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������’s Employee Wellness Program has awarded more than $100,000 to faculty and staff to date for 2018. As part of the Wellness Your Way employee incentive program, all full-time, benefits-eligible employees are invited to attend an onsite health screening (you do not have to be covered by the university-sponsored health plan to take advantage of this on-site service). Screenings conducted between September 2017 and April 30, 2018, will count toward the employee Tier One requirement for 2018. Once all requirements (health screening, health risk assessment, Wellness Waiv...

April is the month to show your gratitude. Gift yourself and your community by pausing to reflect on someone or something you are grateful for. Write your appreciation on a window or poster-board stop and bring your department’s “Gratitude Graffiti” wall to life. The Gratitude Graffiti Project is a practice of purposeful reflection and appreciation expressed through interactive art. Over the past decade, hundreds of studies have documented the social, physical and psychological benefits of practicing gratitude. Here is a partial list of the benefits of practicing gratitude: Happi...

Registration is now open for the On the Move Challenge. ������ will compete against other employers in real time for a chance to be one of the top 100 most active workplaces in the country. Last year, Kent State placed 17th in the nation, up from 27th the year before. This year we intend to move up the leaderboard and show the country what a healthy and thriving workforce looks like. As an added bonus for full-time employees participating in the Wellness Your Way Incentive Program, you may earn 60 Tier Two Wellness Your Way Points by achieving at least 65 percent of total ava...

Dear Members of the ������ Community: As part of our Students First commitment, we are writing to announce the addition of a well-timed break in classes starting this fall. Kent State is incorporating a Fall Break into the academic calendar beginning with the 2018 Fall Semester. Classes will not be held Thursday, Oct. 11, and Friday, Oct. 12, creating a four-day intermission in the semester. The university will operate as regular business days on these days, and students will be able to remain in the residence halls and utilize their meal plans during this four-day intermissi...

At ������, we are committed to ensuring the quality of our academic programs, our teaching and the learning experiences of our students. Student feedback on courses and instructors is pivotal for designing courses and curriculum. Flash Survey is Kent State’s end-of-course student survey for online and hybrid courses.     Tell your students to visit www.kent.edu/FlashSurvey and click on “Complete Your Survey Today.”     If you have questions, email flashsurvey@kent.edu.   ...

An important search is underway that will result in the appointment of an Undergraduate Student Trustee to the ������ Board of Trustees. Applications from interested students for this two-year term position are now being accepted by the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs. Currently, Jessica Peck and Carly Evans are Kent State’s graduate and undergraduate student trustees, respectively. Ms. Evans is completing her term of office this year and will serve as chair of the Student Trustee Search Committee, as required by university policy.     An overvi...

Nominations are open for this year’s Celebration of Service and Engagement award ceremony. This annual event provides an opportunity to formally recognize and celebrate outstanding service, community engagement and social justice initiatives by members of the ������ community, as well as express gratitude to our community partners for the critical role they play in providing opportunities that engage students.   “I ask that you please take this time to reflect on the past academic year and think of the work that was done to advance the civic mission of our u...

The ������ Board of Trustees adopted a 10-year facilities master plan that embarks on a $1 billion transformative journey of the Kent Campus to better serve the needs of students and the entire Kent State community. The plan enhances the welcoming feel of the university’s iconic Front Campus and genuine sense of place, elevates inclusive healthy living-learning environments, links a campuswide series of spaces focused on innovation and expands the dynamic synergy with the city of Kent.   The master plan would be implemented in three phases over the next decade and wou...

In Kenya, Sarah Schmidt discovered her calling. A long way from rural Mansfield, Ohio, the girl who grew up with cows in her backyard was now halfway around the world learning Swahili and teaching children how to speak English. She was 20 when she crossed the Atlantic for the first time. “It truly was life-changing,” says Ms. Schmidt, who spent half a year near Nairobi’s Great Rift Valley, part of an intracontinental ridge system that runs through Kenya from north to south. “After that trip, I knew I wanted my career to be in the international arena.” PIVOTAL ROLE Nine...

������ is definitely a great college to work for. It has great people, and the university constantly strives to provide a great work environment. Need proof? Just reference The Chronicle of Higher Education, a leading trade publication for colleges and universities that has bestowed Kent State with the moniker of “Great College to Work For” over the past eight consecutive years. In fact, for four years running, Kent State is the only Ohio institution, public or private, to receive this prestigious designation. “This year, we want to increase our scores and build on our over...