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The 2018 Faculty/Staff Health and Resource Fair is planned for Oct. 8-11, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the DeWeese Health Center. As part of the week-long event, the Kent State Women’s Center is offering digital mammograms to qualified employees, spouses and students. The Women’s Diagnostic Center will be using upgraded digital technology for the mammogram screenings, which will be conducted in DeWeese Health Center, Room 135, on the Kent Campus Oct. 8-11. Each participant’s health insurance will be billed or participants may self-pay. A complete screening will take only 15 minutes.  ...
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Yoshinobu Hakutani, Department of English, presented “Richard Wright’s Haiku and Basho” and chaired the session “Culture and Literature of the Chicago Renaissance: Postmodern and Postcolonial Development,” at the American Literature Association Conference in San Francisco, May 24-27, 2018. ...
Steven R. Brown, Professor Emeritus, Evaluation and Measurement, and James C. Rhoads, authored “Bibliography of Intensive Single-case Studies” in Operant Subjectivity, Vol. 39, Issue 1-2 (2017) 98-100. ...
Familiar Face Ted R. McKown, II Associate Director of Admissions Admissions Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Member of the enrollment management leadership team responsible for the strategic development and execution to recruit domestic new freshman, transfer, post-undergraduate and guest students to the Kent Campus as well as train new admissions counselors, manage all admissions appeals, serve as the residency coordinator and the admissions webmaster. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: July 1998 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Cairn University LIKES MOST ABOUT KE...
New Face Doug Pearson Associate Vice President for Facilities Planning and Operations Facilities Planning and Operations Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Responsible for strategic and project planning, capital prioritization, and stewardship for Kent State University’s land, buildings, space, and continuously changing portfolio which is comprised of 10 locations, 2,500 acres, and 8 million GSF. The Facilities, Planning, and Operations Department has approximately 300 employees, and an annual budget of more than $20 million. The main areas of responsibility include: facilities master ...
October is National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month. As such, the Employee Wellness Team would like to bring to your attention some of our upcoming events that support mental health not only in October, but throughout the year. National Mental Health Month is the perfect time to “check in” on your mental wellbeing because mental health matters in everything you do. Here are some highlights for the month. To see a complete list of all Employee Wellness Offerings, visit our digital calendar at www.kent.edu/hr/benefits/current-wellness-offerings. October highlights ...
Employees of Kent State University may qualify for participation in the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Under this program, full-time employees can apply for forgiveness from certain types of student loans, possibly reducing or eliminating the debt. For additional information and forms, please access the loan forgiveness website at https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service. Please contact your loan servicer to determine your eligibility under this program. Contact uConfirm by visiting www.kent.edu/hr/employment-verification and foll...