Kent State University faculty, staff, students and parents are eligible for a 5 percent discount at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center. Rates vary depending on dates and occupancy. For more information and to book reservations, visit www.kentstatehotel.com or call 330-346-0100.
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Online final grading for summer 1 2017 (S1) began Thursday, July 13, via FlashFAST. Grading also is now available for any summer 2017 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is midnight on Tuesday, July 18. Any final grades for summer 2017 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. These summer 2017 courses will be available in the Workflow on Thursday, July 20.
A commitment to excel on the State of Ohio Physical Fitness Assessment yielded a perfect score for Kent State University’s Police Academy cadets.
Three Kent State University community members have developed a new app called Circl, which reinvents how people socialize and network.
Kent State University’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising has once again been named among the nation’s elite.
The Kent State University Museum presents its "Fashions of the Forties” exhibit that features a variety of different looks that typified the 1940s. The exhibit runs through March 2018.
Haithem Zourrig, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at Kent State University at Stark, received the 2017 McGraw-Hill Education Distinguished Award at the 44th annual meeting of the Federation of Business Disciplines held in Little Rock, Arkansas, from March 8-11, 2017.
Rebecca Meehan, Ph.D., School of Information, presented a poster titled “Continued Access to Hospital Patient Health Record Data in Long-Term Care” at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Feb. 21, 2017.
Pamela Rafferty-Semon, Jeremy Jarzembak and Jennifer Shanholtzer, College of Nursing, co-authored an online journal article titled “Simulating Complex Community Disaster Preparedness: Collaboration for Point of Distribution” in the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (OJIN), Vol. 22, No. 1, in 2017.
Kent State University's holiday closure for 2024 will begin Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, at 10:30 p.m. All offices will re-open on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. Employees not eligible for the paid leave include student employees, classified temporary staff, temporary agency staff, short-term unclassified appointments, unclassified intermittent appointments and employees in a lay-off status. More information on the holiday schedule, including how employees should report time during that period, will be available later this month.
Testing Your Faith Act (H.B. 353) was enacted in the Spring 2023 semester. In ordinance with this bill, Kent State University created a new administrative policy for religious and spiritual accommodations. This administrative policy allows students to report up to three days of unexcused absences to participate in religious holidays or community-held events in alignment with their spirituality.
Kent businesses, with the help of Main Street Kent, have created an exclusive weekend of special offers, giveaways, discounts and raffles just for educators Friday, Nov, 17 through Sunday, Nov. 19. Simply show your school ID at time of purchase for offerings and discounts. Explore participating businesses and special offers!