About 300 people attended the first in a series of virtual town halls as the Kent State University community addresses systemic racism by learning, listening and taking action as a collective. The 90-minute Zoom session, which was geared toward faculty and staff, was held on June 9. The meeting was co-chaired by Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., Kent State University’s interim vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, and chair and associate professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies, and Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., vice president for student affairs. Near th...
Your Employee Wellness Team invites you to join our second challenge with Wellable, our newest wellness partner. Wellable provides an online challenge platform and device/app integration formerly found in our partnership with the Wellness Council of America (WELCOA). Many Kent State employees have already started using Wellable. Don't miss out on our next challenge, which will focus on physical and environmental Sustainability. The simple goal of sustainability is to create and maintain an environment where humans and nature can exist in productive harmony. Although sustaina...
Mariann Harding, Ph.D., Kent State University at Tuscarawas professor of nursing technology, has been appointed to the national Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) COVID-19 Task Force. Learn more. ...
Kent State University at Geauga is pleased to announce a $20,000 award from the Lake-Geauga Fund of the Cleveland Foundation toward a student emergency fund and technology advances. The $20,000 grant will be split evenly between the two initiatives. Half of the award is earmarked for the installation of a Zoom Room at the Geauga Campus in Burton. This will include state-of-the-art technology that allows the institution to deliver synchronous and asynchronous courses to students. The remaining $10,000 will assist Kent State students residing in Lake and Geauga counties facing financ...
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff, As we continue to listen, learn and navigate all that is happening in our communities, Kent State University is using town hall forums as meaningful ways to engage and to develop actionable steps to shape a better future for all of our community members. The next town hall session will focus on how to be an ally. This session will take place on June 18 at 5 p.m. You can access the meeting using on zoom using the link below: https://zoom.us/j/94147452790?pwd=VnFUb0F4bWpEVHJJdzQ3MFpITUhyUT09 Meeting password: 935851 Though there are several artic...
Note: The following essay was crafted by Mwatabu S. Okantah, associate professor in Kent State University’s Department of Pan-African Studies. The Department of Pan-African Studies focuses on the study of communities of people of African descent both on the continent of Africa and in various countries throughout the world. ------------- &nb...
The Kent State East Liverpool Campus received a significant boost to its scholarship fund by the Friends of the East Liverpool Campus that will help local students begin or complete their degrees. The Friends made a financial contribution to provide funding for up to 30 new scholarships totaling more than $40,000. The funds are earmarked for scholarships beginning with the upcoming fall semester for new and returning students. Each scholarship recipient must attend the East Liverpool campus for six or more hours per semester and be a graduate of the Beaver Local, East Liverpool, ...
Your Employee Wellness Team invites you to join our second challenge with Wellable, our newest wellness partner. Wellable provides an online challenge platform and device/app integration formerly found in our partnership with the Wellness Council of America (WELCOA). Many Kent State employees have already started using Wellable. Don't miss out on our next challenge, which will focus on physical and environmental Sustainability. The simple goal of sustainability is to create and maintain an environment where humans and nature can exist in productive harmony. Although sustaina...