Q: What will the holiday schedule be this year? A. The holiday schedule will begin Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, at 10:30 p.m., and offices will reopen on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. During that time, all nonessential operations will be closed at all Kent State campuses. Eligible classified and unclassified employees will receive paid leave for any regularly scheduled work time from Dec. 26-31 (referred to as additional days in the following questions). The paid leave is in addition to the paid holidays of Dec. 24, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. Normal business opera...
Familiar Face Arvind Bansal Professor Computer Science Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Teaching and research in the area of artificial intelligence, multimedia and virtual reality, social robotics and humanoids, computational health informatics and bioinformatics WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 1988 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Case Western Reserve University LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Beautiful campus ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Lets me be myself RESIDES IN: Twinsburg, Ohio HOMETOW...
New Face Taylor Livengood Admissions Counselor Admissions Office Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Traveling to high schools and colleges around Northwest Ohio to help students in their college-search process (and telling them about how great Kent State is) WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 2018 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: I worked as a student employee in the Admissions Office, and I worked as a student employee for the Kent State University Post Office. LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The overall atmosphere. Everyone is so friendly, an...
Trevor Watkins, University Libraries, presented "How African American Contributions to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Both Directly and Indirectly Had a Significant Impact During Times of War" at the 103rd ASALH Annual Meeting and Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Oct. 4, 2018. ...
Get added support for the holidays with health coaching from Be Well Solutions. Health coaching is part of our employee wellness program for all full-time, benefits-eligible employees on all campuses. Health coaching appointments are individualized, 30-minute sessions with a certified health coach with expertise in a variety of areas, including exercise, nutrition, diabetes management, stress management, tobacco cessation and general health. Appointments are available face-to-face or telephonically to suit all schedules and are unlimited. The next onsite health coac...
As part of our continued commitment to building financial wellness, the Employee Wellness office is pleased to present Investment Planning Strategies on Tuesday, Dec. 11, from noon-1 p.m. in Room 107 of Heer Hall on the Kent Campus. This seminar will explain basic and advanced investing topics to achieve specific financial goals. In this seminar, we will go through the basics of investing and cover topics, such as: The difference between saving and investing. The importance of compound interest. The different type of investments available (stocks, bonds, mutual funds and ...
As part of our continued commitment to building financial wellness, the Employee Wellness office is pleased to present Investment Planning Strategies on Tuesday, Dec. 11 from noon - 1 pm in 107 Heer Hall on the Kent Campus. This seminar will explain basic and advanced investing topics to achieve specific financial goals. In this seminar, we will go through the basics of investing and cover topics such as: The difference between saving and investing; The importance of compound interest; The different type of investments available (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, annuities); Buildin...
As the 50th anniversary of the May 4, 1970, shootings approaches, the work of developing a yearlong commemoration that honors the legacy of the past while setting a course for the future is in the hands of Rodney Flauhaus, Kent State University’s new May 4 Commemoration project manager. Mr. Flauhaus, in many ways, has been preparing for the task for decades. As a Kent State student, he joined the May 4 Task Force in 1983 and served as its president in 1985, when the university marked the 15th anniversary of the shootings that killed four students and wounded nine others. During his ti...
Senior integrated language arts major Maxwell Rees says he didn’t hesitate to audition when he heard about the chance to be in one of his favorite plays, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, a story about Christopher, a 15-year-old boy on the autism spectrum, trying to find out how his neighborhood’s dog died. For Mr. Rees, it was more than just being in the spotlight; it was about shining a spotlight on autism and its effects on individuals, their families and the community because Mr. Rees’ younger brother, Jake, is on the autism spectrum. “He’s definitely the reason why I fel...
Kent State University at East Liverpool is hosting a series of free Financial Aid Workshops for parents and students from any college or university, not just Kent State. The workshops will be held on Nov. 27, Dec. 5, Dec. 13 and Jan. 9. A financial aid specialist will provide important information related to financial aid, and will also help attendees complete and file the FAFSA form for the 2019-20 academic year. To file the FAFSA form during the workshop, you must have your most recent tax returns. Additionally, the financial aid specialist will share information about how t...