Five new BHRI Research Interest Groups (RIGs) have been created, with the purpose of facilitating collaborations among BHRI members which will hopefully lead to new externally-funded grants. The organizational meetings for these RIGs will be in December, with plans to continue meetings on a monthly basis. During these organizational meetings, attendees will discuss the format for future monthly meetings. Research Interest Group Facilitator Organizational Meeting Date Time Location Frontal Cortex a...
With the launch of its 2019 Giving Tuesday campaign on Nov. 1, Kent State University has again transformed a one-day fundraising initiative into a monthlong giving campaign to support student scholarships, expanded programs, study away initiatives and modern facilities. Today, Kent State President Todd Diacon made a “groovy” announcement on behalf of the Kent State University Foundation. Watch the video here. On Dec. 3, the global Giving Tuesday, the foundation has pledged $100,000 to match gifts one-to-one up to $1,000 each, and these matching dollars can apply to any foundation fund in the u...
Kent State University Welcomes New Hires at Diversity Luncheon Recently, nearly 100 people gathered at the Kent Student Center to honor and welcome new diverse faculty and staff from all Kent State campuses. Sponsored by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, in collaboration with the Division of Human Resources, the event was an opportunity for attendees to network and meet other new hires and get valuable resources to assist with their success at Kent State University. University leadership in attendance included Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Al...
With donations made by the Kent State University community, University Dining Services was able to deliver 500 turkeys to Mobile Meals in Akron for the holiday season. Students, faculty and Aramark employees were able to donate money at any dining location throughout the fall semester. All donations were collected and put toward purchasing 500 turkeys during the inaugural Turkey Drive. Mobile Meals provides hot meals and food assistance to residents of Cuyahoga, Summit and Portage counties. If you are interested in opportunities to donate to Mobile Meals this holiday season, you can...
The circumstances are grim: Beloved Kent State University mascot Flash is stressed out and hasn’t been able to find the crucial student ID on exam day. You and your friends are the only ones who can help. Your group is frantically scrambling to find the lost ID, but time is running out before it becomes too late for Flash to take the exam. This scenario might sound like something out of a Kent State mystery movie, but it’s actually the situation in the new escape room called ESCAPE in a FLASH at Kent State’s East Liverpool campus. The Team Challenge, running until March of 2020, has been att...
Naysayers warned her that it couldn’t be done in Geauga County. But Jacqueline Samuel persisted. After a year of construction, she now lives in the first net-zero house in the region. Despite its location in cloudy northeast Ohio, this solar-powered house is producing more energy than it consumes, without burning fossil fuels. A group of students in an Understanding Architecture class at Kent State Geauga recently took a tour of Samuel’s Amish-built home to get a hands-on sense of what’s possible. They were brought there by Ravenna architect Sean Thompson, who is an adjunct faculty member i...
Dr. Angela Spalsbury, Dean and Chief Administrative Officer of Kent State University Geauga and former Regional Academic Center, announces that the name of the Regional Academic Center has been officially changed to Twinsburg Academic Center, effective immediately. What’s in the name change? Clarity! Since 2012, Kent State University's Regional Academic Center on Creekside Drive in Twinsburg has been a second location for the Geauga regional campus. Neither the name of the educational facility nor its association to Geauga County spoke to its sense of place and its expanding ...
Campus Executive Chef, Billy Edmondson, was a finalist in the Aramark Culinary Excellence competition in Philadelphia Wednesday. Over 100 chefs participated in multiple phases of the national ACE competition and Chef Billy was one of 15 finalists. During the competition, Billy cooked alongside chefs from Boston University and University of North Carolina Wilmington. Billy and his team created a four-course menu based on a basket of 16 mystery ingredients. Their creations were evaluated and scored by judges from the American Culinary Federation (ACF), the largest professional chefs’ organiza...