New Face Elizabeth Graham Professor and Director School of Communication Studies Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Responsible for all facets of the school including: Personnel matters (recruitment, retention, promotion and tenure) Fiscal responsibilities (operating budgets, salary recommendations, revenue generation) Curriculum and program development (scheduling) External Relations (liaison between school and internal constituents and external stakeholders) WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: July 2016 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Ohio University, 1987-20...
There is still time to lace up those sneakers, slip on your favorite workout gear and join Team Kent State’s On the Move Rec and Play Day. For the third consecutive year, Team Kent State is actively moving and competing in the National On the Move Challenge. As such, we have teamed up with our campus partners at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center to create the On the Move Challenge Rec and Play Day on April 20 from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. During this time, there will be a variety of activities to jump in on as you wish. These include corn hole, badminton, tug-of-war, rock climbing...
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 onsite service). Screenings conducted between September 2017 and April 30, 2018, will go toward the employee Tier One requirement for 2018. Once all requirements are complete for Tier One, eligible employees will receive their $150 wellness award. The deadline for completing Tier One is April 30, 2018. If you have not...
Did you know the leading cause of death is heart disease and that 80 percent of it is preventable? That is why it is so important to love your heart – everyday! On Thursday, April 19, from 5:30-6:30 p.m., you can learn ways to love your heart and reduce your risk of heart disease through nutrition. The presenter will be Tanya R. Falcone, M.S., RD, LD, coordinator of ’s Center of Nutrition Outreach in the School of Health Sciences. This session will be held in the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, Seminar Room A. This session is open to students and all full- an...
The new Tuition Benefit Waiver is now in effect. One of the new features is that the workflow now captures all information on dependents directly from Banner. Consequently, there is no need to enter that information. If the Banner identification is not available, the field will remain blank and cannot be edited. The Division of Human Resources will continue to communicate changes to this workflow process. If you have additional questions, please contact Benefits at 330-672-3107 or benefits@kent.edu. ...
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Deepraj Mukherjee, Ph.D., associate professor of economics at at Stark, grew up in a middle-income family in Kolkata, India, but when he walked the city’s streets, poverty was unavoidable. Hunger knew no divide, afflicting families and neighborhoods in this capital of West Bengal where more than 15 million hail from every income level. Why not me? A young Dr. Mukherjee asked that question more than once. He wrestled with it. “Even from childhood, I always had the question in my mind: Why poverty? What can we do to eradicate poverty?” he says. As a teenager, Dr...
Imagine planning a dinner party for 500 of your closest friends and not knowing what you will serve until almost the last minute. It might sound stressful, but for Erin Shattuck, it is a privilege. Ms. Shattuck, a Kent State biology student, is passionate about using every last morsel of food to prevent waste. She is even more passionate about telling and teaching others to do the same. On April 15, Ms. Shattuck will host the first Feed the 500, an educational awareness feast designed to draw attention to the unthinkable amount of edible food tha...
Dr. Peter Palffy-Muhoray, professor of chemical physics and member of the Liquid Crystal Institute, in the College of Arts and Sciences at will present "Rotating nametags, rubber lasers and coin magic: short stories from the world of liquid crystals" for the Applied Mechanics Colloquia at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University on April 4 at 4:00 pm. Liquid crystals open the door to unexpected and intriguing physical phenomena. Dr. Palffy-Muhoray will describe and demonstrate some examples, and say a few words ab...
Jerry D. Feezel, Ph.D., an emeritus professor at the School of Communication Studies (COMM), will be featured in the “Scholar Conversations” series at the 2018 Central States Communication Association (CSCA) convention April 4 – 7 in Milwaukee. Former executive director and past CSCA president Scott A. Myers, Ph.D., will interview Feezel one-on-one to discuss Feezel’s outstanding research and instructional contributions to the field of communication studies. Myers is a professor in the Department of Communication Studie...