A jog after work can be healthy and fun – but your desktop computer does not need to run. ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE Shut down your computer at the end of the day and work week. Activate sleep settings instead of a screensaver. Plug electronics into a smart power strip. DID YOU KNOW? A computer left running 24/7 is wasting energy about 70 percent of the time! A computer with a screensaver uses significantly more energy than an idle computer! ...
By Karen Farkas, cleveland.com kfarkas@cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio - Oberlin College, Case Western Reserve University and Kent State University have been named "Cool Schools" by Sierra Magazine for their commitment to sustainability. The magazine, the official publication of the Sierra Club, ranked 239 colleges on their environmental practices in areas including food, transportation systems, water and waste management, purchasing procedures and investments. Sustainability is important to students and more than a quarter of prospective college students cite a school's sustainability co...
He is best known as "The Fonz" on "Happy Days." On Oct. 10, Henry Winkler will share the story of his career and living with undiagnoised dyslexia.
College of Communication & Information
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) is celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2017. The school will mark the occasion with its annual alumni and friends award ceremony, held in conjunction with the opening of the newly renovated Taylor Hall, on Friday, Sept. 22. Though JMC made the move into the newly renovated Franklin Hall in 2007, much of its history is rooted in Taylor, which now houses the College of Communication and Information’s (CCI) Schools of Communication Studies and Visual Communication Design. The Friday celebration will kick off at 4 p.m. with the 80th Anniv...
Kent State University has been ranked one of the safest campuses in the country by the Council for Home Safety and Security, a national trade association. Kent State was named to the council’s 2017 top 100 list of Safest Colleges in America. Nationwide, Kent State ranks 11th on the list. Among Ohio institutions, Kent State ranks the safest. The ranking was determined by the most recent data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting and the National Center for Education Statistics. More than 2,000 four-year colleges and universities were assessed. Dean Tondiglia, Kent State’s police chief...