School administrators from Shaker Heights, Painesville, Akron’s Firestone cluster and Westlake delved into understanding leadership through a contextual and cultural lens in a recent four-day Creating Global Mindedness Leadership Institute sponsored by Kent State University’s College of Education, Health and Human Services. The institute was held at Kent State’s Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg. This international training if offered on every continent of the world, and only 35 facilitators worldwide are authorized to be the presenters. Facilitators for this institute were Andrea...
Dementia affects one-third of all people older than 65 years in the United States. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive, irreversible brain disease that results in impaired cognitive functioning and other behavioral changes. Humans are considered uniquely susceptible to Alzheimer’s disease, potentially due to genetic differences, changes in brain structure and function during evolution, and an increased lifespan. However, a new study published Aug. 1 in Neurobiology of Aging provides the most extensive evidence of Alzheimer’s disease brain patholo...
As of January 1, 2017, Kaltura replaced KSUtube as Kent State’s online video platform, a service that enables users to upload, convert, store and play back video content via the Internet. The implementation began in May 2016 with many of the 48,000 video migrations occurring throughout summer. The retirement of KSUtube is bittersweet for its early adopters who have been using the application for nearly ten years, but they are pleased about what the new platform has to offer. Kaltura’s seamless integration with Blackboard Learn will benefit both faculty and students. The platform is Clo...
KSUMobile, Kent State’s official mobile application, provides students, faculty, and staff with a myriad of services right at their fingertips. The latest update, released in November 2016, added two great new features that will benefit the university community. Live PARTA bus tracking is an exciting new way to utilize the campus bus system. Users can see, in real time, where PARTA buses are on their routes, find out how soon the next bus will be at a selected stop, or see where a particular bus will be stopping next on its route. Also included is the ability to personalize the map to only ...
The cover of the May-June issue of the Journal of Geography, published by the National Council for Geographic Education, features a photo taken on the Kent State Salem Campus during a class project led by Dr. Sarah Smiley, associate professor of geography. The photo helps highlight Smiley’s article in the publication, written about her experiences with a class she taught during the 2015 fall semester based on The Amazing Race. Titled “Teaching Cultural Geography with The Amazing Race,” Smiley’s article explains how she used the reality television show in the honors colloquium in Western ident...
Kent State University is again showing its appreciation to our nation’s service members by hosting a military-exclusive hospitality chalet for veterans, service members and their families during the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron on Aug. 2-6. For the third consecutive year, Kent State is presenting Birdies for the Brave Outpost, which this year is located adjacent to the 14th green at Firestone Country Club. The venue will be open from Thursday, Aug. 3, through Sunday, Aug. 6, from 9 a.m. until the end of play each day – o...
THE SOCIETY FOR DIVERSITY HONORS KENT STATE FOR SERVING AS A NATIONAL MODEL FOR WORKPLACE INCLUSION You are here KENT CAMPUS EINSIDE THE SOCIETY FOR DIVERSITY HONORS KENT STATE FOR SERVING AS A NATIONAL MODEL FOR WORKPLACE INCLUSION Kent State University has received national recognition for its mission to support a climate that welcomes and supports diversity in all of its forms. The Society for Diversity presented the university with the distinctive Innovation + Inclusion Leadership Award. For the past eight years, the So...
All you need is a green thumb and a classroom of hardworking students to put together a perfect campus garden. A new course during the three-week summer intersession, Campus and Community Gardens, provided Kent State University at Stark students with the opportunity to design, plant, water, weed and harvest a campus garden. The course, taught by Chris Post, Ph.D., associate professor of geography, focused on giving students the tools, time, contacts and guidance necessary to set up a network of organizations and individuals who participated in the food’s organic production and distributi...
Did you know that electronics continue to drain electricity the entire time they are plugged in? Actions You Can Take: Unplug all electronics when you are not using them or when they are fully charged. Plug electronics into a smart power strip that shuts off power when devices are not in use. You also can cut power to everything with one switch. ...
Did you know that ceiling lights generate a lot of excess light you may not need. A desk lamp focuses light only where you need it. ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE: Turn off the ceiling lights and use task lighting at your desk. Make sure your desk lamp has an ENERGY STAR certified LED bulb. If there’s enough daylight coming through your window, turn off your desk lamp, too. Look out for more energy-saving tips weekly in e-Inside. ...