WKSU reporters have won nine awards in the Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest, sponsored by the Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). The competition recognized station staff for work created in 2016. Highlights of WKSU honors include Best Radio News Operation in Ohio and Best Radio Reporter in Ohio for M.L. Schultze, who submitted a selection of her Election 2016 coverage. Each category winner was judged on multiple examples of work. Awards will be presented on Aug. 26 at a ceremony at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton. Sinc...
A five-year process to digitize every printed issue of The Daily Kent Stater (now The Kent Stater) concluded this summer. Ninety years of issues, spanning 1926-2016, are now searchable at http://dks.library.kent.edu. ...
What can you do with that endless supply of zucchini? On Tuesday, August 8, otherwise known as “National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day,” Kent State University at Trumbull, Warren Family Mission and Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley are asking local growers with an abundance of zucchini and other produce to donate their bounties to local families in need. The holiday was created by Thomas & Ruth Roy, under the name of Wellcat Holidays & Herbs (www.wellcat.com), as a way of “ridding yourself of unwanted surplus summer squash.” “We think this is a ...
As of Fall 2016, the Microsoft Office suite has been made available free of charge to all Kent State faculty and staff through an agreement arranged by Information Services with Microsoft. All active full- and part-time employees qualify for the free software on their personal devices* for as long as they are employed by the university. The license is for the full Microsoft Office suite of Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, OneNote, Publisher, and Access. The software may be installed on up to five PCs, Macs or mobile devices including Android, iPad, and Windows tablets. Also included is 1TB...
As part of the TechHelp family of services, IS offers a wide array of free technology workshops for students, faculty, and staff. What began with 20 workshops has erupted into a semester-long series of roughly 12 workshops each week covering over 40 topics. Offerings include Microsoft Office, Google Apps, Adobe Creative Suite, Cloud Storage, and many more. Workshops are designed for a variety of skill levels ranging from beginner to advanced. “These workshops cover a wide range of topics and often specialize in technology available to the university community,” explains Jay Frye, Director o...
Kent State students, faculty and staff now have free, unlimited access to Lynda.com (lynda.kent.edu), an online library of instructional videos that cover the latest software, online tools, and even topics such as audio mixing, marketing, business and education. Access to Lynda.com was made possible in Fall 2016 through a partnership between the Division of Information Services, University Libraries and the Office of Continuing and Distance Education. A LinkedIn company, Lynda.com offers more than 4,000 online courses taught by industry professionals on 12 categories, including Education...
IS provides training to faculty and staff on many of the university’s enterprise applications. Some training opportunities, such as Unified Communications, Banner Navigation, Empower Timekeeping are for a broad audience to enhance the skills of staff in many roles. Other topics are more specialized, like Course Scheduler Basic training and Data Security Administrator training. Training sessions are offered at no cost to the individual or department. They are open to all faculty and staff, but may be of particular interest to those who are newly hired, want to familiarize themselves more wit...
Each year, an estimated 17.6 million Americans were victims of identity theft. About 10 percent of them spent more than a month resolving the issues caused by the misuse of their identity. One of the most popular attack vectors used by identity thieves is phishing emails. What is Phishing? Phishing emails are a type of scam that appear to originate from a trusted source to trick people into entering their credentials or other personal information. Attackers attempt to steal this information to make money via identity theft or to launch cyber attacks against organizations to gain access t...
Since last summer’s debut of the new, redesigned FlashLine, the feedback from the Kent State community has been extremely beneficial. Students, faculty and staff have continued to provide valuable insight regarding their thoughts on the new portal. The My Dashboard feature has been well-received for its customizable features, and users who have pinned items to their My Dashboard rely on it often. The new search function, unavailable in the previous version of FlashLine, was one of the most exciting things about the redesign, and has become the fastest way to find anything within the portal....
When Army Training Sgt. Curtis Cofojohn returned from his tour in Afghanistan, he watched as his fellow soldiers struggled to find a place to live. They had been out of the country for many months and most of the housing where they wanted to live was taken. Even finding a simple advertisement was almost as rare as finding a vacancy. In addition to veterans, Cofojohn noticed that the problem affected college students looking for off-campus housing. At the time, Cofojohn was studying political science in Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences. As a student, he too discovered the...