Students braved the cold weather Thursday night to attend Fall Fest, an event held by the Flash Activities Board (FAB) on the Centennial Green. The event featured coffee mug giveaways, horse-and-carriage rides and snacks. A fall-themed photo booth was set up with hay bales and pumpkins so attendees could take pictures. Miniature pumpkins and s’more supplies were passed out to eager students that gathered near a fire pit. The FAB team had started their work early to prepare for the event. “We started at about 10 this morning,” Jillian Mt. Castle, president of F...
Kent State University's Unity Walkway, completed in May 2022, is a place to learn about and reflect on the traditions established by the members of the university's Integrated Greek Council (IGC). Black and Latinx fraternities represented on the IGC have been part of the Kent State experience for more than 70 years. Currently, there are eight stations on the walkway, with room for future additions. ...
College of the Arts
The School of Fashion will have two faculty members and several students featured at Wine Women & Shoes Fashion Show, benefiting Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio. Assistant professor Krissi Riewe and senior lecturer Trista Grieder will be showing nearly 20 stylish looks on students who will be modeling during the event as we participate in fashion and compassion for a cause on Saturday, October 22 at the InterContinental Hotel in Cleveland. The Wine Women & Shoes Fashion Show, benefiting Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio...
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 of President Todd ...
He, she, they, them. All of these are pronouns used in everyday language. According to Merriam-Webster, pronouns are “any of a small set of words in a language that are used as substitutes for nouns or noun phrases and whose referents are named or understood in the context.” However, pronouns are more than this. Everyone has their own preference when it comes to pronouns. In recent years, the usage of a variety of pronouns has gradually increased. Pronouns are an important part of a person’s gender expression, and being aware of these different pronouns is crucial for showing respect to oth...
Netflix has released a movie trailer and still photos, including a picture showing a scene in the Kent Student Center, from the upcoming feature film "White Noise," which was filmed last year across Northeast Ohio, including scenes shot on the Kent Campus. According to IMDB, the movie "dramatizes a contemporary American family's attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world." Directed by Noah Baumbach, "White Noise" will be...
Division of People, Culture and Belonging
The DeWeese Health Center Electronic Health Record portal is now open for Kent State students, faculty and staff to schedule appointments for the Kent City Health Department Jynneos Vaccine (Monkeypox) clinic. This is a two-dose vaccine. Please schedule an appointment in both clinics. Appointments can be scheduled online by visiting the Health Center portal or by calling the appointment line at 330-672-2322. The deadline to schedule is Nov. 1. Location: DeWeese Health Center, Room #25 (enter through Door #2) Time: 1 – 3 p.m. Clinic Dates: F...
The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 24, in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the University Library. The sole purpose of the special meeting is to consider a proposed Collective Bargaining Agreement between Kent State and the Kent State University Employees Local 153, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). The Board will retire into executive session during the meeting to consider specific topics as provided for under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.” No ...
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...