Familiar Face Coco Police K-9 Police Department Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Explosive detection, tracking, article search and  taking a bite out of crime! WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: October 2013 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: This is my very first job! LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: A lot of people drop food on the ground. ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: I got a nice car with a bed and a temperature control/alert system, so I can be comfortable AND safe! RESIDES IN: Bath, Ohio HOMETOWN: A small to...

In preparation for the new year, check out the updated Employee Wellness Calendar to view and register for your 2019 wellness programs. Highlights include the following: Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle Lunch and Learn – On Thursday, Jan. 24, from noon-1 p.m., our presenter, Sandra Bishop, will discuss what does it mean to be healthy. We'll review behaviors and beliefs that make up a healthy life, including an overview of a healthy lifestyle, the basics of healthy eating, the role of exercise, the power of sleep, and how setting and reaching goals empowers ...

Alfred Guiffrida, Department of Management and Information Systems, authored the journal article “Supply Chain Delivery Performance Improvement for Several Delivery Time Distributions” in the International Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 33, Issue 4 (2018) 538-558.   ...

Rick Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, authored Photo Essay: Non-instrument Navigation in Polynesia (Taumako, Soloman Islands) in SPA News, the semi-annual newsletter of the Society for Psychological Anthropology in 2018.   ...

Trevor Watkins, University Libraries, presented Applying The Open Knowledge Diffusion Tools Framework to Cybersecurity Courses at OpenCon New York on Oct. 26, 2018. ...

Haithem Zourrig, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at Kent State University at Stark, presented The Influence of Country Image and Consumer Animosity on Chinese and South Korean Consumers Responses to U.S. and Japanese Brands at the Society for Marketing Advances meeting in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 2, 2018.     ...

Beginning in mid-January, Kent State University will launch a new, semiweekly message to share the most impactful news and stories about our campus community. Kent State Today will highlight original and curated content about Kent State to faculty and staff in a dynamic way that includes an online newsroom where fresh stories will be posted every weekday.   “This is an exciting opportunity to tell the Kent State story in a whole new way,” says Eric Mansfield, executive director of university media relations. “Many of our best news stories currently appear across the university’s many...

Kent State University’s Giving Tuesday 2018 broke the million-dollar mark for the second year in a row. Just before midnight on Tuesday, Nov. 27, the campaign raised more than $1,030,000 to support multiple student study abroad scholarships, research opportunities, educational programs, athletic teams and more. There were more than 40 featured giving options across the Kent State system from which donors could choose.    Watch thank-you video from Kent State President Beverly J. Warren.   “Seeing our Golden Flash family come together in such an exceptional way to sup...

Kent State University Libraries will host its sixth-annual fall semester Stress-Free Zone on Monday, Dec. 10, and Tuesday, Dec. 11. The event will be open to all Kent State students, faculty and staff from 3-5 p.m. in the Garden Room on the first floor of the University Library. Stress-Free Zone kicks off finals week as a way to get students to relax and take a break from studying and stress. Cynthia Williams, director of marketing, communications and public relations for University Libraries, says that it can be detrimental to students when they overstudy or continue to cram in information...