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Gift yourself and your community by pausing to reflect on someone or something you are grateful for.
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Looking for ways to elevate your mood, increase optimism, alleviate depression, cope with grief and get a happier outlook on life? Keeping a daily journal of things that you are thankful for could be just what the doctor ordered.
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Find encouraging ways to build purposeful movement that helps your mind and body while boosting your spirit. Join Team Kent State and Coach Sean Foy in our movement to Sit Less and Thrive.
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The university will provide paid parental leave to employees to recover from childbirth and/or to care for or bond with a child.
![A Kent State student listens to a speaker during the university’s 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. A Kent State student listens to a speaker during the university’s 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/B0B_0501.jpg?VersionId=DYCogGHVrwQCRJl.z67b36rpzWFHZT21&h=e6f36a9c&itok=_jKQ8qZB)
Kent State University held its 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.
![Students attend last year's Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. Students attend last year's Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/MLKLeadNEW.jpg?VersionId=2mihia14lixFFguwP4E2hFdLHUG.3eCq&h=ec98a0f6&itok=uBCsu3nI)
Kent State University will hold its 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.
![Kent State’s Vice President for Information Services Ed Mahon accepts the Unity Award for Diversity on behalf of the division from Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alfreda Brown.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/02.01.17%20Photo%20of%20Unity%20Award%20for%20Diversity%20winner%20-%20Division%20of%20Information%20Services.jpg?VersionId=bc1gHlklXssARc3f.kLIpKQSk0GAjph0&h=10d202d3&itok=_BIuejpa)
Division of Information Services and Communication Studies Faculty Member Honored
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Kent State University’s Division of Human Resources will partner with the Office of Sustainability to host Shred-Mania on Wednesday, March 22, from 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
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Kent State University continues to offer the Weight Watchers at Work program to all full- and part-time employees, their dependents and university students.
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We all encounter daily stressors – traffic, work deadlines and family obligations are just a few. Sometimes it feels like we can’t escape the stressors around us. On Thursday, Feb.