Mamoun Alzoubi, Department of English

Kent State University President Beverly Warren delivered her first State of the University address on Nov. 19 in the Kent Student Center Kiva. Kent State faculty, staff, students and members of the community were invited to attend the event, which was themed “Celebrating Today, Imagining Tomorrow.”

We are coming to the end of another year. What has gone well and what would you like to change? Are you trying to "survive" the holiday season or is there joy in the preparation and experience? Perhaps you have experienced loss in the past year or feel a sense of discouragement only more pronounced by the holiday season.

Please join our Dec. 8 Lunch and Learn, when we will explore stress, goals, life transition, managing the holidays and preparing for a new year with optimism and expectation!

Anyone who missed the chance to "Know Your Numbers" during the Open Enrollment and Wellness Fairs held on each Kent State University campus has one more opportunity on Dec. 10 from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Register today while appointments are still available.

All Kent State University campuses will operate on a holiday schedule from Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, through Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. During this time, all nonessential operations will be closed at all Kent State campuses. Normal business operations will resume with the first shift on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016.

Kent State University at Ashtabula welcomes a new food service to campus with the opening of Bridge Street Boulevard.

What has eight paws, wears formal attire and tugs at heartstrings? 

Richard (Rick) Feinberg, professor of anthropology on the Kent Campus, was elected Section Assembly Convener of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). 

David Hassler, director of Kent State’s Wick Poetry Center, attended a meeting of poetry organizations from across the U.S. at the Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from Nov. 5-7.