Kent State announced salary increases for non-represented employees.

@media only screen and (max-width: 45.5625rem) { .horizScroll { float:left; } } At Kent State University, we value our employees as our most valued resource. In order to remain competitive and encourage retention, we are pleased to announce a new and innovative way to provide salary increases for the non-represented classified and unclassified employees. The tiered structure is outlined in the table below: Salary Tier Salary Increase Below $80,000 2% $80,000-$110,000 1.5% ...

Ashtabula Campus Flash Medical Center

Download the Flyer (PDF)   Flash Medical Center, a one-day hands-on experience for high school students interested in a healthcare-related field, returns to Kent State University at Ashtabula on Friday, October 12, 2018.   Last year, over 20 students from Ashtabula and Lake Counties participated in the inaugural event, which transformed Robert S. Morrison Hall into a “hospital” and simulated a “day in the life” of health care workers in the areas of nursing, radiology, physical therapy, occupational therapy and respiratory care.  Activities involved a simulated ...

Nzinga Hart

Familiar Face Nzinga Hart Academic Program Coordinator College of Communication and Information Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I work to support the graduate programs as part of the College of Communication and Information. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: September 2012 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: National Biochemicals Inc. LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The people! We care about students and strive to do our jobs as well as possible. ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: I’ve always loved learning, and I am glad t...

Kelsey Kunce

New Face Kelsey Kunce Admissions Counselor Office of the Dean Trumbull Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I recruit undergraduate students for the Trumbull Campus and guide them through the college admissions process. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 2016 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The Sherwin-Williams Company  LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The wide variety of majors, programs, clubs and activities that students can participate in to make Kent State feel like their home away from home. I have always felt a welcoming atmosphere on all o...

Kent State University interior design major Maggie Martin donated a kidney to her father a day after classes began this fall.

Donating a kidney to her father was not how Maggie Martin expected to begin her sophomore year at Kent State University. But when the Cleveland Clinic cleared her and her father, James “Jamie” Martin, for the surgery, his health took priority over classes. Preparing for Surgery Ms. Martin, 19, started her school year Aug. 23 by explaining to her professors that she was having surgery the following day to donate a kidney to her father. “Everyone was really nice,” says the interior design major from Stow. “Especially in this college, they are very helpful and understanding.” ...

The Kent State University Board of Trustees approved a $3.2 million contract with Akron’s Signet Real Estate Group to lead the design phase for the new home for the College of Business Administration, a marquee building that is proposed to anchor the first phase of the Gateway to a Distinctive Kent State master plan, also called the Kent Gateway Plan.     The project is part of the university’s Kent Gateway Plan, a $1.2 billion master plan to transform the Kent Campus and improve facilities over 10 years. The new College of Business Administration building will serve as an anch...

The 2018 Akron Children's Hospital Akron Marathon Series, which includes a marathon, half-marathon and team relay, will be held in downtown Akron on Saturday, Sept. 29, beginning at 7 a.m.    The event will celebrate heroes of all kinds, including the doctors, nurses and courageous patients at Akron Children’s Hospital. Kent State University, a Hero Zone sponsor for this year's event, is honored and excited to sponsor Wonder Girl Layla Popik. Layla, a patient at Akron Children’s Hospital, is 10 years old and was born in China with achondropla...

All smiles as a young student pets a gecko at the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center’s table.

The Kent State Salem Campus hosted the first-ever STEM University, a free day-long event organized by the Columbiana County Educational Service Center for area students in pre-K through fifth grade. Several local businesses and organizations provided more than 30 different fun hands-on activities for kids to learn how STEM subjects are used every day by firefighters, police, nurses, pilots, farmers, teachers, those who work with animals and many more. Representing Kent State Salem were faculty and students from the nursing, rad tech, horticulture and early childhood education programs.&n...

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