Call for nominations: Latino Networking Caucus

Kent State Employee Resource Group, Latino Networking Caucus (LNC), is holding executive board elections this fall. LNC is a group comprised of students, faculty and staff who have an affiliation or interest in the Latino culture, that serves as a common resource and collaborative advocate for the campus administration. Open positions include Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. Nominations are due this Friday, Sept. 20. Voting will take place Sept. 23-27.

Employee and Labor Relations team announces new hours

In order to serve you best, the Employee and Labor Relations team, within the Division of People, Culture and Belonging, is pleased to announce expanded hours of availability. A member of the department will be reachable in-person or by phone or email starting at 7 a.m. Monday through Friday. The office is located in Heer Hall on Kent Campus. Visit the Employee and Labor Relations webpage for area descriptions and contact information.

Honoring Retiring Director Kessler and Celebrating 50 Years of Jewish Studies

From left to right: Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, Char Factor, President Todd Diacon, Chaya Kessler, Erika Gold and Sol Factor

On the evening of May 16, Kent State University celebrated and honored the career of Senior Lecturer Chaya Kessler, the retiring director of Kent State’s Jewish Studies Program (JSP), with a special event held at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center. With a theme of “Getting to Now – Now More Than Ever,” over 150 of Kessler’s friends, colleagues and community members showed their support in helping to kick off the program's 50th anniversary year."Chaya has shown a deep commitment and invested a tremendous amount of herself into the program since she started teaching at Kent,” ...

Homecoming

We are excited to welcome alumni back to Kent for one of our biggest blue and gold celebrations. Bring your family and friends home for a weekend of reminiscing, excitement and Golden Flash pride as Kent State Football takes on the Eastern Michigan Eagles Saturday, Sept. 28.

England, Egypt and Now … Ohio

National Park signage for Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

What do Chillicothe and Newark, Ohio, have in common with national landmarks like the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks?All these U.S. locations are designated as UNESCO World Cultural Sites. The ancient earthworks of the Hopewell located in Chillicothe and Newark earned the designation in September of 2023.According to Kent State University Professor Emeritus Mark Seeman, Ph.D., an anthropology educator whose research focuses on the Hopewell culture, this designation is a significant recognition.“It places the earthworks, attributed to people of the Hopewell culture who fl...

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