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Learn how to get the most out of your walk on Friday, June 24, at noon. Meet at the Black Squirrel statue between University Library and the Kent Student Center on the Kent Campus. The walk will begin at 12:15 p.m. No registration required. ...

Be Well Solutions health coaches, certified through Wellcoaches of America, work with employees individually to help them reach their wellness goals.  Our coaches have expertise in a variety of areas including exercise, nutrition, stress management, tobacco cessation and general health. Onsite health coaching sessions will be available throughout the year on select dates, in addition to unlimited telephonic health coaching available Monday to Friday year-round. There are coaching sessions available on July 5 from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Wellness Resource Room (103) at H...

A Total Body Toning class will be offered every Monday in the summer semester, beginning June 27 from 12:15-1 p.m. at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. This class helps boost your metabolism by incorporating strength and cardio segments using equipment such as dumbbells, body bars and bands for a total body workout. Please register for each day you would like to attend. This program will take place in Studio I of the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. Membership is not required to attend, there is no cost to ������ employees, and all fitness levels are welco...

“Think outside the box,” “push the envelope,” and “get out of your comfort zone,” are just a few of the life-expanding experiences that Kent State encourages students to pursue during their enrollment. One special program, which the university offers to truly challenge students to see their world differently, is the International Village Experience (IVE). The International Village Experience is one of the university’s several residential living-learning programs. It is unique in that it offers an opportunity for local students to live, study and grow with others from around the world. By roomi...

  What was scheduled to take four days to complete, ������’s Flying Flashes finished in three. Carissa Marion, a Kent State flight instructor and graduate of the university and Jalia Manga, a flight technology major in Kent State’s College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology, landed in Daytona Beach, Florida on Thursday, June 23, instead of the following day when the all-women, 2700 mile Air Race Classic officially ended. The competition is the oldest of its kind with roots that can be traced back to the 1929 Women’s Air Derby, in which Ameli...

A summer partnership with the Cleveland Orchestra continues, presenting some of the finest chamber music in Northeast Ohio The Kent/Blossom Music Festival, an advanced training institute for professional music training operated by ������ in cooperation with the Cleveland Orchestra and Blossom Music Center, celebrates its 49th season. The Kent/Blossom Music Festival offers a special and unique program with unparalleled excellence in chamber music, private instruction and a terrific working relationship with the Cleveland Orchestra. This year, the Kent/Blossom Music Festival ag...

Congratulations to the following faculty members who are receiving tenure: Kent, History, College of Arts and Sciences, Matthew Crawford Tuscarawas, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Jean Engohang-Ndong Tuscarawas, Geology, College of Arts and Sciences, Jeremy Green Ashtabula, Psychological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Bryan Jones Stark, English, College of Arts and Sciences, Stephen Neaderhiser East Liverpool, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, Lydia Rose Stark, Mathematical Sciences, College of Arts and Scie...

Gary Hanson, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has been named the recipient of the 2016 Edward L. Bliss Award for Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Education. The award is presented annually by the Electronic News Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) to recognize significant and lasting contributions to the field in the areas of teaching, scholarship and service. Read more. ...

Familiar Face Ruth Pittman Administrative Secretary Office of Student Services, College of Nursing  Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Assist advising staff and students with program application, progression and graduation tasks. I also monitor nursing student clinical compliance in accordance with our affiliation agreements with clinical agencies. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: December 2000 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Coleman Professional Services LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The staff, faculty and students are so friendly and helpful. I ...