Enhance your health and well-being while having fun with your co-workers, family members and friends. Join Fit for Life (formerly Faculty/Staff Exercise Program), and get the individual and small group attention needed while achieving personal goals at your own pace. This one-credit workshop is a perfect opportunity for members to achieve success in their personal health and fitness journey.  For employees and students eligible for tuition benefits, this exercise program is free! Spring 2016 sessions start on Jan. 19 with three different times offered Mondays, Wedne...

Your Kent State ID Number is a unique 9-digit number that begins with an "8." Kent State uses this number to identify all faculty, staff and students within the university. Various departments, including Payroll, Benefits and Employee and Academic Records, use this number to associate their records with you. Locate your Kent State ID Number by logging into FlashLine and selecting the profile image to access the My Profile page. For security reasons, do not share this number with anyone. ...

The fourth floor of the Kent State University Main Library is the ultimate study space, complete with treadmill desks, cozy seats and the Math Emporium. But where are the books?     To make room for custom-made areas like these, more than five miles of shelving - filled with books - moved from the second, fourth and fifth floors of the library to storage facilities, such as Assure Vault and the Northeast Ohio Regional Book Depository. The facilities are two of five active storage buildings around Ohio that house and share books through an extensive system - partnering...

Kent State University has been named a Military Friendly® School by Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs®, STEM JobSM and Military Spouse, for the seventh year in a row. In addition, this is the fifth year that Kent State University at Tuscarawas has held the elite title. Kent State at Ashtabula has been recognized for four years. The latest designation puts Kent State in the top 20 percent of colleges and universities nationwide that are doing the most to embrace a commitment to student veterans, both in the classroom and after graduation. “This is a major poin...