A key element of the mission of the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University—and an objective of many researchers across the University—is to better understand our environment and the issues and processes that bring about change. Researchers in our Department of Geography primarily study patterns of climates, landforms, vegetation, soils, water and people. They use many tools and techniques in their work including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and online mapping such as Google Earth. They partner and collaborate with res...
Faculty and staff who sign up for an auto-debit or payroll deduction membership to the Recreation and Wellness Center on the Kent Campus between Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2022, will incur no membership payments until mid-February! Learn more via the SRWC membership website, and visit the Pro Shop at the Rec Center in January to start your membership. NEW OPTION FOR REGIONAL CAMPUS EMPLOYEES Kent State regional campus faculty and staff now have the option to purchase a Virtual Group X (group exercise) Membership through Recreational ...
Update: This email was updated to reflect that instructors may teach without wearing a mask, provided they can maintain safe distance from their students. Dear Kent State University Faculty, As we approach the beginning of our spring semester, we continue to closely monitor the ongoing surge of COVID-19. The health and safety of our community remains our top priority as we prepare to welcome you back to our campuses. The university has several COVID-19 prevention committees that include experts from our College of Public Health. Our strategy, outlined below, for safely starting ...
Dear Kent State University Staff, As we approach the beginning of our spring semester, we continue to closely monitor the ongoing surge of COVID-19. The health and safety of our community remains our top priority as we prepare to welcome students to our campuses. The university has several COVID-19 prevention committees that include experts from our College of Public Health. Our strategy, outlined below, for safely starting the 2022 Spring Semester is based on the input and advice from these committees and experts from our local health departments as well as the Centers for Disease Contr...
Recreation and Wellness Membership Options for Kent and Regional Campus Employees Faculty and staff who sign up for an auto-debit or payroll deduction membership to the Recreation and Wellness Center on the Kent campus between January 1 and January 31, 2022, will incur no membership payments until mid-February! Learn more via the SRWC membership website, and visit the Pro Shop at the Rec Center in January to start your membership. New option for regional campus employees Kent State regional campus faculty and...
My name is Lauren Falter, and I am a graduate student at Kent State studying Speech-Language Pathology. I recently earned my undergraduate degree from Kent State with a major in Speech Pathology and Audiology and two minors in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Special Education. I reflect positively on my time at Kent State and as a student researcher in the Swallowing Physiology and Rehabilitation Research (SPARR) Laboratory on campus. Throughout high school, I pondered careers with educational and medical focuses, and I found the field of Speech-Language Pathology to be the perfect mix...
I took an architecture survey class upstairs – cementing my life of writing about design and the built environment. My wife of 33 years, Heidi Johnson-Wright (B.A. in English, Kent, 1982) lived next door at Prentice Hall. My wife uses a wheelchair for mobility and did then. The seeds of my activism for people with disabilities and all marginalized folks were planted right there – in the sacred ground between Taylor and Prentice, where May 4th observances take place. My first job was with the Columbus Dispatch (I zeroed in only on central Ohio where my wife was starting la...