A Kent State University program is helping business owners retire by providing them succession plans to ease the transition in their companies. Recently featured in The Business Journal Daily, the Ohio Employee Ownership Center was created in 1995 to help business owners understand where to begin with succession plans. “Statistics show only about 25% of business owners have a succession plan,” Michael Palmieri, the project coordinator at the center, told the journal. “Yet business owners are growing older and baby boomers own nearly half of small businesses.” The center provides ...
Singer-songwriter David Crosby, who performed the iconic "Ohio" with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young following the events at Kent State of May 4, 1970, passed away at the age of 81. The song grew quickly across the globe after the Ohio National Guard opened fire on Kent State students, killing four and wounding nine, during an anti-war protest on the Kent Campus. Crosby was scheduled to perform in Kent as part of the 50th Commemoration of May 4, but the pandemic canceled all of the planned events.Crosby visited Kent State in 2017 and toured the May 4 Visitors Center ...
After a week on the road, the Kent State men's basketball team (15-3) is back in the MACC hosting the Ball State Cardinals (13-5). Tip-off is set for 6:30 p.m. this Friday, Jan. 20 and is live on CBS Sports Network. ...
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As a part of our inaugural Mental Health Awareness Month Campaign at Kent State University, the Kent State of Well-being partnered with several areas across campus to develop a Mental Health Champion Award. This award celebrates and honors current students, faculty and staff who went above and beyond to promote mental health and well-being at Kent State. The individuals, organizations or units nominated for the Mental Health Champion Award provided support, organized educational initiatives, or increased awareness of mental health and well-being. The committee (made up of student, staff and...