Two additional health screening dates remain for 2016. Mark your calendar and schedule your screening for Friday, Nov. 4, or Thursday, Dec. 8, from 7:30-10:30 a.m. Be Well Solutions, Kent State's wellness partner, will conduct the on-site health screenings for full-time, benefits-eligible employees.   What You Need to Know You do not have to be covered by one of the university health plans in order to take advantage of this offer. In preparation for the health screening, participants must fast for 8-10 hours before their on-site screening. Please note t...

Health coaching is provided by Be Well Solutions as part of the university’s employee wellness program for full-time, benefits-eligible employees on all campuses. Health coaching appointments are individualized, 30-minute sessions with a certified health coach with expertise in a variety of areas, including exercise, nutrition, stress management, tobacco cessation and general health. On-site health coaching sessions will be available throughout the year. Upcoming dates include Tuesday, Nov. 8, and Wednesday, Dec. 7, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Heer Hall. On-site Visits Don't ...

Kent State University faculty, staff, students and parents are eligible for a 5 percent discount at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center. Rates vary depending on dates and occupancy. For more information and to book reservations, visit www.kentstatehotel.com or call 330-346-0100. ...

Kent State University at Salem horticulture students recently helped Associate Professor Chris Carlson take the first step toward creating a series of themed gardens on the grounds of the Salem Campus by designing a butterfly garden. The students conducted soil testing and site assessments prior to designing and planting the new garden, using specially selected plants that will flower and attract butterflies. All of the butterfly plants were donated by Bill Hendricks and Klyn Nurseries, an educationally supportive wholesale grower located in Perry, Ohio. “This project is just the beginning ...

Children at Kent State University’s Child Development Center had the opportunity to interact with maintenance vehicles at the third Meet the Trucks event on Oct. 13. Since 2013, the University Facilities Management team has brought a variety of trucks to the center for the event. Terri Cardy, outdoor educator for the Child Development Center, says it is safe to say that the Meet the Trucks event has become an annual fixture. “The children see these vehicles on campus all the time, and they’re very interested in what they do,” Cardy says. “We have small versions of some of these vehicles in t...

It could be argued that no science is more valuable to us than that which helps to ensure the survival of our species by solving the problems that challenge it. For many years, two Kent State University researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have been toiling over this matter, and each has recently received new grants from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health – collectively totaling more than $857,990 – to study reproductive biology, focusing on the cellular mechanisms that regulate the formation and functio...