Kent State School of Peace and Conflict Studies faculty member Elaine Hsiao was recently interviewed for an article in Mongabay, entitled  "In world convulsed by climate-driven conflict, are peace parks an answer?" by Saul Elbein.  Dr. Hsiao, whose studies focus on environmental justice and managing environmental conflict, discusses the necessary elements to help peace parks succeed.  Read more at https://news.mongabay.com/2022/07/in-world-convulsed-by-climate-driven-conflict-are-peace-parks-an-answer Special note for Kent Sta...

A Qualifying Life Event is a major change in your life that alters your benefits situation. Some examples include the birth or adoption of a child, a change in marital status, loss of benefits by a spouse/partner or becoming newly eligible for benefits due to a job change.  If you experience a Qualifying Life Event, you have an opportunity to change your benefits elections to better suit your new situation, outside of the annual open enrollment window. However, you must report qualifying event to the Employee Benefits Office and indicate you wish to make the appropriate benefit change...

Kent State University at East Liverpool held its annual nursing pinning ceremony May 15, during which 36 students were recognized for receiving degrees through the associate degree in nursing (ADN) program. Dr. Carol Hrusovsky, academic program director of the ADN program, presented student awards, including the Ohio Nurses Association District 3 Lori Grenich Student Nurse Award to McKenzie Dotson. This award recognizes excellence in clinical nursing and professional awareness. Hoi Ming Winski received the ADN Honors Award for highest GPA; Kimberly Ewing received the ADN Service Award an...

Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff, This is a reminder that face coverings are now required indoors at Kent State University at Trumbull. Masks are required indoors on the Trumbull Campus except while working alone in an enclosed space, such as a private office or lab. Kent State is following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for counties at “high,” “medium” or “low” community levels when making determinations for safety precautions on our campuses. Trumbull County currently is designated as a “high” community level for COVID-19 a...

Workers from the Portage County non-profit organization Family and Community Services recently arrived at Kent State University’s Kent Campus to collect one of the most prized castoffs from university residence halls: bicycles.  The agency’s annual bike collection on the Kent Campus has become one of its most popular giveaways at the County Clothing Center in Ravenna, which is one of many social service programs that Family and Community Services operate in the Kent-Ravenna area.  “Oh, my goodness yes, the bicycles disappear very fast,” said Candy Pollard, who manages the Clothing ...

Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff, Trumbull County, where Kent State’s Trumbull Campus is located, has moved into the “high” community level designation for COVID-19 as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As a result of this designation, face coverings are now required indoors at the Trumbull Campus. Masks are not required while working alone in an enclosed space, such as a private office or lab. As we previously informed our university community, we are following CDC recommendations for counties at “high,” “medium” or “low” community ...

Alvacir Wesley Kalatai Alberti was attending university in his native Brazil in 2018 when a huge billboard about a new program at Kent State University called the American Academy drew his attention. Until that day, studying abroad was not something that Kalatai Alberti, 25, had ever considered. He thought it was out of the question. But he admits that the prospect of studying in the United States was intriguing. “When I thought about studying overseas or studying abroad, it felt so out of reach and so difficult that I really never had given it any thought,” Kalatai Alberti sai...