Familiar Face Louise Steele Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences Salem Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I teach lecture and lab courses at the Salem Campus. My research interests include measuring the effects of ultrasound in C. elegans microscopic worms. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 2012 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Postdoctoral researcher at Seattle Children’s Research Institute and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The people! I enjoy working with my students and colleagues. ATTRACTION TO KE...

New Face Kelsey Tomlinson Administrative Assistant, HR Service and Support Division of Human Resources Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Assisting with employee engagement events, such as Office Support Staff Recognition, 20-year Club; assisting with any and all departmental projects WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: January 2018 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Resident costume designer at Ohio Shakespeare Festival (still there); project coordinator at Playhouse Square LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Everyone is so welcoming and genuine, and it’s re...

The Employee Wellness office is pleased to feature our Kent State University faculty for the fall employee wellness speaker series, “The Science of Healthy.” This speaker series covers happiness and sleep, brain health and exercise, and the science of healthy eating. Topics and guest speakers: Sept. 18 – Jeff Ciesla, Ph.D., will share how sleep impairments contribute to poor health, including headache, obesity, high blood pressure, and even increased risk of accidents. In addition, he will further explain how sleep impairments contribute to poor psychological health, including depress...

As part of Kent State University's employee wellness program, all full-time, benefits-eligible employees may earn up to $300 annually in wellness dollars by simply participating in healthy lifestyle activities. More than 1,300 employees have taken advantage of earning their first $150 by completing their Tier 1 activities by April 30, 2018. To earn the second $150 award, employees have from Jan. 1, 2018, through Oct. 15, 2018, to complete action items of their choice from the Wellness Your Way programming.  The chart below shows just how easy it is for you to achieve 350 points to e...

A diet rich in fiber is a key part of healthy aging. Fiber reduces your risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and colon cancer. It also lowers total and LDL cholesterol and improves weight management, digestion and absorption of key nutrients. All full-time, benefits-eligible employees are invited to participate in the 28-day Fill Up On Fiber Challenge designed to help you discover ways to increase your overall intake of this important nutrient for the rest of your life. You will learn what foods will add to your health and what foods to avoid. The Fill Up On Fiber Challen...

The Kent State University Honors College is proud to announce that Honors College student and political science major, Megan Swoger, has been named by the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) as a 2018 Portz Scholar.  As a member of the graduating class of 2018 this past spring, Megan created and submitted her thesis entitled “Analysis of the Prevailing Practice of FGM in Ghana: Are domestic laws and international treaties effective in the eradication of FGM within the state?” Megan based her thesis upon two trips to Ghana where she collected data firsthand for her research pr...

The Kent State University Museum announces the appointment of Sarah J. Rogers as its new director. Ms. Rogers has been active in the arts and nonprofit arena for more than 25 years in a variety of roles, which include curating, museum management, fundraising, communications and marketing, donor relations and community engagement. Ms. Rogers comes to Kent State from the Columbus Museum of Art where she has served as executive deputy director since 2012. While her main charge was to oversee the museum’s communications and development departments and the management of the Museum Store, Ms. Rog...

Kent State University student Symone Baskerville is passionate about sustainability. A senior fashion design student, Ms. Baskerville’s love for sustainable fashion began after taking an environmental science course during her freshman year of high school. There she learned about Project Greenway, a green fashion runway competition. Her involvement in the competition led her to discover how everyday items, such as plastic bags and tissue paper, could be reused and repurposed into designs. After her experience with Project Greenway, Ms. Baskerville felt inspired to use her love of fashion for ...

Online final grading for Summer 2018 Summer 2 (POT S2) began Thursday, Aug. 2, via FlashFAST. Grading also is now available for any summer 2018 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is midnight on Tuesday, Aug. 7. Any final grades for summer 2018 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. These summer 2018 courses will be available in the Workflow on Thursday, Aug. 9.     To access Final Grades via FlashFAST, log in to FlashLine and click on the Faculty...