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The trees on �鶹��ý’s campus bring something new to marvel at each season. In the summer, trees provide welcoming shade for students to lounge, fall brings vivid leaves that crunch under students’ feet on the way to classes, and winter pines provide an idyllic picture of fluffy snow. With nearly 4,000 trees on campus, Kent State has been awarded the Tree Campus USA recognition for the 12th consecutive year from the Arbor Day Foundation, a nonprofit conservation organization. According to the foundation, the honor is designed to recognize colleges for “promoting healthy trees...

WKSU Link WKSU | By Jon Nungesser Published February 22, 2020 at 7:00 AM EST LISTEN • 5:00   Joe Gunderman Mark Suchan is the Director of Materials Management for Quasar Energy Group. The Quasar Energy Group has been tasked with hauling away �鶹��ý's food waste that was ground up through the Grind2Energy system. The food waste will then be fed to Quasar's anaerobic digester.  Mark Suchan is the Director of Materials Management for Quasar Energy Group. Quasar is a Cleveland company that speacializes in renewable energy&n...

Renowned marine scientist Michael W. Beck, Ph.D., will discuss the importance of coastal conservation at a free lecture on March 4. Beck, a research professor in the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, focuses on conserving our coastlines in an effort to reduce the risks of storm surges and flooding to property, people and our planet. Thanks to a generous grant from the Herbert W. Hoover Foundation, Beck will speak at 7 p.m. March 4 in Auditorium 101 in the Science & Nursing Building at �鶹��ý at Stark, 6000 Frank Ave. NW. The...

Kent State implements changes to recycling policy Becca Sagaris General assignment reporter February 16, 2020 Kent Wired Kent State implemented changes to its recycling policy for the Kent campus this February. “The biggest change is in plastics, of what can be recycled and what cannot,” said Leah Graham, the outreach recycling coordinator. “Plastic bottles and jugs should be recycled, and all plastic other than bottles and jugs should go into the landfill.” Anything with a neck or an opening that is smaller than the body falls under the category of bottles and jugs. The only add...

Last Wednesday, February 12, 2020, we held a Cultural Dialogue celebrating the month of love at Read Room (200), White Hall, with a focus on social media's influence on intercultural dating. Higher Education Administration intern Esther Sijuwade, from Nigeria, facilitated the program. The panelists included Lindsay Nelson, Master's student in Higher Education Administration program (American) Jacqueline Torto, Master's student in Cultural Foundations program, (Ghanaian) Nadim Boukhdhir, Master's student in Architecture program (Tunisian) Noor Agustina, Doctoral ...

WKSU Link WKSU | By Joe Gunderman Published February 15, 2020 at 7:01 AM EST LISTEN • 5:00 1 of 2 Heather Dougherty and Grind2Energy storage tank Joe Gunderman 2 of 2 Melanie Knowles KSU �鶹��ý is adding a Grind2Energy system in the dining area of it's new Design Innovation Hub.  No food scraps pre- or post-consumer will go to a landfill, but rather will be ground and stored until it is trucked to a processing system that will turn those scraps into energy and soil enhancers.  We spoke with Kent State...

Update on March 10 at 4 p.m. Our Featured Speaker event is STILL TAKING PLACE tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent State Stark Conference Center. However, beginning tomorrow, �鶹��ý has canceled face-to-face classes and events through April 12, 2020. This move aligns with Ohio Governor Mike DeWine's proactive approach to limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). There have been no confirmed cases in Stark County or on any of the �鶹��ý campuses. Singer-songwriter, philanthropist and actor, Bryan Terrell Clark is perhaps best known for his starring r...

�鶹��ý at Stark’s observance of Black History Month will include such notables as actor Bryan Terrell Clark, star of the Broadway hit “Hamilton: An American Musical”, and Cleveland-based popular electric blues ensemble, the Wallace Coleman Band. The celebratory activities, funded in part by ArtsInStark, are free, open to the public, and feature Wallace Coleman, a 10-year veteran of the Grammy Award-winning Robert Lockwood Jr. Band. Coleman will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 20 in the auditorium at Main Hall, located on the campus at 6000 Frank Ave. NW. No tickets are required...

�鶹��ý at Stark is host to the 66th Northeast Central Ohio Scholastic Art Exhibit and Awards Ceremony. The exhibition features more than 400 pieces of artwork from middle and high school students, representing districts in Stark, Summit, Portage, Wayne, Tuscarawas and Medina counties. 66th Scholastic Art Exhibition January 21 - 29, 2020 Fine Arts Building �鶹��ý at Stark Monday - Thursday: 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. Friday: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. A regional awards ceremony for students and their families will take place on Saturday, Jan. ...