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
When recent Undergraduate Student Government (USG) President Chazzlyn Jackson started her journey at Kent State University in 2018, she had planned to major in fashion until a mentor with Kupita/Transiciones (K/T) cultural orientation program helped her tap into her…
RECENT GRADUATE CHAZZLYN JACKSON HONED HER PASSION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISM AT KENT STATE; Kent State News; May 17, 2022
When recent Undergraduate Student Government (USG) President Chazzlyn Jackson started her journey at Kent State University in 2018, she had planned to major in fashion until a mentor with Kupita/Transiciones (K/T) cultural orientation program helped her tap into her…Image
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
By Jillian Kramer, BA '06
Climate change is affecting all of us in one way or another, and its impacts will only increase in the near future. It's a daunting problem…
ALUMNI CLIMATE ADVOCATES; Kent State Magazine; Spring/Summer 2022
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Jillian Kramer, BA '06 Climate change is affecting all of us in one way or another, and its impacts will only increase in the near future. It's a daunting problem…Image
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
By Candace Goforth DeSantis, BS ’94
Concerned about the dire crisis facing their generation, Kent State students are drawing attention to the causes of…
COMING TOGETHER TO COMMUNICATE CLIMATE CHANGE; Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Candace Goforth DeSantis, BS ’94 Concerned about the dire crisis facing their generation, Kent State students are drawing attention to the causes of…Image
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
By Lisa Abraham, photos by Rami Daud, BA ’20
Imagine a day when Ohio’s environment is unable to sustain native trees like the sugar maple, which produces the sap distilled into…
SURVIVAL OF THE TREES; Kent State Magazine; Spring/Summer 2022
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Lisa Abraham, photos by Rami Daud, BA ’20 Imagine a day when Ohio’s environment is unable to sustain native trees like the sugar maple, which produces the sap distilled into…Image
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
By Jillian Kramer, BA ’06
In their shared Biogeochemical Oceanography and Soil Science (or BOSS) laboratory at McGilvrey Hall, married couple Timothy Gallagher, PhD, and Allyson “…
ON LAND AND AT SEA; Kent State Magazine; Spring/Summer 2022
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Jillian Kramer, BA ’06 In their shared Biogeochemical Oceanography and Soil Science (or BOSS) laboratory at McGilvrey Hall, married couple Timothy Gallagher, PhD, and Allyson “…Image
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
By Jan Senn, photo by Greta Bell, BS '22
Let Our Powers Combine!” If you’re a millennial—or watched children’s TV shows in the early 1990s—that expression may ring a…
TAKING ACTION TO PROTECT THE PLANET; Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Jan Senn, photo by Greta Bell, BS '22 Let Our Powers Combine!” If you’re a millennial—or watched children’s TV shows in the early 1990s—that expression may ring a…Image
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
By Kat Braz and Jan Senn
GLOBAL CHALLENGE; Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Kat Braz and Jan SennImage
Terms describing severe weather patterns like “El Niño” and “polar vortex” get bandied about on the nightly news without much context or definition. Understanding climates and how extreme weather and climate variability manifest and affect life on Earth helps put rising…
ANOMALOUS WEATHER PATTERNS; Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022
Terms describing severe weather patterns like “El Niño” and “polar vortex” get bandied about on the nightly news without much context or definition. Understanding climates and how extreme weather and climate variability manifest and affect life on Earth helps put rising…Image
Kent State continues to establish itself as a leader in sustainability and environmental stewardship with solar installations—to attract students in environmental studies and research, to help our planet and to save money.
