Kent State to Honor Veterans on Nov. 9

State Representative Kathleen Clyde will help celebrate Constitution Day at Kent State University this Monday, Sept. 17, at 2 p.m. on the first floor Quiet Study Area of the library. The event is free and open to the public.

University Libraries is holding an event to honor the day featuring Rep. Clyde’s special presentation on “The Story and Promise of Gideon v. Wainwright and the Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel.”

The Kent State University Planetarium will present the first in its series of free public shows for the 2012-2013 academic year. The program, “Introduction to the Autumn Sky,” will be presented by Brett Ellman, Ph.D., planetarium director, and will take place on Friday, Sept. 21, Saturday, Sept. 22, and Friday, Sept. 28, at 8 p.m. nightly, in Room 108 of Smith Hall.

Kent State University faculty, staff members and students are invited to walk or ride a bicycle along the Kent State University Esplanade to the downtown Kent restaurant, Laziza, during the second annual “Let’s Take a Ride/Walk” event on Thursday, Sept. 20, from 11:30 a.m.

New commercials for Kent State University began airing on Sept. 12 as the university debuted a new television campaign. The new campaign builds on the university’s successful Experience for Life series that launched September 2010.

Representatives from the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS) will be at Kent State University on Sept. 21 for two town hall meetings on the pension reform legislation.

Sheryl Crow, O.A.R. and Los Lonely Boys performed at Kent State University’s Centennial Campaign Concert on Sept. 8. Held at Dix Stadium, the Centennial Campaign Concert served as a celebration of the conclusion of Kent State’s Centennial Campaign, a $250-million fundraising effort timed around the university’s 100th anniversary in 2010, and the largest campaign in Kent State’s history.

The first step to taking control of your own health is to “Know Your Numbers.” The Sept. 25 Lunch and Learn will take an educational look at what numbers – such as your blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose and others – can tell you about what's happening inside your own body and what each number means.

The program, which includes a complimentary lunch, will begin at noon in the first floor Food Lab of Nixson Hall. The presenter will be Rachael Decker, the university wellness coordinator.

Alex Evans of Hubbard, Ohio, has been appointed by Gov. John Kasich to serve as a student member of the Kent State University Board of Trustees. His term began on Aug. 13, 2012, and ends May 26, 2014.

Petros share co-authored book with Kent State community

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