Have a question about what the IMPACT Employee Assistance Program (EAP) can do for you? Want to learn more about resiliency training, online seminars, depression awareness and prevention? Curious about financial counseling services, eldercare, childcare, smoking cessation or the new Stress Less Center? Come to the EAP office hours Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Employee Wellness Resource Room in 103 Heer Hall on the Kent Campus. Meet with Lisa Kirby, IMPACT Account Manager, and learn all about the numerous resources available to you and your eligible dependents. Offi...

Employees are encouraged to attend the Open Enrollment and Wellness Fairs held on all Kent State University campuses. Each fair will include information about 2019 healthcare plan offerings and information on how all full-time, benefits-eligible employees can earn up to $300 in wellness rewards by doing Wellness Your Way. The Open Enrollment and Wellness Fair on the Kent Campus will be held Wednesday, Oct. 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. Regional Campus Open Enrollment and Wellness Fair dates are listed below. 2019 Open Enrollm...

The Akron Symphony Orchestra will present "Sheherazade" on Saturday, Sept. 29, at 8 p.m. at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall. The evening will include audience favorites from Tchaikovsky, Mozart and Rimsky-Korsakov’s tale of adventure – "Sheherazade." The performance includes guest pianist Angele Cheng. Kent State University faculty and staff can receive a 10 percent discount on adult tickets by using the promo code KSU18 at www.akronsymphony.org. The discount is also available the night of the performance by showing your Kent State ID at the box office. ...

Familiar Face Velda Lyness Theatre Specialist Performing Arts Center Tuscarawas Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I help in the planning, coordinating and implementing of the technical support (sound and lights) needed for each scheduled event in the PAC (Performing Arts Center) and/or around the Tuscarawas Campus. I also assist in the set up and tear down of these events. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: September 2012 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Technical Director, Lake Michigan College, Mendel Center Mainstage, Benton Harbor, Michigan LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT ...

When Jordan Wilkins was a senior in high school, he thought he knew what he wanted after graduation – a career in the United States Air Force. However, his principal envisioned a different path, one where he would soar sky-high, not in a plane, but at a four-year university. “We talked about the different options,” Mr. Wilkins said. “He helped me apply to Kent State. He visited colleges with me.” After his initial visit to Kent State University, Mr. Wilkins joined Academic S.T.A.R.S., which stands for Students Achieving and Reaching for Success. The six-week cultural transition and ret...

New Face Scott Thanasiu Sales Associate - Underwriting WKSU Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Produce underwriting revenue in support of station operations WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: March 2018 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Independent sales contractor LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: It’s tough to pick one thing, but I’d have to say that it’s working for an organization, its mission being one for which I hold a significant and genuine care in common. ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: It’s an institution of higher lea...

Kent State University President Beverly J. Warren, emeritus artist and educator of Pan-African Studies E. Timothy Moore and head football coach Sean Lewis will serve as the guest speakers at the Fall 2018 Bowman Breakfast. The semi-annual Bowman Breakfast, which began in 1963, brings together leaders from Kent State and the city of Kent in a forum designed to advance community issues and strengthen the town-gown relationship. The topic of the breakfast is “A Reflection on 100 Years of Homecoming.” The breakfast will take place Wednesday, Oct. 3, in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. Doors op...

Ask Wayne Dawson about his time at Kent State University and the WJW Fox 8 anchor will tell you about going to football and basketball games to cheer on the Golden Flashes, attending weekend dances, eating at the Schwebel Room restaurant on the third floor of the Kent Student Center, working at Eastway making pizzas and living at Twin Towers in McDowell Hall.   He will also tell you how he came to Kent State as a kid and came out as a young man, how he grew tremendously and honed his skills to be hired right out of college, and how his time at Kent State was probably the best four years...

Online final grading for Fall 2018 First 5 Weeks (F1) begins Monday, Sept. 24, via FlashFAST. Grading is also now available for any fall 2018 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is midnight on Sunday, Sept. 30. Any final grades for fall 2018 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. These fall 2018 courses will be available in the Workflow on Tuesday, Oct. 2. To access Final Grades via FlashFAST, login to FlashLine, and click on the Faculty & Advisors Category...