All Employee Webinar Kent State University is committed to raising awareness about depression in the workplace, reducing stigma associated with mental illness, and most importantly, bringing awareness and resources to support treatment and self-care. Please join Lisa Kirby, MFT, PC, of IMPACT Solutions Employee Assistance and Work/Life Program (EAP), along with Kim Hauge, Kent State’s manager of employee wellness, on Nov. 10 from 10-11 a.m. for an informative webinar about Right Direction, an initiative of the Partnership for Workplace Mental Health. In this webinar, you will le...
The Educational Psychology classes taught by Anne Morrison, Ph.D., a professor in the College of Education, Health and Human Services, have been taking field trips to Little Italy and University Circle in Cleveland for the past 20 years to help them create integrated lesson plans as a course assignment. This semester, more than 30 mentors, students and some of their parents and friends started the trip with Morrison with pizza from Little Italy’s Mama Santa’s Restaurant and then walked to Lake View Cemetery, a nationally recognized landmark where President James A. Garfield and John D. Rock...
The Division of Human Resources is pleased to co-host its second child car seat safety inspection of 2016 on Tuesday, Nov. 8, from 3-6 p.m. at Kent State University’s Child Development Center, located at 775 Loop Road in Kent. Four out of five car seats are installed incorrectly. Keep your child safe by making sure your child’s car seat is properly installed. If you have more than one car seat or base, feel free to have them each inspected. Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians from the Portage County Health Department will conduct child car seat inspections. Kent State Poli...
Mamoun Alzoubi, Department of English, presented a paper, “Richard Wright and Transnationalism: A Reading of Pagan Spain,” at the American Literature Association Annual Conference, May 26-29, 2016, in San Francisco, California. ...
Familiar Face Lisa Waite Senior Lecturer Communication Studies Stark Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I am a resident communication faculty who teaches a variety of upper- and lower-division communication courses, and I also oversee internship and practicum field experiences for our communication majors. In addition to my teaching, I partner with our (Kent State University at Stark) Corporate University to offer professional development training to local businesses. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 1995 as part time and started full time in August of 1997 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KE...
New Face Michael Storay II Admissions Counselor Admissions Office Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Serve prospective students in efforts to bring undergraduate students to Kent State University through various initiatives. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: April 2016 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Quicken Loans Inc. LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The friendly people and the beautiful campus ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Felt that Kent State University provides great opportunities for me to grow and develop as a young p...
Physical activity is essential to fighting obesity, and scientists are constantly working to make this activity more effective and beneficial. A $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health will help biology professor Colleen Novak, Ph.D., from Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences better understand how the body allocates energy and burns fat. In her project, “Mechanisms Underlying Contextual Induction of Muscle Thermogenesis,” Novak is studying the biological phenomenon known as thermogenesis — how the body burns caloric energy, turning it into heat. “We are go...
Physical activity is essential to fighting obesity, and scientists are constantly working to make this activity more effective and beneficial. A $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health will help biology professor Colleen Novak, Ph.D., from Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences better understand how the body allocates energy and burns fat. In her project, “Mechanisms Underlying Contextual Induction of Muscle Thermogenesis,” Novak is studying the biological phenomenon known as thermogenesis — how the body burns caloric energy, turning it into heat. “We are go...
Kent State University President Beverly Warren delivered the State of the University address on Thursday, Oct. 13. Themed “Living the Kent State Promise,” Warren outlined her vision of a reimagined public research university. “The Kent State Promise should be a comprehensive approach to student success and fulfillment,” Warren said. “We aspire to bring the totality of the resources and reach of one of the nation’s largest research universities to higher education’s most important outcome: more college graduates who have the skills, talent and desire to change the world – who understand that...
The Kent State University Alumni Association is seeking nominations for the Alumni Awards. These awards recognize graduates in the area of leadership, service, character and professional development. “The alumni association is proud to recognize notable, accomplished graduates,” said Lori Randorf, assistant vice president of alumni relations at Kent State. “These awards not only bring distinction to the alumni who receive them, but also to the university as they showcase the contributions Kent State graduates make to their professions and society.” Five alumni awards will be granted alon...