According to vacation policy 6-11.7, the maximum amount of vacation an employee can carry over is that which can be earned in a three-year period. Each year, at the end of September, vacation balances are cut back to the maximum accrual allowed per the policy.   Vacation hours are earned each pay period and your accrual rate varies according to your years of service and your type of appointment (i.e. classified or unclassified status). An explanation of vacation accrual rates, eligibility and usage is explained in more detail at the vacation leave website.  At this point in tim...

Every person should have the opportunity to live a long and healthy life. Healthy aging is about creating the environments and opportunities that enable people to be and do what they value throughout their lives. Research has identified steps we can take to maintain our health and functioning 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 health services and managing chronic conditions can contribute to a productive and meaningful life. September is Healt...

The Kent Campus Benefits and Wellness Fair will be held Oct. 19, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., in the Student Center Ballroom. The fair is an opportunity for employees to learn more about the benefits available to them and get answers to questions about Annual Open Enrollment, which will be from 8 a.m. Oct. 17 through 5 p.m. Nov. 4, 2022. The Employee Benefits and Wellness teams and representatives from the University’s various benefits providers will be present to answer questions, and employees will have the opportunity to enter raffles for prizes donated by the university and...

Kent State University's Undergraduate Student Government (USG), the student organization responsible for being the direct line of communication to the administration to make students’ voices heard, was honored with the 2022 Student Government of the Year Award from the Conference on Student Government Associations (COSGA). Kent State won the award in its first year attending the national conference, the largest gathering of university student governments in the nation. When selecting Kent State as the winner, COSGA staff noted as particularly impressive USG's achievemen...