On Tuesday, April 23, LaunchNET Kent State held its annual Awards & Expo at Ray’s Place, where they highlighted their many partners, students, clients, and events from the 2018-19 academic year. “We wouldn’t be able to do all the great things we do at LaunchNET without our partners across the region and university, so it’s very important for us to take time to recognize them, in addition to our students and clients,” said Julie Messing, executive director of LaunchNET. The evening started with networking and an expo with about a dozen LaunchNET clients, who are students, alumni, faculty...
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Administrative policy regarding flexible work arrangements
- Policy statement. recognizes that providing employees with workplace flexibility increases their efficiency and promotes more effective use of available resources. The position of the university to encourage flexible work arrangements insofar as such arrangements do not adversely affect the efficient and effective operation of the university itself. Flexible work arrangements are a privilege and may be structured in different ways that are best for the specific department and job role.
- Definitions
- Flexible work arrangement.
Policy Effective Date:
Dec 02, 2025
Kent State at Salem held its annual nursing convocation and pinning ceremony during which students received their nursing pins and recited the nursing pledge. All are receiving degrees this year through the Bachelor of Science in nursing (BSN) program on the Salem Campus. Dr. Mary Lou Ferranto, coordinator of the BSN program at Salem, presented the 2019 class of graduates, while nursing faculty members presented various awards and the students’ pins. Several students were recognized for their academic and leadership achievements. Emily Ehrenberg received the Award for Acade...
In May 2018, ’s Wick Poetry Center received a $90,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Since then, the center has been busy strategically planning and implementing the River Stanzas Project in communities around Northeast Ohio. The River Stanzas Project helps “use poetry to reflect on the history of the Cuyahoga and project forward the future we want to have,” explained Charles Malone, program and outreach manager for the Wick Poetry Center. “As we are approaching the 50th anniversary of the (Cuyahoga) river burning, the grant has helped us make sense ...
Division of People, Culture and Belonging
Paul Creed III, Office of Continuing and Distance Education, was awarded “Certificate in Project Management” by on May 2, 2019. ...
at Tuscarawas engineering technology students collaborated on their capstone project during the spring semester and unveiled a search and rescue robot on finals night in early May. A class of ten students from electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and electrical/mechanical engineering technologies participated in the process from the ground up – taking the project from the idea phase to the actual design and fabrication of a working robot. The unique robot seeks out the source of fires in burning buildings, holds a deployable rope for search and rescue...