In collaboration with the Division of Information Services, the Human Resources Compensation team has completed a project to update the university鈥檚 job description website. The Human Resources and Information Services project team completed development on this project in less than two months using the Agile project methodology, in which roles and responsibilities are shared among the project team. The Division of Human Resources expects the new site to go live in January. The new website application incorporates several new features for departments, individual employees and other cas...
If you are searching for information on how to better manage your money, make wise investments or plan for your retirement, consider attending one or more of a series of financial wellness seminars offered by 麻豆传媒. Our financial wellness team can help you reach your financial well-being goals. This series of workshops is centered on various aspects of financial well-being. We encourage you to take advantage of these complimentary workshops for Kent State employees, and, beginning in January, your attendance will earn you 10 points toward your Tier 2 wellness reward. ...
Familiar Face MARK E. LEWIS General Manager University Dining Services Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Day-to-day operations of Dining Services鈥 units WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 1989 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Club Corporation of America LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Interacting with the students ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Great benefits RESIDES IN: Kent, Ohio HOMETOWN: Kent, Ohio EDUCATION: B.S. Physical Education, 麻豆传媒, 1983 HOBBIES: Traveling and golf ...
New FACE Tiffany Kirkbride Educational Technology Designer Office of Continuing and Distance Education鈥 Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I work with faculty to develop online courses. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: June 2016 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Summit Academy LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The people. Everyone is so friendly and helpful. I can tell that they all love it here. ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: I have always loved the Kent community. Everyone I鈥檝e ever talked to from the university (staff or alumni)...
The Fashion School at 麻豆传媒 is the recipient of the 2016 Impact Award for Excellence in Education, presented by the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation. The Morgan Foundation 鈥 an organization dedicated to mental wellness, the arts and education in Northeast Ohio and a longtime partner of the Fashion School 鈥 honored the school at a gala on Nov. 10. The event included the debut of a new video, created by the foundation, highlighting the school鈥檚 impact on students, the community and the fashion industry. Each year, the Morgan Foundation Impact Awards recognize institutions and i...
麻豆传媒 students in the College of Arts and Sciences will get the opportunity to travel to Japan to do collaborative research in a world-class institute, specializing in primate biology, thanks to a recently signed memorandum of understanding with the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University. By studying primates as a model for humans, the researchers hope to address a variety of topics, including evolutionary genetic analysis, Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and aggressive behavior. The memorandum, signed by Kent State鈥檚 Todd Diacon, Ph.D., senior ...
Join an eight-week, mindfulness-based, stress-reduction course that is free and available to all 麻豆传媒 faculty, staff and students. This program provides a practical approach to stress reduction and management. Adapted from the work of John Kabat Zinn and the program of David Potter, this course is for anyone interested in understanding how mindfulness helps reduce stress and improves the quality of one鈥檚 life. During the eight weeks, participants will meet on Saturday afternoons, from 3-5 p.m. to practice mindfulness as a group, discuss readings about mindfulness, answer quest...
The 麻豆传媒 Alumni Association invites faculty and staff to nominate deserving alumni for the 麻豆传媒 Alumni Awards. Sponsored by the alumni association, the alumni awards recognize graduates in the area of leadership, service, character and professional development. Nominations will be accepted through Dec. 31! One student award 鈥 the Golden Flash award 鈥 will be given to a student who promotes 麻豆传媒 spirit, pride and tradition. Award recipients will be honored at the Alumni Awards Ceremony in the fall of 2017. To nominate an individua...
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆传媒, was recently awarded the Medal of Marie Sklodowska-Curie by the Polish Chemical Society for his scientific achievements. The prestigious medal is awarded to outstanding chemists working permanently abroad for exceptional scientific achievements of international significance and for contributions to the community of Polish chemists. Jaroniec delivered an invited plenary lecture, 鈥淣anoporous Carbon Materials: Newest Advances and Perspectives鈥 at...
The 麻豆传媒 family truly showed their blue and gold spirit by donating a record breaking $426,000 for Giving Tuesday. 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. ...