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������ Dining Services is creating a welcoming environment in the dining halls for Kent State’s international student body, which represents 109 countries. The latest advancement involved a trip to a Hindu Temple in Parma. The international food station in Prentice Café has themed events every other week, but an Indian menu was not part of the rotation. “Currently we encourage all students to share their recipes so they feel at home,” said Marlene Maneage, senior manager for Prentice Café. “We talk to our employees and customers to get to know them and what they like to ea...

May 4, 1970, was a watershed moment for the country and especially the ������ family. We lost four students that day while nine others were wounded and countless others were changed forever.  This abhorrent post is in poor taste and trivializes a loss of life that still pains the Kent State community today. We invite the person who wrote this statement to tour our campus and our May 4 Visitors Center, which opened four years ago, to gain perspective on what happened 47 years ago and apply its meaning to the future.  ...

Dr. Beverly Warren is the 12th President of ������.  Dr. Warren is leading Kent State during a time of unprecedented growth and transformation, guided by the six-year vision called A Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive Kent State.  This plan calls for the university to be a community of change agents whose collective commitment to learning sparks epic thinking, meaningful voice, and invaluable outcomes to better our society.  Listen to or download the broadcast: THE MAKING OF MEANINGFUL VOICE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT STUDENT VOICES ...

Rita McGrath, Ph.D., professor at Columbia Business School, will be the keynote speaker for the 2017 Spirit of Women in Business Conference on March 9, ������’s College of Business Administration has announced. McGrath is regarded as one of the world’s top experts on strategy and innovation with particular emphasis on developing sound strategy in uncertain and volatile environments. Her ideas are widely used by leading organizations throughout the world, who describe her thinking as often provocative, but unfailingly stimulating. She fosters a fresh approach to strategy amongst...

The ������ Fashion School and Museum will host a lecture by the ALLELES Design Studio team in connection with the museum’s current exhibition “(dis)ABLED BEAUTY: The Evolution of Beauty, Disability and Ability.” The lecture, with remarks by ALLELES Art Director McCauley Wanner and Technology Director Ryan Palibroda, will take place on Friday, February 17, at 3 p.m. in the museum’s Murphy Auditorium. The event includes a reception and is free and open to all. Based in Victoria, Canada, ALLELES creates stylish prosthesis covers for amputees. Their work is included in “(dis)ABLED ...

Looking for ways to elevate your mood, increase optimism, alleviate depression, cope with grief and get a happier outlook on life? Keeping a daily journal of things that you are thankful for could be just what the doctor ordered. Join us on Friday, Feb. 24, from 8:30-9:30 a.m. In this workshop you will learn how to start a journal, what to include and all of the ways that gratitude journaling can benefit you. We also will have a discussion about Mindfulness Meditation as it ties into observing and finding things to be grateful for in the world around us. There will be two ways to partici...

Find encouraging ways to build purposeful movement that helps your mind and body while boosting your spirit. Join Team Kent State and Coach Sean Foy in our movement to Sit Less and Thrive. On The Move isn’t your 10K-a-day walking challenge. Sure, that’s a great goal, but there is so much more to having and establishing your purpose for movement and how and when you choose to move. Taking a more holistic approach to wellness, On The Move provides a unique platform where we are able to “connect” with our ������ colleagues and peers, assess ourselves, learn, share...

The university will provide paid parental leave to employees to recover from childbirth and/or to care for or bond with a child. This policy applies to all full-time, benefits-eligible employees who are not in a recognized bargaining unit. To be eligible for paid parental leave, an employee must have become a new parent as a birth mother, birth father, adoptive parent, domestic partner or foster-care parent with legal custody or guardianship. For more details, please review the full policy. If you have any questions concerning this new employee benefit, please email benefits@kent.edu.  ...

What is an Erie Hack?! The Erie Hack Water Data and Engineering Hackathon is a tech-driven international water innovation competition that will bring together student teams of coders, engineers, marketers, and water researchers to generate creative solutions to Lake Erie’s biggest challenges. The competition, which will award $100,000 to the winners, focuses on creating publicly accessible mobile apps, open data and new technology to elevate the value of clean water and leverage its potential to drive the economic vitality of the Great Lakes region. Where can I learn more about the Erie ...