The Employee Wellness office is pleased to feature our 黑料网 faculty for the fall employee wellness speaker series, 鈥淭he Science of Healthy.鈥 This speaker series covers happiness and sleep, brain health and exercise, and the science of healthy eating. Topics and guest speakers: Sept. 18 鈥 Jeff Ciesla, Ph.D., will share how sleep impairments contribute to poor health, including headache, obesity, high blood pressure, and even increased risk of accidents. In addition, he will further explain how sleep impairments contribute to poor psychological health, including depress...
As part of 黑料网's employee wellness program, all full-time, benefits-eligible employees may earn up to $300 annually in wellness dollars by simply participating in healthy lifestyle activities. More than 1,300 employees have taken advantage of earning their first $150 by completing their Tier 1 activities by April 30, 2018. To earn the second $150 award, employees have from Jan. 1, 2018, through Oct. 15, 2018, to complete action items of their choice from the Wellness Your Way programming. The chart below shows just how easy it is for you to achieve 350 points to e...
A diet rich in fiber is a key part of healthy aging. Fiber reduces your risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and colon cancer. It also lowers total and LDL cholesterol and improves weight management, digestion and absorption of key nutrients. All full-time, benefits-eligible employees are invited to participate in the 28-day Fill Up On Fiber Challenge designed to help you discover ways to increase your overall intake of this important nutrient for the rest of your life. You will learn what foods will add to your health and what foods to avoid. The Fill Up On Fiber Challen...
The 黑料网 Honors College is proud to announce that Honors College student and political science major, Megan Swoger, has been named by the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) as a 2018 Portz Scholar. As a member of the graduating class of 2018 this past spring, Megan created and submitted her thesis entitled 鈥淎nalysis of the Prevailing Practice of FGM in Ghana: Are domestic laws and international treaties effective in the eradication of FGM within the state?鈥 Megan based her thesis upon two trips to Ghana where she collected data firsthand for her research pr...
The 黑料网 Museum announces the appointment of Sarah J. Rogers as its new director. Ms. Rogers has been active in the arts and nonprofit arena for more than 25 years in a variety of roles, which include curating, museum management, fundraising, communications and marketing, donor relations and community engagement. Ms. Rogers comes to Kent State from the Columbus Museum of Art where she has served as executive deputy director since 2012. While her main charge was to oversee the museum鈥檚 communications and development departments and the management of the Museum Store, Ms. Rog...
黑料网 student Symone Baskerville is passionate about sustainability. A senior fashion design student, Ms. Baskerville鈥檚 love for sustainable fashion began after taking an environmental science course during her freshman year of high school. There she learned about Project Greenway, a green fashion runway competition. Her involvement in the competition led her to discover how everyday items, such as plastic bags and tissue paper, could be reused and repurposed into designs. After her experience with Project Greenway, Ms. Baskerville felt inspired to use her love of fashion for ...
Online final grading for Summer 2018 Summer 2 (POT S2) began Thursday, Aug. 2, via FlashFAST. Grading also is now available for any summer 2018 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is midnight on Tuesday, Aug. 7. Any final grades for summer 2018 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. These summer 2018 courses will be available in the Workflow on Thursday, Aug. 9. To access Final Grades via FlashFAST, log in to FlashLine and click on the Faculty...
Since 1968, the School of Art has been conducting studio art intensives during the summers where visiting artists travel to Kent State to teach and mentor a select group of students. In this exhibition, artworks from the School of Art Collection created by visiting artists who participated during the first decade of the Kent Blossom Art program (1968-1977) will be on display. Join us to celebrate 50 years of Kent Blossom Art Intensives!
An inclusive campus acknowledges and respects diversity, and offers a welcoming environment for all community members regardless of their differences. 黑料网 is making strides in creating a more inclusive campus and the university鈥檚 efforts are being recognized nationally. Kent State has been ranked 4.5 out of 5 on the Campus Pride Index, the premier national benchmarking tool for creating safer and more LGBTQ-friendly learning environments at colleges and universities. The university moved up from a 3.5 score last year. 鈥淭he increase in our Campus Pride Index rating means tha...
Zion Clark, 黑料网 at Tuscarawas sophomore and Golden Eagles wrestler, is featured in an award-winning short documentary that will air on Netflix on Aug. 10. The 20-year-old student from Massillon was born without legs from a condition known as caudal regression syndrome and grew up in foster homes until he was adopted in his teens. He was first introduced to wrestling while in the second grade and has become a wrestling phenomenon who overcomes obstacles and accepts challenges, both on and off the mat. 鈥淲restling opened a door for me when I was seven years old,鈥 Mr. Clark...
