Every person should have the opportunity to live a long and healthy life. Research has identified steps we can take to maintain our health and function as we get older. Adopting healthy habits and behaviors like improving your diet and levels of physical activity, staying social and involved in your community, using preventive services, and managing health conditions can contribute to a productive and meaningful life. September wellness offerings will focus on healthy aging, and your Employee Wellness team has lined up abundant opportunities for...
Faculty and staff can now enjoy the same complimentary cuisine currently offered at the DI Dining Hall, minus the long lines. University Culinary Services is making Free Lunch Fridays available at Eastway Dining throughout the fall semester. Lunchtime hours at Eastway are 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Employees can order anything from the menu. Dine-in or grab and go! Bon Appetit! ...
The Kent State University at Trumbull launched the Peace Officers’ Training Academy certificate credit program in fall 2020 with 21 students graduating in spring 2021. Kent State University at Trumbull has operated the police academy as a non-credit training program for over 15 years and has graduated over 1,000 cadets since 2006. In 2020, the program made a very significant stride forward by implementing an academic credit certificate program with students attaining 22 credit hours upon completion of the academy. Students can use these 22 credit hours toward the Peace Officers’ T...
Airplanes meant a lot to Charlie Wentz. An aerospace engineer, Wentz was always reaching for the sky as a pilot, flight instructor and a professor in Kent State University’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering. Now, flight instruments he once owned will be used in the airplane maintenance program being established by Kent State University at Ashtabula. It is an example of the strong relationship Regional Campuses have – working together and partnering in ways that foster student success. So, when Denise A. Seachrist, Ph.D., dean and chief administrative officer of Kent State University a...
Combining clean and hilarious humor, comedian Jeff Allen guarantees a night of laughter at the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University - Tuscarawas on September 18 at 7:30 p.m. With over 100 million video views, Jeff Allen is the world’s funniest, most inspiring comedian! In his new tour, The America I Grew Up In, Jeff’s sidesplitting comedy drives home the humor in everyday family life, the ups and downs of marriage, the challenge of raising children, the bliss of the empty nest (followed by the unexpected returns to said nest) and the joys of being a grandparent. Audiences will...
FAIRPORT, New York – Eileen Merberg, Executive Director of Alpha Lambda Delta Academic Honor Society, announced that the Kent State University chapter has won the prestigious Order of the Torch Award for their activities during the 2020-21 academic year. This award highlights excellence in programming, internal communications, campus visibility, and overall presentation of their application. This is Kent State’s third Order of the Torch award; previous awards were won in 2017 and 2000. This year the Board of Directors of Alpha Lambda Delta recognized four chapters across the nation with the O...
This is an old announcement. For up-to-date information on telecommuting, visit the telecommuting webpage here. Fall semester is upon us, and we are excited to see everyone on our campuses. Thank you for your deep commitment to our university, which is evident by your efforts over the past year. Thank you also for the tremendous work you are doing to deliver that special Kent State in-person experience to our students. You are the reason they have chosen Kent State. Over the past several months, the university has developed and finalized a telecommuting policy for employees. Kent St...