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�鶹��ý’s Giving Tuesday 2017 doubled the 2016 campaign – hitting more than $1 million just before midnight on Tuesday, Nov. 28. Please watch Kent State President Beverly Warren's heartfelt thank you video to learn just how much of an impact donors' generous support made on Giving Tuesday.     ...

Lae'l Hughes-Watkins, University Libraries, Department of Special Collections and Archives; Elizabeth Smith-Pryor, Department of History; and Jacky Johnson presented “WOKE Since 1960s: How Student Activism Has Shaped the Nation” at the 102nd annual meeting and conference of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Sept. 27, 2017. ...

Alfred Guiffrida, Management and Information Systems, and Jay Brown authored “Stochastic Modeling of the Last Mile Problem for Delivery Fleet Planning” in Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 56(2), 2017, 93-108. Summary: This paper presents a stochastic representation of the last mile problem that quantifies expected maintenance, labor, fuel and carbon emission costs resulting from different delivery fleet options. ...

Familiar Face Cathie Bachtel Senior Secretary College of Nursing Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Provide secretarial needs for the faculty and others on the third floor of Henderson Hall. I type and run tests for faculty, along with putting them into electronic form for online testing through Blackboard. I am also responsible for collecting syllabi, SSI evaluations, troubleshooting Microsoft Office and copiers. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: December 2001 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Various physician offices LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Frien...

New Face Cynthia McDowell Associate Director, Foundation Scholarships �鶹��ý Foundation Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Managing all foundation scholarships, including overseeing awarding and funding WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: July 2017 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The friendly atmosphere ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Opportunity to learn and grow in my field RESIDES IN: Akron, Ohio HOMETOWN: Lorain, Ohio ...

Attend a Title IX faculty and staff workshop to learn how to “See It! State It! Stop It!” Visit http://goo.gl/OSNY7x to register. This workshop counts toward one hour of Beyond Compliance training. ...

The Akron Symphony Orchestra will present Home for the Holidays with Helen Welch on Dec. 8 at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall. The evening will feature holiday favorites and traditional carols. Come early for the Winter Carnival, featuring photo ops with Elsa from Frozen and Santa Claus, activities and music. Kent State faculty and staff can receive a 10 percent discount on adult tickets by using the promo code KSU17 at www.akronsymphony.org. The discount is also available the night of the performance by showing your employee ID at the box office. ...

Winter wellness is just a click away. Visit the Employee Wellness Calendar and sign up for programs and activities to keep you moving now and into the New Year. You’ll find a variety of events, including “Know Your Numbers” health screenings, personal health coaching sessions, yoga, spin 50/50, total body toning, Weight Watchers at Work and a host of upcoming lunch-and-learn and financial wellness workshops.  For a quick glance at upcoming 28-day challenges around mindfulness/resilience, sleep, hydration and acquiring a fiber-rich diet, visit the Employee Wellness Challenge page. ...

Recent research has uncovered that up to 5 percent of the DNA of many modern humans originated from ancient interbreeding with Neanderthal populations. This raises the broader question of whether a species' genetic makeup includes genes brought together through occasional episodes of hybridization. Are we an amalgamation of DNA from a variety of interbreeding species? Did such hybridization happen throughout the 7 million years of human evolution? “Occasionally,” says Anthony J. Tosi, Ph.D., assistant professor of anthropology in �鶹��ý’s College of Arts and Sciences. To addres...

At �鶹��ý, 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 helping to design courses and curriculum.    Flash Survey is Kent State’s end-of-course student survey for online 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.   ...