Progress continues on the development of a comprehensive facilities master plan for Kent State University. Representatives from SmithGroupJJR, the consultant selected for development of the master plan, will provide an update on the planning process and share emerging themes of the plan at two open sessions on Monday, Oct. 2. The first session will be held from 3-5 p.m. in Room 310 of the Kent Student Center for faculty, staff and students. A similar presentation for the city of Kent community will take place that evening from 6-8 p.m. in Kent City Council Chambers, located ...
The Kent State University Office of Sustainability will participate in the Game Day Challenge stadium waste reduction and recycling competition during the Sept. 30 football game against the University at Buffalo at 3:30 p.m. at Dix Stadium. The national competition between other colleges and universities is an initiative to promote waste reduction and recycling at home football and basketball games. Schools track the waste and recycling that day and report it to the national Game Day Challenge officials. “Game Day Challenge is a great opportunity to raise awareness an...
Report a room that is too cold or too hot, to maintain the balance without wasting watts. DID YOU KNOW? An excessively hot, cold or drafty room may indicate energy waste. Your facility manager is the best person to examine and fix a heating or cooling problem. ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE Send an email to your facility manager or ask your office manager to notify the facility manager. If your facility manager maintains a suggestion box, submit a ticket. Make sure your air vents are unblocked; and if you have control of your unit, talk to your facility manager about best practices for runni...
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Trans in the CLE, a conference to celebrate the Trans* and gender non-conforming community and brings together individuals and organizations for connection, resources and celebration will take place on Saturday, October 14th. For more information please visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfi5JehUtvtLmEg2wZGvy7aW7a3XP7IpO40n_rGZQPz9ei4zA/viewform?c=0&w=1 Those interested in presenting at the workshop can submit here ...
A healthy campus starts with healthy employees. That is why you are encouraged to join TEAM KENT STATE as we embark on the inaugural launch of the On the Move University Challenge. This 12-week challenge begins Oct. 2 and provides Kent State University faculty and staff with a blue and golden opportunity to move more, sit less and become the Most Active University in the nation! Using a platform similar to the On the Move National Corporate Challenge, the Wellness Council of America (WELCOA) has partnered with Kent State and Plymouth State University to create a unique opportunity for college...
Students and faculty from the Kent State Salem Campus recently harvested the season’s final crop of produce from the Discovery Garden, donating nearly 60 pounds of fresh vegetables to the Salem Food Pantry. Chris Carlson, associate professor, and students from his horticulture soils class gathered the vegetables and prepared the garden for the winter season. Along with John Majernik, program director, the group picked tomatoes, green beans, wax beans, broccoli, eggplant and onions. The Discovery Garden was created as an outdoor classroom on the Salem Campus, giving students a real-life set...
Alexis Bartee is a senior, majoring in insurance studies at Kent State University at Salem. She decided to pursue this particular degree after she began working at an insurance company in Akron in 2012. There, she helped people plan their insurance needs and guided them through the process. In August, however, Bartee was in Texas caring for her elderly grandparents when Hurricane Harvey hit and, unfortunately, she now views the world of insurance from a whole different vantage point. As of mid-September, that vantage point is a shelter housing more than 300 people, of all ages, who were displ...
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A good education and a solid résumé aren’t always enough to make a positive first impression. To bridge the gap, a group of Kent State University faculty and staff members have come together to establish the Kent State Career Closet, a project to collect, organize and distribute professional attire for students in need of something suitable to wear for a job interview. Tabitha Martin, venture initiatives advisor at LaunchNET Kent State, says the idea came up during a conversation at the grand opening reception for the Women’s Center at Williamson House last year. “You can’t go on an intervie...
The Famous American Women series is coming to Kent State University at Tuscarawas as Carol Starre-Kmiecik will perform a one-woman show as the historic Amelia Earhart on Thurs., Sept. 28, at 7 p.m.in the Founders Hall auditorium. The event is sponsored by the College Club of Tuscarawas and is free and open to the public. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Earhart was a record-breaking American pilot and the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. A champion for the advancement of women in aviation, Earhart disappeared somewhere over the Pacific in 1937 in an attempt to be the first wom...