Kent State University has been named as a Best Employer for Women 2021 in a nationwide ranking by Forbes and Statista. Among colleges and universities that made this year’s list, Kent State comes in at No. 8. Only 18 institutions of higher education are recognized. “We are delighted to be recognized as a great employer for women,” said Melody Tankersley, Ph.D., Kent State’s senior vice president and provost. “Having worked at Kent State for nearly 30 years, I take great pride in how we support women and provide an environment for them to work, grow and thrive.” Kent State is among ...
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Throughout the pandemic, the health and safety of every member of our Kent State community have been and will remain the primary driver behind every decision we make. Now with a substantial spread of the delta variant of COVID-19 across the country, we are returning to previous practices on face coverings to ensure a safe start to the new academic year. Effective immediately, face coverings are required indoors for everyone, regardless of vaccination status, on all Kent State campuses. Face coverings also remain a requirement on all public transportation. Exceptions to this requirement a...
Have you ever wondered about three dimensional CT over changing time? Here is Kuldeep Singh setting up his novel micro-fluidics system within the Texas UTC NSI scanner in preparation for fast CT scanning of his flow column every 10 minutes. This setup allows us to visualize the dissolution of minerals under changing water chemistry (pH) conditions while imaging is conducted every 10 mins to capture the transient changes. ...
Cleveland Brain Health Initiative Annual Meeting
Cleveland Brain Health Initiative Annual Meeting
The CBHI Annual Meeting will be virtual this year, and features five outstanding lecturers:
The subject of finances can be a concern and place unnecessary strain on many relationships. Your Employee Wellness team will host a special evening session of Money Matters: Finding Common Ground in a Relationship on Thursday, August 12. This virtual session is designed so that employees and their families may participate together. Session facilitators DJ Enga and Megan Cooper will help attendees identify financial triggers that can impede a relationship from moving forward. They will discuss h...
As you begin planning for fall, Training and Development would like to share the August 2021 LinkedIn Learning Resource Toolkit. In it you will find, two new monthly challenges, the August and September webinar schedule, content on LinkedIn Learning Hub, and seasonal promotional materials. Contact Training and Development with questions about LinkedIn Learning at hrd@kent.edu. ...
When Richard Lehman Jr. joined the Army in 2010, he planned to make it a career. One night changed those plans when he was loading 30 mm ammunition onto an AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter. However, as is sometimes true, when one door closes, another one opens. Lehman was stationed at Ft Campbell, Kentucky and deployed to Afghanistan twice in 2011 and then again in 2014. He was an armament avionics electrician and one of his duties was to load ammunition and to do it quickly. One night in extreme darkness, he was running toward the Apache and he fell over weights that had been left...