It is summer vacation season again, and e-Inside wants to feature some of your best vacation or staycation photos, including selfies. Submit your favorite vacation or staycation photos and a brief description to einside@kent.edu by Tuesday, July 26, and depending on the number of entries that we receive, they might be featured in e-Inside. Please use "Summer Vacation Photos" as your email subject line. See some of the photo submissions from last year ...

Familiar Face Sue L. Hritz Associate Lecturer College of Nursing Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Nontenure-track faculty at the Kent Campus, teaching various undergraduate nursing courses and the community health nursing clinical WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: January 2006 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Worked at various positions as an RN: Cleveland Clinic Visiting Nurse Service and Affiliates, Summa Health Home Care and Hospice, Visiting Nurse Association in Santa Rosa, California, and Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa, California. I have also worked a...

New Face Todd A. Clark Security Supervisor Kent State University Museum Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Head of security and visitor services at the Kent State University Museum. I supervise security staff, ensuring the safety and security of the museum, the museum collection, museum patrons, students and university staff.  WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: November 2015 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Stark County Park District, National Park Service, United States Army LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: I worked for the university as a residen...

Kent State University employees are invited to participate in the next annual health screening to be held on Aug. 2, 16 and 25, from 7:30-10:30 a.m. Be Well Solutions, Kent State’s wellness partner, will again offer the onsite health screenings to all full-time, benefits-eligible employees.  The August screenings will take place in Heer Hall, Room 107, on the Kent Campus. Additional screenings are scheduled for all campuses throughout the upcoming months and can be found on the wellness calendar and the Be Well portal. You do not have to be covered by one of the university health pl...

Yes, new hires are expected to complete the Beyond Compliance requirement. During new hire orientation, new employees are asked to complete the four courses listed below: Bridges: Building A Supportive Community (Title IX) Bullying in the Workplace Ethics and Code of Conduct Prevent Harassment and Discrimination All four courses are Beyond Compliance eligible. All faculty and staff are required to complete at least two hours of Beyond Compliance training every year. To register, visit www.kent.edu/hr/training/beyond-compliance. If your employee did not attend new hir...

Signing up for personal health coaching is as easy as 1…2…3. If you are interested in working on health-related concerns with a wellness expert, attend the next personal health coaching session on Wednesday, Aug. 3, from 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. in Heer Hall, Room 103, at 635 Loop Rd. Pre-registration is required. Certified through WellCoaches of America, Be Well coaches will work with you individually to reach your wellness goals. They have expertise in a variety of areas, including exercise, nutrition, stress management, tobacco cessation and general health. Onsite health coaching sessions wil...

Kent State University at Ashtabula Sociology Professor Brian Castellani, Ph.D., was recently named a Systems Science Scholar by AcademyHealth. With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a selection committee considered applications from systems science researchers nationwide. Castellani was one of five chosen for this honor.  Castellani specializes in a systems science approach to public health concerns. Using the system science approach, he looks at the various aspects of society and environment involved in creating a person’s level of health and well-being. For i...

Vivian Feke, a recent graduate of Kent State University who studied broadcast journalism in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is the winner of the 2016 Student Edward R. Murrow Overall Excellence Award for video. The Radio Television Digital News Association presents only three of these awards every year – one each for audio, video and multimedia – to recognize outstanding work by student journalists. Feke won the video excellence award for her story “Making a Difference” about Michelle Schwertner, a retired businesswoman who bought a home in Cleveland’s Slavic Village so tha...