Organizational Sustainability

Earth Fest 2024

IN A FLASH: Earth Month Wrap Up

Kent State celebrated Earth Month with an exceptionally full schedule of events, not the least of which were the activities on campus surrounding the total solar eclipse!

Tags: Earth Day, Total Solar Eclipse, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute, Community Impact, Community & Society, Organizational Sustainability, Research & Science

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Kent State Museum

Museum Receives Grant for Historic Building Energy Audit

The Kent State University Museum has received an award from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation to fund a comprehensive energy audit of its historic 1928 building, Rockwell Hall. The audit will evaluate the building’s mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems and provide recommendations for sustainable facility improvements.

Tags: Arts & Culture, Organizational Sustainability

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SURE student collecting sediment samples.

IN A FLASH: Knee Deep in Research

Kent State's Summer Undergraduate Research Experience gives students, as soon as their first year, opportunities to work alongside university faculty on hands-on research activities. 

Tags: Research & Science, Students First, Department of Biological Sciences, sustainability, Organizational Sustainability

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Students in Kent State University’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering collaborate to program a FANUC robotic arm during a lab session focused on advanced manufacturing and automation. (Photo credit: Rami Daud, Kent State University)

Kent State Board of Trustees Approves Establishing Aeronautics and Engineering Schools

The Kent State University Board of Trustees approved the establishment of two new schools – the School of Aeronautics and the School of Engineering – within the College of Aeronautics and Engineering during the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held June 25, 2025, on the Kent Campus.

Tags: University News, Organizational Sustainability, Board of Trustees

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Crawford Hall, Kent State University’s newest – and largest – academic building, has earned LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. (Photo credit: Perkins&Will)

Kent State’s Crawford Hall Earns LEED Silver Certification

An innovative design, energy-efficient systems, water conservation technologies and environmentally responsible construction materials are some of the features that earned Crawford Hall, Kent State University’s newest – and largest – academic building, LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Tags: University News, Nationally Distinctive, Organizational Sustainability, Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship

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The Kent State emblem is shown.

ADVISORY: Kent State University Board of Trustees Meeting, June 25

The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 25, in the Timothy D. Eippert Boardroom, Suite 412, at Crawford Hall on the Kent Campus. 

Tags: University News, Organizational Sustainability, Board of Trustees

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Earth Fest 2025

IN A FLASH: Kent State's Earth Fest

In April, Kent State’s Earth Fest was part of a full month of events and activities celebrating Earth Day and Earth Month. 

Tags: Research & Science, Community Impact, Community & Society, Student Organizations, Organizational Sustainability

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Bee on Kent Campus

Kent State Is the Place to BEE

Providing and maintaining a sustainable, bee-friendly environment has earned Kent State a Bee Campus USA certification. Our healthy on-campus pollinators not only help the environment but also provide opportunities for learning and community engagement. 

Tags: Research & Science, ESDRI, Organizational Sustainability, Environmental Sciences & Design, Community Impact

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Apartment items separated into donations, trash or keep boxes

Donate Unwanted Items During Move Out

During move-out, students sometimes trash clothes and boxes of food. Throw ‘N’ Go, Kent State University's annual move-out program, is currently underway to keep those useable items out of landfills and in the hands of people who need them.

Tags: Organizational Sustainability, Community & Society, Student Life

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Plant in light blub Earth Day banner

Blue and Gold, Going Green for Earth Month

Every April, Kent State University celebrates Earth Month by having Earth-related events all month long. April 22, 2025, is the 55th anniversary of Earth Day, with this year’s theme being “Our Power, Our Planet.”  

Tags: Organizational Sustainability, University News, Student Life, Community & Society

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