Events
The Office of Sustainability is involved in various events throughout the year.
- Campus Sustainability Month: October
- National Solar Tour: October
- Bra Recycling Drive: October
- Game Day Challenge: Fall Semester
- Winter Coat and Clothing Drive: November/December
- Campus Race to Zero Waste: Spring Semester
- E-Cycle Drive: March
- Earth Month Events: April
Marji Wachowiak has always been drawn to buying. Now a lecturer in 鶹ý’s Fashion School, Ms. Wachowiak enjoyed an extensive career in the fashion industry where she was a buyer and product developer for Macy’s, Target and wholesalers.
Today,…
Kent State Fashion Professor Finds Passion in Restoring Furniture; E-Inside; July 27 ,2018
Marji Wachowiak has always been drawn to buying. Now a lecturer in 鶹ý’s Fashion School, Ms. Wachowiak enjoyed an extensive career in the fashion industry where she was a buyer and product developer for Macy’s, Target and wholesalers. Today,…Diversity really matters to students at 鶹ý, and those issues and accolades have a new administrative channel in the Student Diversity Action Council, a branch of the University Diversity Action Council that seeks to be a voice and an advocate for the student…
Kent State’s Student Diversity Action Council Advocates for Inclusion on Campus; E-Inside; July 12, 2018
Diversity really matters to students at 鶹ý, and those issues and accolades have a new administrative channel in the Student Diversity Action Council, a branch of the University Diversity Action Council that seeks to be a voice and an advocate for the student…Image
鶹ý is again showing its commitment to sustainability with its new climate change grove that also offers opportunities for research. The tree grove, located behind the Student Recreation and Wellness Center on the Kent Campus, was created through a partnership…
Kent State’s New Climate Change Grove Supports Research and Sustainability Efforts; E-Inside; June 29, 2018
鶹ý is again showing its commitment to sustainability with its new climate change grove that also offers opportunities for research. The tree grove, located behind the Student Recreation and Wellness Center on the Kent Campus, was created through a partnership…Image
鶹ý is again showing its commitment to sustainability with its new climate change grove that also offers opportunities for research. The tree grove, located behind the Student Recreation and Wellness Center on the Kent Campus, was created through a partnership…
Kent State’s New Climate Change Grove Supports Research and Sustainability Efforts; E-Inside; June 29, 2018
鶹ý is again showing its commitment to sustainability with its new climate change grove that also offers opportunities for research. The tree grove, located behind the Student Recreation and Wellness Center on the Kent Campus, was created through a partnership…Image
A green roof, a geothermal heating and cooling system that is 300 percent more efficient than standard systems, and a 15,000-gallon gray tank that recycles rainwater for irrigation and flushing bathroom fixtures. These are just a few of the sustainability features that helped…
Kent State Receives First LEED Platinum Recognition for New Architecture Building; E-Inside; June 21, 2018
A green roof, a geothermal heating and cooling system that is 300 percent more efficient than standard systems, and a 15,000-gallon gray tank that recycles rainwater for irrigation and flushing bathroom fixtures. These are just a few of the sustainability features that helped…A shaved head can represent many things, but to some people, including Lisa Morde, coordinator of Community Engaged Learning in University College, a shaved head represents more than what meets the eye.
Ms. Morde, who shaved her head for the third time since 2001, feels so…
Kent State Employee Shaves Head for Social Change; E-Inside; June 21, 2018
A shaved head can represent many things, but to some people, including Lisa Morde, coordinator of Community Engaged Learning in University College, a shaved head represents more than what meets the eye. Ms. Morde, who shaved her head for the third time since 2001, feels so…Image
A green roof, a geothermal heating and cooling system that is 300 percent more efficient than standard systems, and a 15,000-gallon gray tank that recycles rainwater for irrigation and flushing bathroom fixtures. These are just a few of the sustainability features that helped…
Kent State Receives First LEED Platinum Recognition for New Architecture Building
A green roof, a geothermal heating and cooling system that is 300 percent more efficient than standard systems, and a 15,000-gallon gray tank that recycles rainwater for irrigation and flushing bathroom fixtures. These are just a few of the sustainability features that helped…
The protected prairie surrounding 鶹ý’s Student Recreation and Wellness Center will be burned on Monday, April 23, at approximately 9 a.m. to allow for new growth during the summer season.
The city of Kent Fire Department will conduct the controlled…
KENT FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PERFORM ANNUAL PRAIRIE BURN; E-Inside; April 20, 2018
The protected prairie surrounding 鶹ý’s Student Recreation and Wellness Center will be burned on Monday, April 23, at approximately 9 a.m. to allow for new growth during the summer season. The city of Kent Fire Department will conduct the controlled…鶹ý is proud of the numerous trees that decorate its campus, its LEED-certified buildings and other sustainability efforts. Arbor Day is another opportunity for the university to celebrate its roots in sustainability.
Starting at 11 a.m. on April…
Kent State to Celebrate Arbor Day With Tree Planting and Campus-wide Events; E-Inside; April 20, 2018
鶹ý is proud of the numerous trees that decorate its campus, its LEED-certified buildings and other sustainability efforts. Arbor Day is another opportunity for the university to celebrate its roots in sustainability. Starting at 11 a.m. on April…Niara Johnson, a freshman fashion merchandising major, was one of only five students chosen to receive a 2018 College of the Arts Flash Grant. There will be a special reception on May 1, from 4:30 – 5:30 in the Rockwell Hall Atrium to celebrate her project, “Saving the…