Kent State University’s Division of Student Affairs hosted its annual employee celebration on April 13 in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. The breakfast event brings the division together to celebrate the employees’ hard work and dedication throughout the year and to recognize integral campus partners. Last year, the division implemented The Greg Jarvie Students First Award to honor employees outside the division who are collaborative partners and keep students first. The award was named in honor of Greg Jarvie, a Kent State University alumnus who served the university for 29 years as ...
Kent State University at Tuscarawas is announcing the signing of a Garaway athlete to their softball program. On April 10, Katianna Misko signed a National Letter of Intent to play softball and run track and field for the Kent State Tuscarawas Golden Eagles. Misko will soon be a four-year letter winner for the Pirates track and field team and was a district qualifier in the shot and discus during her junior season. She also earned Second Team Inter Valley Conference honors for softball during her sophomore year. She has also made the honor roll at Garaway during three of her four...
Kent State East Liverpool is preparing for its annual Environmental Justice Conference to be held April 22, beginning at 8 a.m. in the Slak Shak in Purinton Hall. The day-long conference includes student paper sessions, online presentations and poster presentations that showcase student research, as well as guest speakers. It is free and the public is invited. This year’s speakers include Dr. Babacar M'Baye, Barton Paul Levenson and Kyle Barron. M'Baye is the keynote speaker and his presentation is “Theorizing Environmental Injustice through the Prisms of Racism and Colonialism.” He is an a...
Spring is in the air and soon the butterflies will be, too. Their exquisite colors and graceful flight are a welcomed sight from the cold and barren landscape of winter. As they float from flower to flower, they are contributing to more than cross pollination, the butterflies are helping researchers study new ways to deliver medicine to humans. Matthew S. Lehnert, assistant professor of biological sciences at Kent State University at Stark, has been studying how the mouthparts of butterflies and moths work since 2010. His research shows that the method in which flies and butterflies ing...
Congratulations to students who presented at the annual undergraduate research symposium! Award winners in biology/ecology and biomedical sciences are below. 2017 Symposium Winners Biology/Ecology Hon Mention: Sydney Gilmer, Junior, Biology and Daniel Krieger, Senior Biology Nathan Mudrak Carey Ousley, Junior Biology and Matthew Wuensch, Senior, Biology  ...
Athena Salaba, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, presented a poster titled “User Testing of Prototype Systems in Two Different Environments: Preliminary Results” at the 18th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2016, Tsukuba, Japan, Dec. 7-9, 2016. (Co-authors: Tanja Merčun and School of Library and Information Science alumna Maja Žumer, M.L.S. ’93.) ...
Have a question about the IMPACT Employee Assistance Program? Want to learn more about resiliency training, online seminars, depression awareness and prevention? Curious about financial counseling services, eldercare, childcare, summer camp, smoking cessation or the new Stress Less Center? Come to the Employee Assistance Program office hours Tuesday, April 18, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Employee Wellness Resource Room 103 in Heer Hall on the Kent Campus. Meet with Lisa Kirby, impact account manager, and learn all about the numerous resources available to Kent State employees and their ...
Kent State University students, employees and community members are invited to join the College of Nursing’s Fourth Annual Race Into Finals 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, May 6, at 9 a.m. at Henderson Hall on the Kent Campus. Enjoy a scenic run or walk through the Kent Campus, where the terrain is mostly sidewalks and a few small hills. Funds raised will benefit the College of Nursing Student Emergency Fund, designed to assist Kent State nursing students during times of unexpected dire financial need. Awards will be presented to the top three overall finishers. Full-time, benefits-eligible emp...
Kent State University’s SecureIT provides training, information and online tutorials to help you protect your identity and devices. Ensure that your digital identity is properly safeguarded by visiting www.kent.edu/is/secureit and clicking the Security Training tab for a variety of online training tutorials, including basic security awareness, identity protection, password management and phisLink to contenthing. For more information, contact security@kent.edu or call 330-672-5566. ...