The personal finance website WalletHub recently compiled a list of the top 10 happiest states to live in, based on some unique characteristics. Twenty-eight metrics of happiness were measured across 50 states, including emotional health, income level and social connectivity of residents in each state. The happiest place to be? According to WalletHub, it’s Utah. The state swept the competition with the following unique factors: the state has the lowest incidence of heart attacks, lowest divorce rates and highest rates of volunteerism. WalletHub asked a panel of leading experts, from ar...
Following a national search, Wendy Turner has been selected to serve as the new executive director and general manager of WKSU, Kent State University’s award-winning NPR-affiliated radio station. Turner currently serves as vice president of digital and technical operations at Chicago Public Media. She will begin her new role at WKSU on Oct. 31, 2016. As executive director and general manager, Turner will lead WKSU and its 34 staff members, planning and directing activities related to a public radio network operation, and overseeing personnel administration and professional development of th...
Associate Professor in painting, Gianna Commito will be showing her work in the group exhibition "New Geometries" at the Feisher/Ollman Gallery in Philadelphia, PA. The show will run from September 15 through November 12, 2016. (Image: Gianna Commito - Nepp, 2014, casein and marble dust ground on panel) ...
Kent State University’s Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action is conducting a series of customized Title IX workshops for faculty, staff and students. You can find workshop dates here. The monthly sessions will consist of the following topics: What is Title IX? Defining sexual harassment/sexual misconduct; How and where to report issues related to Title IX; Statistics on sexual violence; The university’s responsibility; and What happens after you report a Title IX issue? Advance registration is required for these facilitator-led workshops, an...
The concept of social justice covers a diverse collection of human rights and equality issues, challenging societies to see all people as part of a common humanity. This year, the annual Poynter Kent State University Media Ethics Workshop, sponsored by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Media Law Center for Ethics and Access, is examining ethics issues journalists and communicators face when covering social justice in the media. As part of the workshop, a traveling installation, Colors of Social Justice, is traversing campus, highlighting such diversity by asking the Kent State...
“Legal Briefs” appears in e-Inside to keep faculty and staff informed of legal issues and their implications The mission of Kent State University’s Office of General Counsel is to advance the university’s strategic goals, while preserving the legal, ethical and financial integrity of the institution. Accordingly, the Office of General Counsel serves as the legal representative of the university and is available to provide legal advice and guidance on university-related matters to employees and departments on all campuses. Willis Walker, vice president, General Counsel, is resp...
Project AWARE Kent is an initiative to raise awareness about mental health and substance abuse disorders. Project AWARE Kent will be offering mental health first-aid courses to Kent State University students, faculty and staff in an effort to create a network of people at the university who will know how to respond and are aware of mental health and substance abuse disorders. The course is an evidence-based training that teaches people to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders. The two-day (four hours each day) course is free. Students earn 1,50...
The second annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) research competition will be hosted this fall at Kent State University, and all graduate students are eligible to participate. The competition gives graduate students just three minutes and one PowerPoint slide as tools to explain their research to an intelligent, but nonspecialist audience in an engaging and concise manner. The deadline to register is tonight, Sept. 19, at 11:59 p.m. Preliminary rounds will be held on Sept. 28, 29 and 30 at noon in Kent Student Center, Room 310AB. The top presenters from each preliminary round will...
When Joshua Budd thinks about all the places he has traveled up to his senior year of high school, only one has been outside of the United States, and that was a quick jaunt to Niagara Falls, Ontario, in Canada. So, the thought of actually living in a foreign country, especially Europe, was well outside of his comfort zone. As an incoming freshman in Kent State University’s Honors College, Budd faced his first major decision: Should he study abroad before he takes his first class on the Kent Campus, even before he moves into his residence hall and before he narrows down his future career choi...
Chefs from Kent State University’s Dining Services will feature wonderful, healthy and tasty food options from dining locations across campus at this year's Taste of Kent State on Sept. 21 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Student Green on the Kent Campus. The rain location will be the second floor of the Kent Student Center. Students, employees and visitors can experience a variety of wholesome samples. The Kent State of Wellness initiative aims to create a healthy campus that enhances the health and wellness of students, faculty and staff. In response to the mission, Dining Services will feature...