $450,000 cell phone bill
last year and the $230,000 bill so far this fiscal year. We get it. Cell phones
are the way of life nowadays. BlackBerrys, which the administrators receive,
are even better at keeping people in the loop, and that's important. After all,
as one university employee explained, campus emergencies don't always happen
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Kent State's top dogs and certain Campus and
Environment Operations managers need to communicate easily if, for instance, a
pipe bursts in Eastway.
Business class in session at some public universities (Chicago Tribune)
Kent State
University shaped its faculty-bonus program to meet the prevailing political
winds. Its president, Lester Lefton, thought it futile to ask the Ohio
legislature to fund salary increases. "The reality is a president of a
public university is running a business enterprise," Lefton said. "I
have to run this in a business-like way." So he adopted the enterpriser's
assumption that the way to grow a business is to give employees who bring in
new business a share of the profits. In this case, faculty members are Kent
State's sales reps.
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- Business practices put to use on college campuses with bonus programs (Chicago Tribune Online)
- Colleges use business practices to figure bonuses (Chicago Tribune Online)
For the second time, Kent leaders made the pitch for federal stimulus funds to aid in the construction of several multi-million dollar projects. A group of area officials, dubbed 'Team Kent' by Kent City Manager Dave Ruller, recently met with Ohio's infrastructure czar, Ronn Richard. He was appointed by Gov. Ted Strickland to oversee the distribution of federal stimulus dollars intended for infrastructure projects. Ruller, along with Kent State University President Lester Lefton, Kent Mayor John Fender and representatives from Fairmount Properties and Pizzuti Companies, sat down for a private meeting with Richard to discuss Kent's potential for receiving any remaining federal stimulus dollars.
Scientist says time travel is possible Shares idea for time machine at Kent State (Record Courier)
Can people travel back in time or jump ahead into the future? Ronald Mallett says they can. Mallett, a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Connecticut, spoke about those scientific possibilities to a group of about 150 people in the Kiva at the Kent Student Center Tuesday. "This may sound like it's been ripped from the pages of science fiction," said Mallett. "Yet, I believe the 21st century will be seen as the century of time travel, just as the 20th century is seen as the century of air and space travel."
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