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As part of the Wellness Your Way incentive program, benefits-eligible employees are invited to attend an on-site health screening or have one completed in your primary care physician's office by June 30, 2017. Employees who complete a health screening (on-site or with your physician) and the online health risk assessment are eligible to receive $150 added to their pay as a Tier One reward. Completing Tier One Activities When the health screening is completed on-site with Be Well Solutions, �鶹��ý's wellness partner, it will automatically be loaded into the employee’s ...

Join us for the last of a series of Mindful Mile lunchtime walks on April 24 and May 1 from noon-1 p.m. Meet on the "K" at Risman Plaza on the Kent Campus. Walkers depart by 12:10 p.m. and conclude at approximately 12:40 p.m. All walks take place rain or shine, so please dress accordingly. Those who have been walking regularly and have been getting their Mindful Mile cards stamped should note that Dining Services will draw the Fitbit winner on the last walk on Monday, May 1. Participants who cannot come that day can turn in their cards early or email Megan Brzuski at mcascald@kent...

�鶹��ý’s Office of Compliance, Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action offers periodic Title IX training for faculty, staff and students. The monthly sessions will consist of topics such as: What is Title IX? Defining sexual harassment/sexual misconduct How and where to report issues related to Title IX Statistics on sexual violence The university’s responsibility What happens after you report a Title IX issue Advance registration is required for these facilitator-led workshops, and dates are subject to change or be canceled if there are an insufficient ...

Familiar Face Terrence “Terry” L. Uber Assistant Professor, Interior Design College of Architecture and Environmental Design Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Teaching is the primary focus of my position. I have taught most courses in the Interior Design curriculum over the years. Currently, I teach second- and third-year Interior Design studios; History of Design II and III; Design and Human Behavior – first year; and oversee the required Internship Program for Interior Design students. I am a member of the Faculty Senate and serve on program, college and university committee...

New Face Janice A. Byrd Assistant Professor, Counselor Education and Supervision School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Assistant professor in Counselor Education and Supervision WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: January 2017 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Doctoral student at the University of Iowa LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The people (everyone is very nice) ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Students, faculty, community, mission/vision of the school RESIDES IN: Stow, ...

  �鶹��ý will become a smoke-free, tobacco-free campus beginning July 1. The new policy is part of the university’s healthy campus initiative, Kent State of Wellness. For those desiring to quit, Kent State provides an abundance of cessation resources for students, faculty and staff to help them quit smoking. According to the American Lung Association, the first seven to 10 days are the toughest and most smokers who return to smoking do so within the first three months, so it’s a vital time to support their efforts during that time. “As a university, we feel it’s...

Music School Central has named �鶹��ý’s Hugh A. Glauser School of Music a top 10 “Hidden Gem” music school in the United States for 2017. Music Central is a website that provides information to students about college music programs, audition and admissions advice, as well as career opportunities in the music industry. The honor is the most recent awarded to Kent State’s School of Music for its high-quality educational programs. “The Hugh A. Glauser School of Music is dedicated to providing students with a first-rate learning experience in a family environment, and it is always...

Nominations for �鶹��ý’s Distinguished Teaching Awards will be accepted through June 30. The awards, sponsored by the �鶹��ý Alumni Association, are an opportunity for members of the Kent State community to honor exceptional faculty members. The Distinguished Teaching Award is the university’s most prestigious honor in teaching awarded to full-time, tenure-track faculty. The award is presented annually to three full-time faculty members who demonstrate extraordinary teaching in the classroom and a devotion to touching the lives of students. Qualified nom...

Freshmen at McKinley High School in Canton now have a chance to enroll in a new program that, when completed, will guarantee their admission into a local four-year university and significant college financial help when they are graduated from high school. The Bulldog Flash Academic Institute is a new partnership between �鶹��ý at Stark and Canton McKinley Senior High School that plans to usher approximately 25 McKinley freshmen each year through the process of becoming college ready. These students would then be awarded with direct admission to Kent State Stark and renewab...

Originally from Tehran, Iran, Pooyan Mirjalili is currently a junior biology pre-med major at �鶹��ý. He was 19 when he first enrolled at Kent State and he says his choice to come here was an easy one. When first searching for schools, he looked to his friends and family for suggestions. In Tehran, he had several acquaintances who had previously studied at Kent State and each had nothing but great things to say about the university. Along with those recommendations, Pooyan was also please to learn that Kent State tuition also fit within his budget. But his final decisi...