Note: Please see updated meeting links below. The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 17, in the Kent Student Center, Room 306. The Board will consider the recommendations of the standing committees, proposed personnel actions and new business. Trustees will retire into executive session at 8 a.m. to consider specific topics as provided under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.” The roll call vote for this session will occur in public at the Kent Student Center, Room 306. A limited number of seats open...
RecWell Alumni Mentorship Program
Overview
The RecWell Alumni Mentorship Program connects current Kent State Recreation and Wellness Services student employees with former RecWell alumni to support career development and professional growth. Through one-on-one*, virtual mentoring via Microsoft Teams, students are paired with alumni based on academic majors and career interests, creating meaningful connections that extend beyond the classroom and workplace. *(or two-on-one, depending upon how many mentors that we have)
Senior Zoology major and ESDRI Fellow at Kent State University, Jami Greb spent the summer studying wild songbirds. Under the guidance of Sangeet Lamichhaney, PhD in the Department of Biological Sciences, Greb participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program, supported by the Environmental Science and Design Research Institute (ESDRI), investigating how the gut microbiomes of birds shift with the changing seasons. “For my research, I am looking at the gut microbiomes of wild songbirds and how it changes between the seasons,” Greb explained. “I am...