Members of the Kent State University Staff Council (KSU-SC) gathered on Nov. 14, 2022, to make blankets for The Haven of Portage County. The Kent State University Staff Council provides a platform for classified and unclassified staff to share ideas and information, and communicate on issues and topics that affect staff and the broader university community. Staff Council efforts are purposefully geared towards providing greater visibility for staff, engendering a more understanding and caring work environment and a sense of community among staff, students, fa...
Members of the Kent State University Staff Council (KSU-SC) gathered on Nov. 14, 2022, to make blankets for The Haven of Portage County. The Kent State University Staff Council provides a platform for classified and unclassified staff to share ideas and information, and communicate on issues and topics that affect staff and the broader university community. Staff Council efforts are purposefully geared towards providing greater visibility for staff, engendering a more understanding and caring work environment and a sense of community among staff, students, faculty and ...
From Nov. 14 through Dec. 9, university groups on the Kent Campus will be collecting clean, gently used or new items from all ages, including warm clothing, hats, gloves, scarves and sweaters. The clothing collected will go to the four Winter Warm-Up Stations on campus, where students are encouraged to take whatever they need to stay warm this winter. The stations are located in the Williamson House, the first floor of the Kent Student Center, Schwartz Center Room 261 and the Tri-Towers front desk lobby. Some of the clothing will also go to the Phyllis Zumkehr Portage County Clothing Cen...
From Nov. 14 through Dec. 9, university groups on the Kent Campus will be collecting clean, gently used or new items from all ages, including warm clothing, hats, gloves, scarves and sweaters. The clothing collected will go to the four Winter Warm-Up Stations on campus, where students are encouraged to take whatever they need to stay warm this winter. The stations are located in the Williamson House, the first floor of the Kent Student Center, Schwartz Center Room 261 and the Tri-Towers front desk lobby. Some of the clothing will also go to the Phyllis Zumkehr Portage County Clothing Cen...
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share by Email When driving in the rain, it is unlikely that you have thought much about how the environment is affected, let alone how nearby aquatic sources are impacted. With funding from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a biogeochemistry research team at Kent State University decided to look into the particles that were formed and transported from tires and the road. In their research, David Costello, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, and his te...
When severe winter forces cancellations and closings on the Ashtabula Campus, that information is shared in a number of ways. Stay up to date by reading the winter weather advisory page and subscribing to Flash ALERTS.
Kent State is required to have and maintain a Storm Water Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Phase II Storm Water permit. As part of that permit, Kent State is required to develop best management practices (bmps) under 7 Minimum Control Measures (MCM). One of these MCM bpms is to survey the university community regarding their understanding of stormwater and how we can all protect it from pollution. The Environmental Health and Safety Department has developed this survey and it is available on the EHS website. Please visit the EHS website to learn more about environmental ...
Today, as part of Kent State’s Veterans Day commemoration, a group of volunteers along with University Facilities Management (UFM) staff gathered with shovels, buckets, bulbs and bone meal on the hill overlooking The Commons near Taylor Hall. Just a few yards from the May 4 Memorial, this group worked to dig holes, fill them with “just a puff” of bone meal and plant daffodil bulbs as part of University Facilities Management’s annual plan to keep Daffodil Hill in bloom as a living memorial to U.S. soldiers killed in the Vietnam War. Shovels and gloves, water and...
Kent State is required to have and maintain a Storm Water Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Phase II Storm Water permit. As part of that permit, Kent State is required to develop best management practices (bmps) under 7 Minimum Control Measures (MCM). One of these MCM bpms is to survey the university community regarding their understanding of stormwater and how we can all protect it from pollution. The Environmental Health and Safety Department has developed this survey and it is available on the EHS website. Please visit the EHS website to learn more about environmental compliance and ...
Today, as part of Kent State’s Veterans Day commemoration, a group of volunteers along with University Facilities Management (UFM) staff gathered with shovels, buckets, bulbs and bone meal on the hill overlooking The Commons near Taylor Hall. Just a few yards from the May 4 Memorial, this group worked to dig holes, fill them with “just a puff” of bone meal and plant daffodil bulbs as part of University Facilities Management’s annual plan to keep Daffodil Hill in bloom as a living memorial to U.S. soldiers killed in the Vietnam War. Shovels and gloves, water and coo...