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Events
The Office of Sustainability is involved in various events throughout the year.
- Campus Sustainability Month: October
- National Solar Tour: October
- Bra Recycling Drive: October
- Game Day Challenge: Fall Semester
- Winter Coat and Clothing Drive: November/December
- Campus Race to Zero Waste: Spring Semester
- E-Cycle Drive: March
- Earth Month Events: April
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![Winter Coat and Clothing Drive](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Winter%20Coat%201600x900%202022v2%20%281%29_0.jpg?VersionId=cQpxt4rNX8Ik9HFv_4Bx4ndtcqXiaAKp)
From Nov. 14 through Dec. 9, university groups on the Kent Campus will be collecting clean, gently used or new items from all ages, including warm clothing, hats, gloves, scarves and sweaters.
The clothing collected will go to the four Winter Warm-Up Stations on campus, where…
KENT STATE’S ANNUAL CLOTHING DRIVE WANTS EVERYONE WARM THIS WINTER; Kent State Today; November 21, 2022
From Nov. 14 through Dec. 9, university groups on the Kent Campus will be collecting clean, gently used or new items from all ages, including warm clothing, hats, gloves, scarves and sweaters. The clothing collected will go to the four Winter Warm-Up Stations on campus, where…Image
![Kent State Storm Water](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/20201021_BC_200570_October_Feature_554.jpg?VersionId=1QKVNG1ThJCy4MdLc6slhEWZbfZ_RIKW)
Kent State is required to have and maintain a Storm Water Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Phase II Storm Water permit. As part of that permit, Kent State is required to develop best management practices (bmps) under 7 Minimum Control Measures (MCM).
STORM WATER ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE; Kent State Today; November 20, 2022
Kent State is required to have and maintain a Storm Water Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Phase II Storm Water permit. As part of that permit, Kent State is required to develop best management practices (bmps) under 7 Minimum Control Measures (MCM).Image
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Today, as part of Kent State’s Veterans Day commemoration, a group of volunteers along with University Facilities Management (UFM) staff gathered with shovels, buckets, bulbs and bone meal on the hill overlooking The Commons near Taylor Hall.
Just a few…
PLANTING THE SEEDS (OR BULBS) OF REMEMBRANCE ON KENT STATE’S DAFFODIL HILL; Kent State Today; November 10, 2022
Today, as part of Kent State’s Veterans Day commemoration, a group of volunteers along with University Facilities Management (UFM) staff gathered with shovels, buckets, bulbs and bone meal on the hill overlooking The Commons near Taylor Hall. Just a few…Image
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Today, as part of Kent State’s Veterans Day commemoration, a group of volunteers along with University Facilities Management (UFM) staff gathered with shovels, buckets, bulbs and bone meal on the hill overlooking The Commons near Taylor Hall.
Just a few…
PLANTING THE SEEDS (OR BULBS) OF REMEMBRANCE ON KENT STATE’S DAFFODIL HILL; Kent State Today; November 10, 2022
Today, as part of Kent State’s Veterans Day commemoration, a group of volunteers along with University Facilities Management (UFM) staff gathered with shovels, buckets, bulbs and bone meal on the hill overlooking The Commons near Taylor Hall. Just a few…Image
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Come help Flashes Fighting Hunger, Kent State’s student-powered response to food insecurity, and observe Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week (Nov. 14-19) by filling the truck with unperishable…
SUPPORT THE "STUFF THE TRUCK" FOOD DRIVE; Kent State Today; November 8, 2022
Come help Flashes Fighting Hunger, Kent State’s student-powered response to food insecurity, and observe Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week (Nov. 14-19) by filling the truck with unperishable…Image
![EARTHWORMS ARE THE STARS OF THE SHOW IN GRADUATE STUDENT’S RESEARCH ON COMPOSTING](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/3min%20thesis%20slide%20update%202022_5_1.jpg?VersionId=3bXLVWCzb8Qpd.tnbTMFUuwsbAHIujrn)
Scenic design and earthworms don’t normally have a connection, but Kathalina Thorpe, Kent State scenic design graduate student, has connected the two to improve the environment.
At Kent State, Thorpe has been conducting research on using earthworms to compost…
EARTHWORMS ARE THE STARS OF THE SHOW IN GRADUATE STUDENT’S RESEARCH ON COMPOSTING; Kent State Today; November 8, 2022
Scenic design and earthworms don’t normally have a connection, but Kathalina Thorpe, Kent State scenic design graduate student, has connected the two to improve the environment. At Kent State, Thorpe has been conducting research on using earthworms to compost…Image
![Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share by Email Sheren Faraq, Ph.D. (second from right), is the director and assistant professor of the Horticulture Technology program at Kent State University at Salem](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/20221017_BC_220449_Salem%20Campus_683_0.jpg?VersionId=l8L8HV0zx11xGbD9l_mm.2Ht8TPoJFkb)
Sheren Faraq, Ph.D. (second from right), is the director and assistant professor of the Horticulture Technology program at Kent State…
IN A FLASH: THE CAMPUS IS HER CLASSROOM; Kent State Today; October 27, 2022
Sheren Faraq, Ph.D. (second from right), is the director and assistant professor of the Horticulture Technology program at Kent State…Image
![SURE Fellows Demonstrate Kent State's R1 Status In Action](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/SURE%20first%20place%20winners_0.jpg?VersionId=UrE3Y6Wv.TZxj0JdUN98F8HsPPmexDjv)
Students majoring in aerospace engineering, theater, physics, music and nursing were among the 90 presenters at the annual Summer…
SURE FELLOWS DEMONSTRATE KENT STATE'S R1 STATUS IN ACTION; Kent State Today; October 20, 2022
Students majoring in aerospace engineering, theater, physics, music and nursing were among the 90 presenters at the annual Summer…Image
![Kent State students plant trees for Trees for the Future event](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/220923-Climate-change-grove_RD-00152.jpg?VersionId=ZoDuVryOM64mKHmiXdzcXWcwsh6BmpGb)
The Kent State community planted more than 100 trees in the Climate Change Grove to help offset the university’s carbon footprint and provide a way to research the effects of climate change in our immediate environments.
Located behind the Warren Student Recreation and Wellness…