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Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Monday, October 15, 2012 - 12:00am

October is known as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The Kent State University Women’s Center and the Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) have put together a calendar of events for the month. These events are opportunities for members of the Kent State community to…

Kent State’s Nursing Home Administration Program Earns Accreditation

Monday, October 15, 2012 - 12:00am

Kent State University’s Nursing Home Administration program (NHA) recently received recognition, becoming one of only eight accredited programs in the country and only the second in Ohio by the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB). At the annual NAB…

University Libraries Kicks Off Centennial Celebration

Monday, October 15, 2012 - 12:00am

University Libraries will kick off its centennial celebration on Oct. 20 during Kent State’s Homecoming. At 9 a.m., join staff and friends of the library to march in the Homecoming parade. Meeting place is behind the University Library.

Time to Make Your 2013 Open Enrollment Choices

Monday, October 15, 2012 - 12:00am

The annual Open Enrollment period for eligible faculty and staff to select medical, insurance and other benefits-related options for 2013 began Sunday, Oct. 14, and will run through 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 26.

Kent State Provost Announces New Appointments

Monday, October 15, 2012 - 12:00am

Todd Diacon, Kent State University senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, has announced new leadership appointments in the Division of Academic Affairs. The Division of Academic Affairs is responsible for all academic programs at the university, including all of…

Social Media Strategies Helps Students Stay Relevant

Monday, October 15, 2012 - 12:00am

Social media has fundamentally changed the way we communicate, personally and professionally. It has also changed the way businesses interact with the public, other businesses and the media.

Kent State Professor of Music Earns Outstanding Research and Scholar Award

Monday, October 15, 2012 - 12:00am

Thomas Janson has been a Hugh A. Glauser School of Music faculty member since 1980, chair of the Faculty Senate from 2008 to 2010, and a College of the Arts senator for 10 years. He was recently recognized along with five other faculty scholars, as an Outstanding Research and…

Steinway Piano Discounts for Kent State Employees

Monday, October 15, 2012 - 12:00am

Steinway Pianos provide Kent State University faculty, staff and students the opportunity to purchase pianos at discounted rates from Oct. 18 - 20 by appointment.

Poet Mayda del Valle to Speak at Guest of Honor University Artist/Lecture Series

Monday, October 15, 2012 - 12:00am

Acclaimed poet and spoken word artist Mayda del Valle will speak at this year’s Guest of Honor University Artist/Lecture Series. The lecture will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at the Kent Student Center Kiva. This event is free and open to the public.

Why I Give to the United Way

Monday, October 15, 2012 - 12:00am

Barbara Boltz, project director for enrollment data and systems support in the Division of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, writes about why she gives to the United Way.