Facilities Planning and Operations
Kent State University at Tuscarawas is now offering the Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness. The degree was added to meet the need for professionals and entrepreneurs who have the educational background to become successful decision makers in the high-demand and rapidly changing agricultural industry. Kent State Tuscarawas is the only campus in the university’s eight campus system to currently offer this degree. “The Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness has received overwhelming support from community, business and government leaders in and around Tuscarawas County,” says Stephen A. Min...
Facilities Planning and Operations
Kent State University’s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies this month. The change better reflects Kent State’s reputation as a leading institution of research, teaching and practice in constructive conflict management, and elevates the center from a unit within the Department of Political Science to a school in the College of Arts and Sciences. The original center was established in 1971 as the university’s “living memorial” to the four Kent State students who were killed by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970, dur...
Facilities Planning and Operations
Do not forget to turn off the tap, unless you plan on swimming laps. If you are using a tap that is not on a sensor or timer, be conscious of how long the water needs to run. DID YOU KNOW? Commercial buildings accounted for an estimated 10 percent of all water use in the United States. Domestic needs/restrooms are the largest water end uses in offices and schools. A leaking toilet can waste more than 21,000 gallons per month, at a cost of about $2,100 per year! ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE Turn off the faucet while you lather your hands. Turn off the faucet when you finish using the water....
Kent State University at East Liverpool announces the Undergraduate Student Government officers for the 2017-18 academic year. Andrew R. Prekup Jr., a senior psychology major, is president; Mitchell Reiner, a sophomore marketing major, is vice president; and Kyla Coss, a senior psychology major, is secretary/treasurer. The Kent State East Liverpool USG meets each week in the Dean’s Conference Room in Purinton Hall. Students are invited to attend meetings to share ideas or concerns, as well as participate in community service and campus projects. # # # Photo: Kent State East Liverpo...
Kent State University’s Columbiana County Campuses recently received a $100,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Education’s Community Connectors program, the third year such funding has been awarded for this program. The Rural Scholars Program is designed to offer local first-generation college-bound students and their families the knowledge and social support needed to succeed at a university. The goal is for each student in the program to complete a post-secondary education with credentials necessary to succeed in his or her career. Students are chosen by their schools on the basi...
A team of Kent State Ashtabula Respiratory Therapy Technology students recently put their knowledge to the test and had an impressive showing in the "Sputum Bowl" team quiz competition at the Ohio Society for Respiratory Care annual conference. The team of second-year RTT students Dawn Fishel (captain), Makenna Hudson and Lyndsey Wheeler reached the semifinals and ultimately finished third in the state-wide event in Columbus on July 27. A Sputum Bowl team consists of three people sitting at a table, with another team of three seated nearby at their own table. Both teams listen clos...
The Peace, War and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA) presented Kent State Professor Patrick G. Coy with a career award: the Robin M. Williams, Jr. Award for Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship, Teaching and Service in the areas of peace, war, and social conflict. The career award was presented to Coy in Montreal, Canada on August 15, 2017 at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. According to Dr. Lisa Leitz, the Chair of the Peace, War and Social Conflict section of the ASA, “Dr. Coy has been instrumental in th...
Kent State University’s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies this month. The change better reflects Kent State’s reputation as a leading institution of research, teaching and practice in constructive conflict management, and elevates the center from a unit within the Department of Political Science to a school in the College of Arts and Sciences. The original center was established in 1971 as the university’s “living memorial” to the four Kent State students who were killed by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 197...