As part of the university’s Kent State of Wellness initiative, Kent State University is becoming a smoke-free, tobacco-free campus. A part of the university’s Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive Kent State, all Kent State campuses will be smoke- and tobacco-free beginning July 1, 2017, fostering the wellbeing of the university community and the environment. According to NoSmoke.org, an estimated 1.69 billion pounds of cigarette butts end up in landfills each year. The policy not only helps to address this problem, but also will help to beautify campus by removing the cigarette...

Instead of heading home to relax following the conclusion of finals week, a group of Kent State University student-athletes traveled to Aguacate, Belize, to partner with Courts for Kids on a service project from May 16-24. A total of 19 student-athletes volunteered to make the trip and were accompanied by five staff members as they aided community members in the construction of a multipurpose sports court located next to the local school. “I am so impressed with all of our student-athletes and staff members that came on this trip and couldn’t be more proud of how they have represen...

The Girls Geared for Engineering Camp at Kent State University is the result of a partnership between Kent State’s College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology and the Six District Educational Compact. The weeklong camp lets middle school girls experience aerospace engineering and mechatronics.      ...

This semester Karen Cunningham had students in the Honors section of Introduction to Conflict Management write essays for the YES! Magazine Spring 2017 Writing Competition.  The topic involved reading and responding to an article about gender identity and the use of gender pronouns.  The top three essays from the class were submitted to YES! magazine for the competition. YES! Magazine has now officially announced the essay contest winners and has published them on their website, and one of the essays submitted from the class was recognized.   A portion of&...

Lala Hajibayova, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, co-authored a poster titled “Representation of Kanaka Maoli (Hawai’ian) Culture: A Case of Hula Dance,” which was presented on Oct. 17, 2016, at the President’s Reception and Poster Session of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) annual conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Co-authors: W. Buente; L. Quiroga; S. Valeho-Novikoff.) ...

Marcia Lei Zeng, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, co-presented a session titled “Competency-Based Discovery for Learning Linked Data,” Special Session #5, on Oct. 14, 2016, at the DCMI International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Co-presenters were: Thomas Baker, DCMI, Germany; Michael Crandall, University of Washington, Seattle; Marjorie M.K. Hlava, Access Innovations/Data Harmony, Albuquerque, N.M.; Stuart A. Sutton, DCMI and University of Washington, Seattle; David Talley, University of Washington, Seattle.)  ...

Familiar Face Stephanie Evans Special Assistant Division of Student Affairs Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Provide administrative support for the associate vice president, Care Team, Parents and Families Association and special events WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: November 2010 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: ASW Global, Marketing and Customer Care Analyst LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: That students really are first! ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: It is a beautiful campus, close to home and a great place to work. RE...

New Face Douglas Mills Applications Support Analyst Client Infrastructure Group Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I provide technical support and contributions to the development of client-side applications across Kent State University. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: July 2016 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: FirstMerit Bank LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The history of the school and the opportunities for personal and professional development. ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: The ability to grow within my career and expand my...

April 2017 Volume 14 | Issue 9 2017 Performance Evaluations Performance evaluations for classified and unclassified employees will take place from March through June. Online performance evaluations for classified employees will take place March 31 through June 16. Unclassified employees will conduct evaluations April 21 through June 23. Managers and supervisors of classified employees will receive an email prior to March 31 with detailed instructions. As a reminder, access is available to the performance log, which employees and supervisor...