First-year Honors College students were invited to meet classmates and enjoy some New Baltimore ice cream, as they gathered at the Honors College Welcome Event and Ice Cream social on Thurs., Aug. 15, to kickoff the start to their collegiate careers. Students were encouraged to take part in an interactive BINGO card game, where students marked off scorecards based on pieces of information collected from fellow students at the event. Student members of the Honors College Peer-to-Peer Support Program were on-hand to welcome new students and have a blast with a friendly game of ki...
Creating an Inclusive Workplace - Open Registration (1.5 BC)
What does an inclusive workplace look like and how can we create one? Participants will explore these questions, learn some basics and strategize on how they can contribute to making a more inclusive work environment.
Dear Regional Campus faculty and staff,I am pleased to announce a series of upcoming Stakeholder Sessions that we will be hosting for our Regional Campus community this fall. We hope this will provide an opportunity for us to come together, learn more about the various areas and departments within our Regional Campus System, and discuss key topics that are important to our continued success.Our first session in September will feature Denise Bartell, senior associate vice president for regional faculty and student success, along with Kevin Deemer, course scheduling and assignment administrator....
The historic house perched next to the Lefton Esplanade at South Lincoln Street on the Kent Campus, which has been home to the Wick Poetry Center since 2014, is now officially the Gaston Prentice House.The house, at 129 S. Lincoln St., had belonged to May H. Prentice, the first female faculty member of Kent State, and was moved to its current location in 2013. Adding Gaston to its name reflects the generous donations by Paul Gaston, Ph.D., former Kent State provost and Trustees Professor Emeritus, and his wife Eileen, over many years. David Hassler, the Bob and Walt Wick Executive Directo...