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The Triple Crown of Giving

The 2013 United Way Workplace Campaign — The Triple Crown of Giving — has begun and will run through Oct. 31, 2012.

National Food Safety Education Month, Fall Fashion Trends and More

Michael Fiala, executive chef for the Schwebel Room at Kent State, blogs about National Food Safety Education Month this September. Fiala says: “The reality is that, as consumers, we need to be more aware of where and how our food is sourced, stored, prepared and preserved.…

Kent State Approaches $100,000 in Tuition Scholarships From LifeShare Blood Drives on Campus

LifeShare Community Blood Services is a community-focused nonprofit organization committed to providing safe and adequate blood and blood component supply for patient healthcare in Northeast Ohio. The LifeShare Community Blood Services Scholarship was created to acknowledge the…

“Let’s Take a Ride/Walk” Offers Free Lunch to Kent State Faculty, Staff and Students

faculty, staff members and students are invited to walk or ride a bicycle along the Esplanade to the downtown Kent restaurant, Laziza, during the second annual “Let’s Take a Ride/Walk” event on Thursday, Sept. 20, from 11:30 a.m.

Airport Hosts Props-4-Paws Food Drive

The Airport is holding its first-ever fall pet food drive, Props-4-Paws, that started Sept. 15 at its Heritage Fair. The airport’s goal is to collect 1,000 pounds of food by Nov. 18.

Kent State Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

’s Latino Networking Caucus (LNC) and the Spanish and Latino Student Association (SALSA) are presenting a diverse lineup of events for National Hispanic Heritage Month. This celebration is to recognize the contributions that Latinos and Hispanics have made…

Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg Opens

A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg took place on Sept. 12 at the center’s location at 2745 Creekside Drive in Twinsburg, Ohio. The event celebrated Kent State’s commitment to providing students with expanded pathways…

Kent State Gets Green Light for Historic Campus Transformation

At , the phrase “four more years” has nothing to do with politics. It refers to the time frame for a physical transformation of the university’s Kent Campus that will be historic in size, scope and significance. That time frame became official today (Sept.…

Kent State Debuts New TV Commercials

New commercials for begin airing today as the university debuts a new television campaign. The new campaign builds on the university’s successful “Experience for Life” series that launched September 2010.

Marking Suicide Prevention Week and Remembering 9/11

On the Kent State Connects faculty and staff blog, Associate Professor of Psychology Joel Hughes writes about suicide prevention to mark Suicide Prevention Week, and Video Production Supervisor Jon Jivan offers a soldier’s recollection of 9/11.
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