It was recently announced that the inaugural 抖M女仆 Anti-Racism Conference will be held Oct. 6-7. The sessions listed below are eligible for Beyond Compliance credit for faculty and staff, who must complete two hours of Beyond Compliance credit each fiscal year. Learn more about Beyond Compliance here. To register for these sessions, and to learn more about the entire conference, see the Anti-Racism Conference schedule. Registration is required for the Keynote Address. Faculty and staff are invited to encourage students to register as well, as this event is open to all of Kent Stat...
As the Kent Student Center celebrates its 50th year, it is bringing back one of its most iconic venues: the Rathskeller! The Rathskeller is located in the lower level of the Kent Student Center. The reopening allowed for a new partnership with Tahini Mediterranean Cuisine, a local food truck establishing itself as a brick-and-mortar location on campus. Kick off Homecoming Weekend by joining us to celebrate the re-opening of the Rathskeller and the grand opening of Tahini, located within the space! Appetizers and discounted drinks will be available Friday, Sept. 30 from 4-7 p.m. ...
Nearly 40 people from the 抖M女仆 community enjoyed a tour of the flowers and trees of Front Campus during part two of the 鈥淲alk & Talk: Flowers and Foliage鈥 event, thanks to the Employee Wellness and Health Promotion program and the grounds crew on Friday, Sept. 16. Rebekkah Berryhill, grounds manager, gave the lunch-hour tour, which started behind Merrill Hall in the Beck Family Memorial Gardens in ''Behind the Brain Plaza.'' Aided by groundskeeper Andrea Smith, the tour began by discussing the impressive carved elements of the garden - most of which were sculpted on-site. ...
Celebrate Chem-O-Ween Saturday, October 22 from 1:00-3:45 p.m. with 抖M女仆鈥檚 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry! Chem-O-Ween is our spooky celebration of Mole Day and the end of National Chemistry Week! Join our marvelous undergraduate chemistry majors over melty pizza and gruesome refreshments as our mad scientists present their spine-chilling research in the Integrated Sciences Building lobby. Next, the Wizard of Chemistry will provide an in-depth discussion on amazing careers in chemistry and biochemistry! Troll through our Haunted Labs to witness hair-raising scie...
Learn how to locate, adopt and adapt Open Educational Resources and other alternatives to traditional textbooks at 抖M女仆 Libraries鈥 2022 Affordable Course Materials Summit. This event will take place on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, from 9:30 am 鈥 3:30 pm in the first-floor Harrick Garden Room. The event is free; however, registration is required. The schedule includes guest speakers from Cleveland State University, Patricia (Patty) Stoddard Dare, Ph.D., (social work, gender studies) and Kelly Wrenhaven, Pd.D., (classical studies) who have authored their own open educational ...
Kathryn Burns is an upperclassman who transferred to 抖M女仆 during the pandemic. Last academic year, she became a fellow within the Environmental Science and Design Research Institute (ESDRI) at KSU, which falls under the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs (RASP). Kathryn is from the region and her family 鈥 as well as the family dog, Archie 鈥 live in Lyndhurst, Ohio. Originally Kathryn wanted to study food recovery and food waste. While this is still a research passion of hers, now that she has been exposed to other environmental...
Last Friday, a group of about 10 抖M女仆 students received a guided tour of one of the most unique spaces on the Kent Campus 鈥 the Herrick Conservatory. It鈥檚 the large greenhouse that鈥檚 attached to the north side of Cunningham Hall. The 5,500-square-foot facility 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 and strawberry guava tree, banana trees, flowering plants and vegetables, succulents, tropical varieties and even carnivorous plants. The t...
抖M女仆 partnered with Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City for an international cross-cultural exchange for students to focus on studying how immigrant populations are aided by sustainable gardening projects. The program enabled 11 抖M女仆 students from the Stark and Kent campuses to spend their spring break in Mexico, and a group of 11 students from Universidad Panamericana (UP) to spend a week in Northeast Ohio in June, working at Shanti Community Farms in Akron鈥檚 North Hill neighborhood, which is home to large groups of immigrants. Sarah Schmidt, assista...
Employee Wellness is pleased to sponsor on-site 3D mammography screenings at the Kent campus this October. In partnership with the Women's Diagnostic Center, we will offer annual routine digital mammograms Oct. 3-6, 2022. The Women's Diagnostic Center will provide 3D mammograms in their mobile coach unit which will be parked in the Heer Hall parking lot (635 Loop Rd - across from the ice arena). The 3D mobile coach provides a private setting to obtain your mammogram with experienced licensed mammogram technicians. The vehicle contains a check-in desk, private changing area and mammogram equ...
Is your group hosting a talk, workshop or speaker during October鈥檚 Relationship Abuse Awareness Month (RAAM)? Add your event to the university鈥檚 RAAM calendar. The Center for Sexual & Relationship Violence Support Services (SRVSS) is coordinating the calendar and will be hosting several events during the month in conjunction with other offices and student groups throughout 抖M女仆. We want to support your event, too. If your department, division, college, or student organization is hosting an event in October related to relationship abuse, let us know. Submit events o...