Bring your bike from home or check out a bike through the Flashfleet bike-sharing program at one of eight locations around the Kent Campus. Flashfleet locations include the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, Eastway Center, Van Campen Hall, Tri-Towers, Terrace Hall, Stopher-Johnson, the Kent Student Center and PARTA in downtown Kent. The lunchtime ride will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 8, from noon-1 p.m. Chris John, from Kent State's Department of Recreational Services, will lead participants on a 30- to 40-minute campus ride, as well as around the surroundi...
Join us on Tuesday, Aug. 7, from noon to 1 p.m. when Beth Michel, recreation program officer with the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, will explain how to get the most out of your walk as we tour a section of the Kent Campus. The meeting location to start the walk is at the Black Squirrel Statue between the University Library and the Kent Student Center on the Kent Campus. Meet at noon with a departure time of 12:10 p.m. and return just before 1 p.m. Employees participating in the Wellness Your Way wellness program will receive 10 Tier Two points for each walk and talk. Registration ...
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Imagine being faced with a health concern. One way to handle it is to accept a prescription from the doctor and go about your life. But this was not an option for Michealle Gabrovsek, director of technology portfolio management at Kent State University. With the help of Kent State’s wellness program – not medication – she faced her issue head on. At her yearly doctor appointment in January 2017, Ms. Gabrovsek was told she had high cholesterol. Ms. Gabrovsek was shocked. She thought she was living a healthy lifestyle. “I was actually running about three miles a day, so I thought I was doin...
For many people, being your own boss is the ultimate goal. For Evan Laisure, that goal turned into reality shortly after graduating from the Visual Communication Design program at Kent State University. Mr. Laisure began with a simple idea and turned it into his own online shop called The Pastimes, featuring original designs on clothing, posters and glassware. “I didn’t want to just create artwork and put it on Instagram, get a few likes and that’s it,” Mr. Laisure says. “I’ve always been entrepreneurial, and I wanted to find a way to mend that passion with design, so those two came together...
Marji Wachowiak has always been drawn to buying. Now a lecturer in Kent State University’s Fashion School, Ms. Wachowiak enjoyed an extensive career in the fashion industry where she was a buyer and product developer for Macy’s, Target and wholesalers. Today, she still buys but for not for anyone else. She buys for herself. She loves discovering interesting pieces and finding ways to change them into her current style, sometimes engaging in staining, rebuilding and/or adding new fabric to furniture and other household items. “Repurposing furniture is a de-stressor because sanding and ...
As the sun made a rare, warm April appearance, a crowd gathered in the shade outside Kent State University’s Rockwell Hall to remember Taylor Pifer. One by one, Ms. Pifer’s friends stepped up to the microphone, remembering how their kind and outgoing friend would say hi to complete strangers, how she could never hold a grudge, how she loved fashion and Dunkin Donuts. Ms. Pifer’s life was unexpectedly cut short in June 2017. To keep her memory alive, her friends Nicole Barrett, Samantha Jaras and Erica Mohler wanted to create a space on campus for people to visit when they were missing her. Th...
Their remarkable work takes place in studios, classrooms, laboratories and outdoors. They have been published in prestigious journals, authored books and received significant research grants. Now, they add a new honor to their list of notable achievements. Kent State University President Beverly J. Warren recently presented 13 Kent State faculty members with the 2018 President’s Faculty Excellence Award, which recognizes exceptional performance that leads to the achievement of national or international recognition in the faculty member’s discipline. “At its core, higher education is abou...
Fifty cheers for 50 years. Kent State University at Tuscarawas received recognition at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus to honor its upcoming 50th anniversary. A weeklong celebration will be held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the campus, beginning on Monday, Sept. 10, through Sunday, Sept. 16. Highlights from the past 50 years will be featured every evening throughout the week to honor the history of Kent State Tuscarawas, beginning with a special encore appearance from comic writer Dave Barry on Monday. Tuesday through Thursday of that week will feature reunions of Kent State Tu...
More than 100,000 rooms reserved, nearly 146,000 guests served, more than 2,000 events hosted and 89 weddings booked. Those are some of the achievements of the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center since it opened its doors on June 14, 2013, in downtown Kent. The hotel, which marked its fifth anniversary this past June, features 94 boutique-style rooms, an onsite restaurant and lounge, Nineteen10 – a nod to the year when Kent State was established, an indoor pool and workout facility, 5,000 square feet of event space and an executive boardroom. To celebrate, the hotel hosted Happy...