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Obtaining and maintaining work-life balance is no easy task, and that is why ������ offers numerous options in its employee wellness program to help faculty and staff achieve this balance. Programming is available to all faculty and staff to help support their personal wellbeing. These opportunities are free to employees and have long-term benefits. Rather than teaching crash diets and short-term changes, Kent State’s employee wellness program is designed to support or make changes that will benefit individuals for the rest of their lives. Several Kent State employees who have...

Last February, you saw how Zippy betrayed our beloved Flash. Little did we know that the rivalry goes back much further, at least according to Zippy and Flash. Help us win back the Wagon Wheel by cheering on Kent State Football on Nov. 21 at the University of Akron!     ...

Jeanne R. Smith, director of the ������ Writing Commons, traveled with Writing Commons’ tutors from a variety of academic disciplines to make presentations at the International Writing Centers Association’s annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, from Nov. 10-13, 2017. This year's conference theme was “Tutor, Writer, Director, Spy.” Writing Commons’ tutors who attended the conference with Smith and the topic of their presentations are: Madeline Steward (undergraduate-sociology) and Rachel Whitten (undergraduate-speech pathology and audiology), “Writing Ce...

Virginia Dressler and Cindy Kristof, University Libraries, presented “The Right to be Forgotten in Digital Collections: A Survey of Practice and Policy at ARL Institutions” at the Digital Library Federation Forum 2017 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 24, 2017. Summary: Digital librarians and digital collection managers at ARL institutions were surveyed in the spring of 2017 to investigate practices and policies surrounding takedown requests in openly accessible digital collections. The survey collected basic demographic information on the digital repositories and presented a series of h...

Log in to FlashLine and take the following steps: Click on “University Resources” in left column Click on “Giving Back” Click on “United Way Pledge” in the middle of the page To support specific agencies (optional): You may list any desired agencies in the “Directed Deduction” field. If you leave the “Directed Deduction” field blank, your gift will be directed to the general fund of your local United Way. ...

The November issue of HR News Flash, the Division of Human Resources’ quarterly newsletter, is available. Check it out for the latest employee news and information, including: Results from the recent Hurricane Relief Supply Drive Photos from the annual Veterans Day ceremony “KSU’s Night at the Q” offers discounted tickets to a March Cavs game A recap of the recent On the Move Challenge kick off Photos from the Employee Appreciation Family and Friends football games Blue and Gold(en) opportunities to support KSU and You and much more You can access the November issue of New...

Familiar Face Oleg D. Lavrentovich Trustees Research Professor Liquid Crystal Institute® and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Graduate education and research in the area of soft matter and liquid crystals WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: April 1992 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Liquid Crystal Institute® ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Liquid Crystal Institute® RESIDES IN: Kent, Ohio HOMETOWN: Kyiv, Ukrai...

New Face Taylor Ridenour Counselor I One Stop for Student Services  Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: To provide customer service in a comprehensive student service unit that provides integrated cross-functional service in the areas of registration/enrollment, student records, student accounts, financial aid, and student financial counseling to all university constituents, including students (prospective, current, former and alumni), parents/families, staff, faculty and other campus community members. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: March 2017 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE ...

������ kicked off the season of giving early this year on Nov. 1 with the launch of its 2017 Giving Tuesday campaign. In a departure from efforts of past years, the university extended the fundraising initiative through the entire month of November, leading up to Giving Tuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, on Nov. 28. Giving Tuesday is the unofficial worldwide beginning to a season of philanthropic giving to nonprofits that follows Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Keeping with her personal tradition, Kent State President Beverly Warren has pledged $25,000 to the Presidentia...