April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), a national campaign that raises awareness and promotes education about sexual harassment, sexual violence, and how to prevent it. Please join the Title IX Coordinator and special guests from the Office of the Ombuds, Compliance, EOAA, and the Center for Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services to learn more about how to report, prevention education initiatives, and supportive resources. Register here: Title IX and special guest, The Center for Sexual Relationship Violence Support Services (SRVSS), Friday, April 15...
The Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) residential summer programs empower students to pursue STEM-related interests through high-impact learning experiences and immersive teamwork. In the two-week Summer Institute, rising 10-12th graders explore high performance computing, programming and visualization. In the week-long Young Women's Summer Institute, rising 7-8th grade girls learn STEM skills and scientific problem solving. Applications are due April 15 at osc.edu/summer. ...
Join Michael Kavulic, Ph.D., assistant vice president for Research Administration when he dives into understanding of a range of higher education areas, including research administration, governance, and technology. Developed in partnership between Human Resources Training & Development and Kent Engaged and Emerging Professionals (KEEP), Mentoring Mondays provides a way for Kent State employees to connect as mentor and mentee. Join KEEP over the lunch hour for round-table-style discussions with professionals in a variety of fields. Why group mentoring? Group mentoring...
Each year, more than 30 million patients receive fluid resuscitation therapies for critical care scenarios like hemorrhaging, sepsis and burns. Underdosing resuscitation strategies are inefficient at saving lives, while overdosing regimens may lead to resuscitation injuries and hypothermia. Hossein Mirinejad, Ph.D., assistant professor in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, is hoping to help find the solution to dosing problems. The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded Mirinejad a $200,000 grant to design a systematic approach for precision dosing in critical care.&nbs...
This year’s return of in-person events to commemorate the Kent State shootings will include the dedication of bronze markers placed on the spots where nine students were wounded by the Ohio National Guard during a student anti-war protest on May 4, 1970. Markers designating the locations of each of the four students killed – Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder – were installed in 1999. Since that time, a small group had been working to have similar markers placed for the wounded students: Alan Canfora, John Cleary, Thomas Grace, Dean Kahler, Joseph Lewis, Don...
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This is a great question and an often-overlooked matter. Your life insurance beneficiary, as declared on the form you provided to the Benefits office, is the person who will receive the funds from your life insurance policy should you decease. Quite often, an employee may want to reassess their primary, and/or secondary beneficiary designee(s) over time. It’s a good idea to keep your beneficiary information current as you make other financial security decisions. Fortunately, updating your beneficiary is easy. You can download a new beneficiary designation form. Once completed and signed, yo...
David Hacker Recognized for his Work Engaging Students in Undergraduate Research Dr. Hacker is being recognized for his work engaging students in undergraduate research. He has mentored over 40 undergraduate independent studies and honors students, in addition to directing KSU’s Geology Summer Field camp where students travel to South Dakota, Wyoming and Idaho for a six-credit experiential learning course. His dedication for engaging students in research is also evident in his collaboration with students in submissions and presentations at conferences, journal articles, geologic m...
Dr Molly Merryman has been awarded funding from the US Embassy in London for a project entitled: Resilience During the Pandemic: LGBQT+ Stories. The project will include a traveling exhibition and lecture series celebrating the launch of the Queer Britain national LGBTQ museum. The exhibition will tour England, Northern Ireland and Wales, and features video-based oral histories from the Queer Pandemic oral history project, that explores experiences of LGBTQ+ people living in the time of COVID. ...
Update: Jon Meacham delivered his address to a sold-out audience on May 4 at the Kent Student Center. View Meacham's speech. Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham, whose knowledge of politics, history, religion and current affairs makes him one of America’s most prominent public intellectuals, will appear the evening of May 4 for ºÚÁÏÍø’s Presidential Speaker Series. Meacham will bring his unique perspective and provide historical context to the issues and events impacting our daily lives when he speaks about civil ...