In The News
The HR Training & Development team is pleased to announce a revised schedule for New Hire Orientation. Highlights include a hybrid model, a shift to afternoon sessions and breaking the traditional one-day session into two separate days. Click to learn more about this exciting new format, especially if you're a hiring manager or supervisor!
Human Resources Employee Benefits is pleased to announce an addition to the team! Some of you may remember this familiar name — Sheba Marshall returns to Kent State as Interim Executive Director of Employee Benefits & Wellness.
The amount of federal income tax withheld from your paycheck is determined by the information that you provide on Federal Form W-4. Kent State University is unable to assist you in completing your W-4. However, the IRS provides offers a tax withholding estimator on its website.
To review your W-4, go to Top Employee Resources within FlashLine, choose Tax Forms, and then W-4 Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate.
Kent State Employee Wellness is excited to host Teladoc representative, Beau Cobb. He is coming to Kent Campus to provide an overview of the free Livongo (through Teladoc Health) programming available to benefits-eligible Kent State employees. In-person events are available June 12 and virtual sessions are now available June 15. Wellness sessions eligible for 10 Tier 2 wellness points.
Managers and supervisors should have received information from the Controller's Office regarding the cut-off dates for financial transactions for the current fiscal year, which ends on June 30. View the deadlines for receipt of information and other year-end announcements online at www.kent.edu/controller under the Fiscal Year End Cut-off Dates tab. The Controller's Office appreciates timely submissions of documents to ensure that a timely year-end cut-off has occurred.
In the wake of the recent tragic shooting at a Louisville, Kentucky bank, our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Impact Solutions, wants to remind everyone that it is normal to experience a wide range of emotions and that an EAP can offer support. To speak with a mental health clinician, reach out to your employee assistance program anytime at 1-800-227-6007 or myimpactsolution.com. The program is 100% confidential, free to use, and it is available to family members.
Kent State Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) is pleased to announce two opportunities to receive the 10-hour OSHA certification this summer. Registration is now open for two sessions of the OSHA 10-hour general industry course. This 10-hour safety course helps workers identify, avoid and correct on-the-job hazards.
Across the College of Podiatric Medicine’s (CPM) over one-hundred-year-old history you will find a remarkable roster of women serving as clinicians, educators, researchers and staff working to make the college what it is today. In honor of Women’s History Month, meet just some of the brilliant women of CPM shaping and supporting the doctors of yesterday, today and tomorrow:
Now in its 16th year, the “Great Colleges to Work For” program is a national survey that recognizes institutions that get top ratings from faculty and staff for building great workplace practices and policies. On or around Mar. 4, an invitation to take the Great Colleges to Work For survey was distributed to a random selection of our employees and faculty members, meaning you may or may not have been chosen to provide feedback.
You know Kent State has a medical school – you’ve likely even seen the grand Georgian-style building that houses the College of Podiatric Medicine while driving on Route 77. But did you know that tucked inside the College is also one of its full-functioning teaching facilities, the Cleveland Foot & Ankle Clinic (CFAC)? Another location is conveniently located at the DeWeese Health Center.