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KSUMobile, Kent State’s official mobile application, provides students, faculty, and staff with a myriad of services right at their fingertips. The latest update, released in November 2016, added two great new features that will benefit the university community. Live PARTA bus tracking is an exciting new way to utilize the campus bus system. Users can see, in real time, where PARTA buses are on their routes, find out how soon the next bus will be at a selected stop, or see where a particular bus will be stopping next on its route. Also included is the ability to personalize the map to only ...

The cover of the May-June issue of the Journal of Geography, published by the National Council for Geographic Education, features a photo taken on the Kent State Salem Campus during a class project led by Dr. Sarah Smiley, associate professor of geography. The photo helps highlight Smiley’s article in the publication, written about her experiences with a class she taught during the 2015 fall semester based on The Amazing Race. Titled “Teaching Cultural Geography with The Amazing Race,” Smiley’s article explains how she used the reality television show in the honors colloquium in Western ident...

������ is again showing its appreciation to our nation’s service members by hosting a military-exclusive hospitality chalet for veterans, service members and their families during the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron on Aug. 2-6. For the third consecutive year, Kent State is presenting Birdies for the Brave Outpost, which this year is located adjacent to the 14th green at Firestone Country Club. The venue will be open from Thursday, Aug. 3, through Sunday, Aug. 6, from 9 a.m. until the end of play each day – o...

THE SOCIETY FOR DIVERSITY HONORS KENT STATE FOR SERVING AS A NATIONAL MODEL FOR WORKPLACE INCLUSION       You are here KENT CAMPUS EINSIDE THE SOCIETY FOR DIVERSITY HONORS KENT STATE FOR SERVING AS A NATIONAL MODEL FOR WORKPLACE INCLUSION ������ has received national recognition for its mission to support a climate that welcomes and supports diversity in all of its forms. The Society for Diversity presented the university with the distinctive Innovation + Inclusion Leadership Award.   For the past eight years, the So...

All you need is a green thumb and a classroom of hardworking students to put together a perfect campus garden. A new course during the three-week summer intersession, Campus and Community Gardens, provided ������ at Stark students with the opportunity to design, plant, water, weed and harvest a campus garden. The course, taught by Chris Post, Ph.D., associate professor of geography, focused on giving students the tools, time, contacts and guidance necessary to set up a network of organizations and individuals who participated in the food’s organic production and distributi...

Did you know that electronics continue to drain electricity the entire time they are plugged in? Actions You Can Take: Unplug all electronics when you are not using them or when they are fully charged. Plug electronics into a smart power strip that shuts off power when devices are not in use. You also can cut power to everything with one switch. ...

Did you know that ceiling lights generate a lot of excess light you may not need. A desk lamp focuses light only where you need it. ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE: Turn off the ceiling lights and use task lighting at your desk. Make sure your desk lamp has an ENERGY STAR certified LED bulb. If there’s enough daylight coming through your window, turn off your desk lamp, too. Look out for more energy-saving tips weekly in e-Inside. ...

WKSU reporters have won nine awards in the Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest, sponsored by the Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). The competition recognized station staff for work created in 2016. Highlights of WKSU honors include Best Radio News Operation in Ohio and Best Radio Reporter in Ohio for M.L. Schultze, who submitted a selection of her Election 2016 coverage. Each category winner was judged on multiple examples of work. Awards will be presented on Aug. 26 at a ceremony at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton. Sinc...

A five-year process to digitize every printed issue of The Daily Kent Stater (now The Kent Stater) concluded this summer. Ninety years of issues, spanning 1926-2016, are now searchable at http://dks.library.kent.edu.       ...

What can you do with that endless supply of zucchini? On Tuesday, August 8, otherwise known as “National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day,” ������ at Trumbull, Warren Family Mission and Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley are asking local growers with an abundance of zucchini and other produce to donate their bounties to local families in need. The holiday was created by Thomas & Ruth Roy, under the name of Wellcat Holidays & Herbs (www.wellcat.com), as a way of “ridding yourself of unwanted surplus summer squash.” “We think this is a ...