Dear Members of the Kent State University Community, Kent State Police received a report of a racial slur visible in a restroom in the Kent Campus University Library. It is not certain when it was written, but its appearance serves as a reminder that racism, intolerance and violence, in all of their forms, have no place at Kent State. Our university is committed to its core value of creating a community of kindness and respect, and the recent appearance of this symbol of hate tells us again of the work still ahead of us. At any time, students in need, or individuals who are concerned abo...

div.pane-node-field-article-sub-title div.pane-content { display:none !important;} h1 { font-size:2em !important;}   By:  Haifa Alsaab, Staff Writer, Division of Information Technology Donald (Wayne) Fincher is an Applications Developer who started as a student developer, landed a graduate assistantship and then eventually became a full-time employee for SDI.  Wayne first Joined the SDI team “to satisfy the requirement for professional work experience". He has been writing code for 30 years. But until his student developer experience with SDI, he could not list...

By: Haifa Alsaab, Staff Writer, Division of Information Technology   Andy Hayworth is a former Student Applications Developer who just graduated with a Computer Science major (game programming emphasis) from Kent State University. He started a full-time job in the tech industry the Monday after his graduation. Andy Hayworth worked as a student developer on the Systems Development and Innovations (SDI) team. During that time, he performed a wide variety of common full stack development tasks. “Everything from fixing bugs in a wide variety of Kent State's Outsyste...

Evidence of Insurability (EOI), also known as “Proof of Good Health”, is a simplified record of a person's medical history. Insurance companies ask for an EOI to verify whether the person applying for insurance meets their requirements for reasonably good health. During the annual Open Enrollment period, anyone electing to add any of the following products for themself or their partner will be required to submit an EOI: Supplemental Life insurance Long Term Disability an increase in coverage amounts for previously enrolled life insurance products New Hires are also ...