Road salt choking ecosystems and contaminating water, says Kent State professor CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) Dr. Anne Jefferson is a geologist at Kent State and she says we are killing Mother Nature slowly every winter. “I have lived all over the country and I have never seen an area that applies as much salt as Northeast Ohio,” says Jefferson. She tells Cleveland 19 too much salt is being applied. We are actually salting up our streams lakes and wetlands, and it's ruining our drinking water with all this salt. Experts have been measuring the salt in bodies of water in Northe...
They laced up. They warmed up. They got moving. In the end, nearly 800 hard-charging, heart-pounding employees from across şÚÁĎÍř’s eight campuses came together as one team. TEAM KENT STATE captured first place in the national On the Move University Challenge for the most active university in the country. “The challenge really gets at the whole person, and this is what our employees like about On the Move,” said Kim Hauge, Kent State’s director of employee wellness. As the university recessed for the holiday break, faculty and staff members on TEAM KEN...
Do you wonder if it would ever be possible to afford a college education? şÚÁĎÍř at Geauga is here to help. Attend our Financial Aid Workshop to answer all your questions regarding loans, grants, scholarships, and more! Who can attend? High school students preparing to graduate -with a parent Anyone in the workforce thinking about a degree You will receive help completing the online FAFSA form! Don’t know what these are? No worries! All your questions will be answered. You will receive knowledge ...
şÚÁĎÍř at Ashtabula associate chemistry professor Ann Abraham, Ph.D., was recently named the Northeastern Ohio Local Section Outreach Volunteer of the Year by the American Chemistry Society (ACS). The award recognizes extraordinary outreach volunteer service within the section. “I’m humbled to receive this recognition,” Abraham said. “I share it with my family, friends, colleagues and many current and past students that support these efforts. I love sharing the fun of chemistry with people of all ages.” Abraham was nominated by her peers in the Northeastern Ohio Lo...
As prospective business school students weigh through their options of which school to attend, the decision-making process can be overwhelming. However, an important factor to consider can help make the decision easier and allow for an exclusive group of business schools to stand out: accreditation. şÚÁĎÍř’s College of Business Administration has undergone the rigorous process to ensure the highest standards in business education are being met. In the end, the college has emerged in an elite group. The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Busine...
Dr. David Dees, interim dean of şÚÁĎÍř at Salem, announced those students named to the Fall 2017 President’s and Dean’s lists. To qualify for the President’s List, students must have a 4.0 grade point average and must have completed 15 hours during the semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a 3.40 or greater grade point average and must have completed 12 or more credit hours for the semester, the majority at the Salem Campus. The students and their hometowns are: President’s List Alliance: Todd Bowen Kirk Kyle Beloit: Brien...