Division of People, Culture and Belonging
At Kent State University, we operate within the framework of the OPERS and STRS retirement systems. These state systems require employee contributions of 10% (OPERS) or 14% (STRS). Although you have the opportunity within your first 120 days to elect an alternative retirement provider, your contribution toward retirement remains the same. The university also contributes up to 14% toward each employee’s retirement savings. You cannot increase or decrease your contribution percentage toward your mandatory retirement account. However, full-time classified and unclassified employees who want to...
Students majoring in aerospace engineering, theater, physics, music and nursing were among the 90 presenters at the annual Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Student Fellow Presentations held this week in the Kent Student Center. The presenters represented 122 students who participated in the SURE program during summer 2022, an increase of 50 students from the previous year, according Ann Gosky, director of the Office of Student Research at Kent State. SURE is sponsored by the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs and the office o...
This section of the Portage County Hike and Bike Trail, near Kent's Fred Fuller Park, is a popular place for people from campus and members of the Kent community to take a break, enjoy the outdoors and get their daily steps in. It also offers a view of the Cuyahoga River and a bright display of fall colors. ...
Kent State Employee Resource Groups are pleased to announce their inaugural ERG Summit: Connect Across Campuses. Join virtually on Thursday, Oct. 20 from noon to 2 p.m. to learn more about each Employee Resource Group, their plans for the year, advocacy achievements and more. Click here to join the event via Microsoft Teams. About the ERGs: Consistent with Kent State University’s mission, goals and vision to better our society through meaningful voice, the Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) foster a culture of respect, kindness and purpose. The ERGs are strategic partners with t...
College of the Arts
Songs by The Go-Go's Based on 'The Arcadia' by Sir Philip Sidney Conceived and Original Book by Jeff Whitty Adapted by James Magruder DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY AMY FRITSCHE Kent State University’s School of Theater and Dance is continuing is 2022-2023 season with the production of "Head Over Heels" running November 4 through November 13. Following the 16th century prose romance of Sir Phillip Sidney, King Basiliu and his family deal with the dangerous prophecies of the new Oracle, Pythio. After being warned the kingdom is losing it’s beat, the family sets o...
Suicide is on the rise, especially among people of college age. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in four adults ages 18-24 contemplated suicide in June 2020. Additionally, The National College Health Assessment completed in 2021 revealed that nearly 75% of students surveyed nationwide experienced psychological distress. “Certainly, the pandemic heavily impacted mental health, especially for young adults,” says Valerie Rutherford MSW, LISW-S, Counseling Specialist at Kent State University’s Geauga Campus. “The number of students being seen by myself and o...
The year is 2122, Saturn's high-tech galactic space force is threatening to obliterate the Earth with icy projectiles. The United States Space Force isn't afraid, this is what the 2022 DART test has prepared us for. The Saturnians are defeated by a barrage of tiny defense missiles that send the projectiles back where they came from. The Saturnians flee into the farther reaches of the Milky Way and the USSF has saved all of humankind. That is one possible future use of the knowledge learned from the DART test: defending the Earth from aliens. Though there is currently no proof...
The late Kirk Mangus was an art professor at Kent State University renowned for his ceramic art, sculpture, drawings, paintings and murals. Mangus served as head of ceramics at Kent State from 1985 until his passing in 2013. He was the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts grants, four Ohio Arts Council fellowships, a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fellowship and a McKnight fellowship residency at the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, according to The Nevica Project. He also won multiple awards for his work, one including the NCECA Purchase Award for their Permanent...