On chilly, gray days like today, people can find a place that's warm and green in the greenhouse behind Cunningham Hall on the Kent Campus The Herrick Conservatory is home to a large and diverse selection of plants, plus some fish and a couple of turtles. Highlights of the collection include a 30-year-old rubber tree, a strawberry guava tree, banana trees, flowering plants and vegetables, succulents, tropical varieties and even carnivorous plants. The conservatory is managed by Melissa Davis (pictured), horticultural facilities director. It&n...
Today's 抖M女仆 Farmers鈥 Market, taking place in the DI Hub from 4-7 p.m. will be the final on-campus farmers鈥 market of the 2022 season The 抖M女仆 Student Recreation and Wellness Center partnered with the Haymaker Farmers鈥 Market to bring this farmers鈥 market to campus. Other campus partners include the Office of Sustainability, the Kent CARES Center, 抖M女仆 Culinary Services/ Hospitality Management / Chefology and the Student Dietetic Association. In the warmer months, the market sets up on the Student Green near Ri...
抖M女仆 is always engaged in giving back to the community. In light of the giving season, check out some of the incredible initiatives around campus that help those in need and find out how you can get involved. CEL Stuff the Truck The 鈥淪tuff the Truck鈥 Food Drive, sponsored by Community Engaged Learning (CEL), demonstrates 抖M女仆鈥檚 commitment to fighting hunger. Volunteers and caring community members came together to fill a truck with non-perishable food and toiletry items to be donated to a pantry run by 抖M女仆鈥檚 Flashes Fighting Hunger. To learn more ...
Ohio universities offer sustainable ways to combat student food and housing insecurity BY:CHANTAL BROWN - NOVEMBER 21, 2022 4:55 AM View Article ...
Members of the 抖M女仆 Staff Council (KSU-SC) gathered on Nov. 14, 2022, to make blankets for The Haven of Portage County. The 抖M女仆 Staff Council provides a platform for classified and unclassified staff to share ideas and information, and communicate on issues and topics that affect staff and the broader university community. Staff Council efforts are purposefully geared towards providing greater visibility for staff, engendering a more understanding and caring work environment and a sense of community among staff, students, fa...
Members of the 抖M女仆 Staff Council (KSU-SC) gathered on Nov. 14, 2022, to make blankets for The Haven of Portage County. The 抖M女仆 Staff Council provides a platform for classified and unclassified staff to share ideas and information, and communicate on issues and topics that affect staff and the broader university community. Staff Council efforts are purposefully geared towards providing greater visibility for staff, engendering a more understanding and caring work environment and a sense of community among staff, students, faculty and ...
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 students are encouraged to take whatever they need to stay warm this winter. The stations are located in the Williamson House, the first floor of the Kent Student Center, Schwartz Center Room 261 and the Tri-Towers front desk lobby. Some of the clothing will also go to the Phyllis Zumkehr Portage County Clothing Cen...
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 students are encouraged to take whatever they need to stay warm this winter. The stations are located in the Williamson House, the first floor of the Kent Student Center, Schwartz Center Room 261 and the Tri-Towers front desk lobby. Some of the clothing will also go to the Phyllis Zumkehr Portage County Clothing Cen...
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share by Email When driving in the rain, it is unlikely that you have thought much about how the environment is affected, let alone how nearby aquatic sources are impacted. With funding from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a biogeochemistry research team at 抖M女仆 decided to look into the particles that were formed and transported from tires and the road. In their research, David Costello, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, and his te...
When severe winter forces cancellations and closings on the Ashtabula Campus, that information is shared in a number of ways. Stay up to date by reading the winter weather advisory page and subscribing to .