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For many professors, research was an integral part of their graduate study. Distinguished Teaching Award honoree Mark Kershner, Ph.D., believes it is important for students to begin conducting research during their undergraduate careers. “Undergraduate research, particularly educating students as to the whole research process, is really important to me,” Kershner says. “Research is how I got into what I’m doing now.” The associate professor of biological sciences discovered that giving undergraduate students the opportunity to get hands-on experience helps them determine if the field is righ...

What happens when you recycle something on campus? Here at Kent State, we take pride in our campus and the environment by recycling our used resources. Visit www.kent.edu/sustainability for more information.     ...

Catherine L. Smith, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, is co-author of a paper titled “Exploring the Use of Query Auto Completion: Search Behavior and Query Entry Profile,” presented at the Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in March 2016, and published in the Proceedings of the 2016 ACM on Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. Co-authors are Jacek Gwizdka and Henry Field. ...

Susanna Fein, Department of English, presented “Surreal Realms of Grief in the Book of the Duchess” at the Canada Chaucer Conference, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on April 16, 2016. ...

Carol Bersani, Professor Emerita, and Terri Cardy, School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies, authored “School-Wide Research as Professional Development” in Innovations in Early Education: The International Reggio Exchange, 22(4), (2015), 10-19. The article is a yearlong study of children's block play conducted by teachers, children and families, inspired by the practice of the Italians in Reggio Emilia, Italy.   ...

Nearly 400 registered guests packed the Kent Student Center Ballroom in April for the 19th annual Office Support Staff Recognition Luncheon. This year’s theme was “Kent State Connected.” The Division of Human Resources sponsors the Office Support Staff Recognition program each year to recognize support staffers in various departments, divisions and campuses. Guests were welcomed by Geraldine Hayes-Nelson, executive director for employee engagement and outreach, and Mark Polatajko, senior vice president for finance and administration. Kent State President Beverly Warren could not attend the e...

In order to perform necessary maintenance on the boilers, steam transmission systems and electrical distribution systems, ������’s Power Plant will be shut down from 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 15, to 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 22. As a result of the steam shutdown, most buildings located on the Kent Campus will NOT have hot water to sinks and showers, etc., and/or heat and air conditioning. Address any questions about this project to Frank Renovich at 330-672-0775 or frenovi2@kent.edu. ...

The Division of Human Resources sets a minimum goal of two hours of Beyond Compliance training for all faculty and staff to complete each fiscal year. Beyond Compliance training provides a mix of learning opportunities that are geared toward relevant laws, university policies and violence prevention. Training is offered in a variety of formats, including webinars, online courses and facilitator-led sessions. As an alternative, part-time employees or employees working second or third shift may view a variety of pre-recorded webinars found in Blackboard. Each webinar counts for one hour of co...