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The popular lunchtime Walk and Talk events will resume this May. Lace up and join the Employee Wellness team and a representative from the Office of the University Architect for a two-part ArtWalk Walk and Talk series scheduled for May 17 and May 22.  The walk will visit different pieces of art on the Kent Campus. Each participant will receive an Art Walk booklet, a guide of 29 outdoor art points of interest located in Kent and on the Kent Campus. In the words of the guide, “You’ll find expressions of the artistic spirit of the city of Kent and ������, quite li...

Half way through the 12-week national On the Move Challenge TEAM KENT STATE is currently in ninth place among public and private sector employers competing in the national workplace event. ������ has consistently placed among the On the Move Challenges' top 10 competitors on the leaderboard, with an average of 80 percent participation through the first four weeks. Group Health Cooperative, located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, leads the competition. Kimberly Clark Neenah Nonwovens (Neenah, Wisconsin) and Werner Electric (Cottage Grove, Minnesota) are second and third, res...

������ professionals and students came home from this year’s Akron ADDY Awards decorated in gold and silver. The Akron Chapter of the American Advertising Federation held its annual recognition for the region’s best creative work at the American Advertising Awards. Kent State’s University Communications and Marketing took home three awards: One gold and two silver. The gold ADDY was for the Kent State Football Rebrand. The credits for this project go to Bob Louis, executive director of creative services; Jason Zehner and Larry Langston, senior designers; Paul Silla, photograph...

Managers and supervisors should have received information from the Controller's Office regarding the cut-off dates for financial transactions for the current fiscal year, which ends on June 30. View the deadlines for receipt of information and other year-end announcements online. The Controller's Office appreciates timely submissions of documents to ensure that a timely year-end cut-off has occurred. Fiscal Year 2018 is scheduled to close the evening of July 13, 2018, and the final June FlashLine reports should be available to departments the morning of July 16, 2018. Expense Reimburseme...

The ������ Women’s Center, known for its support, advocacy and education efforts, has launched a student mentorship program aimed to equip female students with the tools they need to pursue their passions, excel in their careers and reach their academic goals. Summer Wigley, a graduate assistant at the Women’s Center, says the program is open to all women-identifying students who are committed to mentorship and reaching their personal, professional and academic goals. “We have an opportunity to reach students in various spaces of campus with the hope that they will benefit f...

������’s Office of Continuing and Distance Education has begun hosting a one-stop shop for summer programming at the university, called Summer Source, at www.kent.edu/cde/summer-source.   The office plans to market this portal to its different audiences of students, teachers, youth, adults and the local community to show them the breadth of summer programs that Kent State hosts each year. For each listing, the office includes information on cost, description and contact information, as well as a link back to the program’s landing page for registration and additional i...

On Monday, April 23, LaunchNET Kent State celebrated its 5th annual Entrepreneur Awards and Expo event at Ray’s Place. In addition to celebrating the accomplishments of LaunchNET Kent State clients over the course of the year, the staff awarded university partners, alumni clients, Launch Fund recipients and the winners of the inaugural Paul L. Pfeiffer Endowed Scholarship fund.   LaunchNET Kent State is thrilled to be the new partner for the prestigious Paul L. Pfeiffer Student Start-Up Scholarship and the Faculty Mentorship Award, which were conceived more than 20 years ago. Retire...

Michael Keaton will be multitasking during his upcoming return to ������.   Not only will the Oscar-nominated actor be imparting wisdom as the university’s commencement speaker, but he will also join more than 3,000 graduates on May 12 at Dix Stadium in wearing their caps and gowns as Mr. Keaton receives an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters for his extraordinary contributions to film performance.   The ceremony brings full circle the journey he began at Kent State 47 years ago when he enrolled as a student before leaving to chase his dreams as an actor....

Matheus Priosti came a long way to find his purpose. Five thousand miles, in fact.   The São Paulo, Brazil, native made the long journey from South America across the equator to arrive at ������ in August 2016, and he has never looked back.    “Kent State has had a huge role on me finding my identity and passion,” says Mr. Priosti, a sophomore biology student concentrating in pre-medicine. “What has most helped me identify my passion is trying – trying every opportunity and learning from your mistakes. And I feel that ������ is excellent...

Watch highlights from ������'s Fashion School Fashion Show, FS² Presented by Macy's.     ...