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Attend a Title IX faculty and staff workshop to learn how to “See It! State It! Stop It!”

Visit 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.

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.

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.”

Two groups of local high schools students came to �鶹��ý to participate in an entrepreneurial workshop hosted by LaunchNET Kent State. The workshop was designed to increase the students’ awareness and knowledge of the venture formation process.

�鶹��ý’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is seeking nominations for the 2018 Diversity Trailblazer Award and Unity Award for Diversity. The Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes individuals who have displayed exemplary contributions in the area of diversity to the university community. The Unity Award for Diversity recognizes the contributions of any Kent State unit to areas of diversity, equity and/or inclusion.

Online final grading for fall 2017 Full Term (POT 1), Third 5 Weeks (F3), Second Half Semester (H2), Second 7 Weeks (W2) begins Friday, Dec. 8, via FlashFAST. Grading is also now available for any fall 2017 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is midnight on Tuesday, Dec. 19. Any final grades for fall 2017 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. These fall 2017 courses will be available in the Workflow on Thursday, Dec.

The last e-Inside issue for the 2017 Fall Semester will be published Dec. 11. Copy submissions for that issue should be emailed to einside@kent.edu by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 5. e-Inside will resume production on Jan. 15.