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As part of the Wellness Your Way employee incentive program, all full-time, benefits-eligible employees are invited to attend an onsite health screening (you do not have to be covered by the university-sponsored health plan to take advantage of this onsite service). Screenings conducted between September 2017 and April 30, 2018, will go toward the employee Tier One requirement for 2018. Once all requirements are complete for Tier One, eligible employees will receive their $150 wellness award. The deadline for completing Tier One is April 30, 2018. If you have not...

Performance evaluations for classified and unclassified employees are taking place now through June 15. Online performance evaluations for classified employees will take place now through June 1. Unclassified employees can complete evaluations now through June 15. Two webinars will be available for supervisors and managers. The first, "Navigating the Online Evaluation Process," will familiarize evaluators with the online assessment tool. The second, "Assessing and Improving the Performance of Others," is a webinar for new managers and supervisors center...

The results from the University Climate Study were presented to the university community in spring 2017. The current Great Place Initiative (GPI) ensures response and action on results from that study and other university climate-based surveys. A GPI steering committee and several subcommittees have been hard at work for the past year, addressing issues raised in the climate studies to make ������ an even greater place to learn, work and live. The committees’ work includes recommendations that benefit faculty, staff and students across the Kent State system. Learn more and p...

������ Professor Deng-Ke Yang, Ph.D., was named one of the recipients of the 2017 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award for his work in the Liquid Crystal Institute®. The Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award honors Kent State’s exceptional researchers and scholars. The award is sponsored by the Division of Research Council and the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs. Philip Bos, Ph.D., associate director of the Liquid Crystal Institute and a professor in the Chemical Physics Program, nominated Dr. Yang because he wanted to recognize how important his work is...

After making a name for herself in the fashion industry, Molly Langenstein, the general business manager of Macy’s Ready to Wear, is returning home to her alma mater. Ms. Langenstein was recently announced as the ������ Fashion School’s 2018 Hall of Fame inductee. Ms. Langenstein will join an impressive group of previous inductees, including Estée Lauder, Oscar de la Renta, Leonardo Ferragamo, Dana Buchman, Allen Questrom, Ralph Rucci, Josie Natori and Don Witkowski.   “The Fashion School is truly honored to induct our alumna Molly Langenstein into our Fashion School...

������ 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 26, Kent State will hold several events across campus in celebration of Arbor Day that commemorate its environmentally friendly efforts.   Kicking off events in front of Engleman Hall, Melanie Knowles, Kent State’s sustainability manager, will discuss results of this year’s RecycleMania, an eight-week-long compe...

������ student Madison Spreitzer spent her childhood building robots out of cardboard boxes and paint. Now, she builds them out of aluminum. And they work. They work well. Well enough to compete against other robots in NASA’s 2018 Robotic Mining Competition. Ms. Spreitzer is the president of Kent State Robotics, a student group that hosts and competes in mining competitions focused on space mining. Since November, Kent State Robotics, along with 49 other university teams across the country, has been preparing for the annual NASA Robotic Mining Competition, held at the Kennedy ...

The protected prairie surrounding ������’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 burning of the prairie, which has been a yearly practice since 2004. The prairie burn on April 23 is dependent on the weather and the Kent Fire Department not being called to an emergency. The burning of the prairie helps control the spread of invasive plants, puts nutrients back into the soil and encourages diversity of pla...

Smile and say “cheese.”   That is what members of Berkshire Local Schools in Burton, Ohio, and their partners including ������ are doing as they are all smiles after hearing the news.   On April 13, Great Lakes Cheese, a premier manufacturer and packer of cheeses based in Hiram, and its owner, the Epprecht family, announced a $2 million donation to Berkshire Local Schools. The donation supports the school’s PRIME initiative to assist with the construction of athletic facilities on the future site of the Berkshire Local School District on the campus of Kent ...