At 9:35 a.m. on March 1, 2021, Dan Ridgway, director of operations for the College of Podiatric Medicine (CPM), flipped a switch that would energize a new future of sustainable power on campus. The button officially activated a brand new 315.2 kilowatt-DC solar PV array consisting of 788 solar panels and extending electrical connection to campus. In layman’s terms: that’s clean energy to serve nearly 30 percent of campus electricity. The project began in fall 2020, through an energy conservation collaboration with The Brewer-Garrett Company. The 25-year Power Purchase Agreement requires no ...
April 22 marks the 51st anniversary of Earth Day. Fittingly, the Kent State Earth Month Committee has planned events throughout the month based on the theme, “Restore Our Earth, Restore Our Community, Restore Our Self.” Activities including: An online scavenger hunt from April 1 - 22 Garden to Energy: Kent Sustainable Food Systems panel discussion on April 6 An online book club discussing “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer on April 27. An online Earth Day Environmental Justice Conference titled, "How to Build a DIY Rain Barrel with Geauga Gardeners Worm Compo...
A Kent State student and alumnus from the School of Media and Journalism placed among the top 20 student journalists in the Hearst Journalism Awards’ Television News Competition. Jiovanni Lieggi, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science in journalism in fall 2020, and Connor Steffen, a junior journalism major, placed 18th and 19th, respectively, in the national competition. The Hearst Journalism Awards are known as the “Pulitzer Prize of collegiate journalism.” “It’s definitely a huge honor to be recognized by an awards program that’s known as the Pulitzer Prizes of collegiate journal...
In many ways, Velvet Weems-Landingham, Ph.D., was made for this moment. Having earned her Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior, her academic focus is on virtual work and distance learning. She has worked in the industry for 20 years, designing, developing, and managing training and consulting initiatives for a wide array of organizations. An Associate Professor in the College of Business Administration at Kent State University at Geauga, Dr. Landingham designs and teaches online and blended courses, including leadership and human resource management, global management, and advanced professional d...
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and this year Kent State University and the Office of Sexual & Relationship Violence Support Services (SRVSS) is looking to engage all members of our community in raising awareness and educating the community about what we can all do to prevent sexual assault. College campuses across the nation are facing a serious problem and unfortunately, the numbers do not lie. The issue of power-based personal violence (sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking) is an issue of significant concern on college campuses. Here at Kent State University,...
Similar to graduating students who become alumni, retired Kent State University faculty and staff wish to stay connected to the university. These employees care about the institution and the Kent State community, and they want to see it thrive. One way retired Kent State community members stay informed is through the Kent State University Retirees Association (KSURA), an organization of more than 800 retired Kent State faculty and staff committed to improving university life. The retirees association contributes to Kent State through three scholarship funds: a spendable scholarship fund,...
April is Earth Month: Restore our Earth, Restore our Community, Restore our Self April 22 marks the 51st anniversary of Earth Day. Fittingly, the Kent State Earth Month Committee has planned events throughout the month based on the theme, “Restore Our Earth, Restore Our Community, Restore Our Self.” Activities including: An online scavenger hunt from April 1 - 22 Garden to Energy: Kent Sustainable Food Systems panel discussion on April 6 An online book club discussing “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer on April 27. An online Earth Day Environmental Justi...
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Elizabeth Koenig is an Honors College senior from Elmore, Ohio, graduating this spring with a major in interior design and a minor in marketing. Though Elizabeth’s academic focus is design, she was inspired to complete a Senior Honors Thesis based on her original goal to become a teacher. Growing up in a family of educators, Elizabeth says, “I thought that’s what I wanted to do, too.” As she began taking classes at Kent State, though, Elizabeth found that she enjoyed the creative aspects of education more than education itself. Following her passion for creativity, Elizabeth enrolled in ...
Nora Honkomp is a senior Honors College student from Cincinnati, Ohio, majoring in zoology. She says, “Birds have always been my thing,” and her love of birds drove Nora not only to attend Kent State for its zoology program, but it also led her to complete a Senior Honors Thesis. Nora hopes to attend graduate school and become a research scientist, and these goals motivated her to complete her own undergraduate research through the honors thesis program. Since the spring of her junior year, Nora has partnered with her thesis advisor, Dr. Mark Kershner of the Department of Biological Sciences, ...
