Lactation Rooms
Kent State faculty and staff who are nursing mothers now have the option of using a lactation room. The resource for new mothers is part of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the federal health care reform law).
The legislation requires employers to provide nursing mothers with reasonable break time to express breast milk for the first year following the birth of a child. A room must also be provided and must be shielded from view, free from intrusion by co-workers and the public, and cannot be a bathroom.
There are several designated lactation rooms on the Kent Campus and one room at each Regional Campus and the Twinsburg Academic Center. Each room has a table and chair and some locations also have a small refrigerator.
Use of the lactation rooms is optional for nursing moms. Employees who wish to use one of the rooms should call the phone number listed for that location prior to your first visit, to make arrangements and determine a schedule.
While the federal legislation does not require employers to pay employees for the time spent nursing, Kent State employees are permitted to use break and lunch time for this purpose. Additional, reasonable breaks will be permitted as needed.
Lactation Room Locations
Room Location |
Campus |
Contact Information |
Aeronautics Technology Building, Room 015 |
Kent |
Deborah Terrill at 330-672-0792 |
Center for Architecture and Environmental Design, Room 022 |
Kent |
330-672-0942 |
Center for Adult and Veteran Services, Schwartz Center Room 182A |
Kent |
330-672-7933 |
Center for Undergraduate Excellence, Room 121 |
Kent |
330-672-0980 |
Center for Visual Arts, Room 240 |
Kent |
330-672-2192 |
Harbourt Hall |
Kent |
330-672-3880 |
Human Resources Heer Hall, Room 118 |
Kent |
330-672-0942 |
Kent State University Library, Room 131 |
Kent |
330-672-7577 |
Schwartz Center, Room 261D |
Kent |
Karen Steiner at 330-672-8367 |
White Hall, Room 500 |
Kent |
330-672-2202 |
Williamson House, 1200 Main Street (this location also available to students) |
Kent |
330-672-9230 |
Classroom Building Room, B116A |
Ashtabula |
440-964-4312 |
Mary Patterson Building, Room 101B |
East Liverpool |
330-382-7425 |
Classroom Building, Room 120B |
Geauga (Burton) |
440-834-4187 |
Twinsburg Center, Room 103B |
Geauga (Twinsburg) |
330-487-0574 |
Classroom Building, Room 107C |
Salem |
330-337-4190 |
Learning Resource Center, Library Room 205 |
Stark |
Call 330-244-3231 |
Classroom Building, Room 118 |
Trumbull |
330-847-0571 |
Science and Advanced Technology Center, Room 116 |
Tuscarawas |
330-308-7451 |
Visit the Office of the University Architect web site for updated information concerning lactation rooms.