IMPACT Solutions is Kent State University’s employee assistance program that offers a comprehensive list of services and solutions to employees. All full- and part-time employees are eligible for IMPACT Solutions services, including many qualifying family members, such as parents and parents-in-law. Here are some ways to quickly bring yourself up to speed on all the resources available to you and your family through Impact: Join us for our live Webinar: Take a Tour of IMPACT Solutions on Jan. 19 from 10-11 a.m. Registration is required. Upon attending the webinar a...

Minute Clinic is a division of CVS Health, the largest pharmacy healthcare provider in the United States. They have 1,100 locations and offer convenient, high-quality care for common family illnesses. CVS Minute Clinics offer a reduced office visit co-pay to Kent State University members for $10. The practitioners can evaluate, diagnose and treat a variety of minor illnesses and injuries, including bronchitis, flu, strep throat, bladder infections, minor burns and cuts, insect stings and more. Effective Jan. 1, 2017, Kent State’s members can visit any participating clinic for a $10 co-...

Familiar Face Aaron Hanlin Coordinator of Admissions and Scholarships Honors College Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: My job is to direct the recruitment activities of the Honors College and oversee scholarship administration. I oversee our communication and outreach to prospective students and their families, develop marketing materials, represent the college at recruitment fairs and manage our website. I also coordinate the newly launched Freshmen in Florence Program in conjunction with the Office of Global Education. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 2011 EMPLOYMENT PRIO...

David Anderson, founder and president of the BridgeLeader Network, to serve as keynote speaker Kent State University will hold its 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. This year’s theme is “Testament of Hope: Past, Present and Future of Diversity.” The keynote speaker for the event is David Anderson, D.Phil. He is founder and president of the BridgeLeader Network (BLN), one of the world’s leading authorities on building bridges across the deep divides of race, faith, culture and wealth.  Anderson’s work has brought hope...

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has announced the designation of the Kent State University May 4, 1970, Site as a National Historic Landmark. The site joins more than 2,500 historic places that bear the national distinction. “As we approach the 50th anniversary of May 4, 1970, this recognition compels us to fully claim our status as a global resource and convener of the world’s most critical conversations on peace and conflict resolution,” says Kent State President Beverly Warren. “We are indebted to the team whose tireless commitment resulted in a successful National Hi...

  For more than 100 years, the National Park Service has preserved and cared for our national parks and shared their stories with more than 275 million visitors every year. As the service enters its second century, it is striving to tell a more inclusive and diverse story of American history. One of those stories now includes the Kent State University May 4 Site, which the U.S. Secretary of the Interior announced has reached the designation as a National Historic Landmark on January 11, 2017. “I am pleased that the federal government made this designation,” said Dean Kahler, survivor of...

Out with the old and in with the new! Kent State University ushers in the new year with a brand new website, which launched on Jan. 8. The cross-divisional redesign team, composed of team members from Information Services, University Communications and Marketing, all departments across campus and our marketing agency, 160over90, collaborated to create a compelling platform, making the new www.kent.edu and more than 340 departmental websites live. Kent State’s web presence serves as the virtual front door into the university, sharing our distinctive and unique stories with the world. The enga...

Last spring, the Kent State University community was asked to complete a survey to identify strengths and barriers related to being a welcoming, engaging place that nurtures a culture of inclusiveness and respect. Now it’s time to hear the findings. Rankin & Associates Consulting has analyzed the data from more than 8,000 Kent State faculty, staff and students who answered the survey, and the consultants will be coming to Kent State to present the results on Jan. 23 and 24. All are encouraged to attend one of the three open sessions either in person or via live stream: Monday...

The first phase of the Summit Street: Building a Better Way Improvement Project is complete, with the opening of Ted Boyd Drive. The roadway alongside the Student Recreation and Wellness Center reopened last week, making the roundabout at Ted Boyd and Johnston drives fully operational. The new roundabout incorporates pedestrian crossings and bike lanes. A video is available to explain how to navigate a roundabout, whether you are in a car, on a bike or walking. Watch the video. Summit Street returned to regular, two-way traffic throughout the construction zone in November. The contractor...