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�鶹��ý's Division of Human Resources is inviting faculty and staff to share the bounty of their perennial gardens through the Kent State Plant Exchange. Participants dig up perennials (the plants and flowers that come back every year) that may be overgrowing and share them with others. Flower bulbs, veggie and flower seedlings and house plants also can be shared. Those who do not have plants to share but would like to get started with gardening can still participate. Faculty and staff members interested in taking part in the plant exchange should send an email...

April 22:  Dr. David Dees is interim dean of Kent State’s Columbiana County campuses – Salem and East Liverpool. Among David’s many areas of expertise are enhancing college attendance and assuring student success among those who would be first-generation college students.  Rural Scholars Program  Rural Scholars Program Receives Grant  David Dees Named Interim Dean    ...

This Saturday tens of thousands of people are expected to assemble and walk in the March for Science in Washington, D.C., and many more will join satellite marches in more than five hundred locations across the world. While many researchers, park rangers, biologists, chemists, ecologists, neuroscientists, and members of the scientific world are expected to attend, a group of poets—part of Poets for Science, an initiative organized by poet Jane Hirshfield in collaboration with �鶹��ý’s Wick Poetry Center—will be walking among them. Poets for Science will engage poets from across ...

On Tuesday, April 25, �鶹��ý Alumni Association (KSUAA) and �鶹��ý at Trumbull will host a public lecture on “Catastrophic Landslides in Volcanic Terrains,"  by Dr. David Hacker, associate professor, Department of Geology, �鶹��ý at Trumbull.   Hacker is nationally known for his research and expertise in structural geology. He authored "Earth’s Natural Hazards: Understanding Natural Disasters and Catastrophes," one of the standard textbooks in the field. ...

This past March, the Center for Public Policy and Health (CPPH), in participation with the Ohio Municipal Clerks Association (OMCA) held a One Day Academy training program for Municipal Clerks from across the State of Ohio. The program focused on leadership and was facilitated by Scott J Allen, Associate Professor of Management with John Carroll University's Boler School of Business. The day-long program was held at the Muskingum County Welcome Center in Zanesville and was attended by 25 individuals seeking to earn Education Points through the International Institute of Municipal Clerk's (IIMC...

�鶹��ý is honored to welcome Academy Award-winning actress and author Octavia Spencer as the keynote speaker for the first university-wide Commencement ceremony on May 13. Best known for critically acclaimed starring roles in films such as “The Help,” “Hidden Figures” and “The Shack,” Ms. Spencer is also the co-author of two children’s books. Her acting roles highlight stories of perseverance and tenacity that motivate and inspire audiences of all ages. Ms. Spencer’s mother, Dellsena, worked as a maid, and Ms. Spencer, the sixth of seven children, earned a bachelor’s degree f...