This academic year, Kent State Student and slam poet Damien McClendon has been leading performance poetry workshops at the Wick Poetry Center. Participants write, read, watch slam videos, and discuss the craft of performance poetry. These workshops are free and open to the public鈥攕tudents and members of the community are welcome. Bring a poem to read or just a blank page of paper. No experience is needed! The next two workshops this semester: Thursday, March 17 from 2-3:30 and Thursday, April 21 from 2-3:30. ...
In 2009, Shanice Cheatham, who received her bachelor鈥檚 degree from Kent State University in 2013 and is pursuing a graduate degree in environmental health sciences at Kent State, was told that her father had a 10 percent chance of living after being infected with MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. MRSA is a type of staph bacteria resistant to antibiotics used to treat general staph infections, according to the Mayo Clinic website. Cheatham鈥檚 father became infected when a nurse touched his IV injection site with MRSA-contaminated hands. Prior to starting his IV, the nurse dro...
Kent State University鈥檚 Center for Public Policy and Health has released a brief report pertaining to the current knowledge of the impacts of local health department consolidation both nationally and in the state of Ohio. The document reviews both scholarly and professional literature relating to the impacts of local health department consolidation. The report was intended to serve as a resource for local officials to gain a better understanding of the impacts of the process. The report summarizes information regarding the changing public health threats and practices and the lands...
Stress can impact your physical and emotional health, and it can lead you to engage in unhealthy behaviors. Studies have found a link between high stress and diabetes, elevated LDL cholesterol, heart disease, hypertension, obesity, as well as tooth and gum disease. Finding positive ways to cope with your stressors can help improve your overall health and well-being and is specifically the strategies you will learn and enhance during the Winter Chill Challenge. The challenge will take place from March 1-28. Let's chill out together. Join the Winter Chill 28-Day Challenge today! Reg...
Work in progress: Augercast pile installation continues in the SW corner of the site and elevator #2 (South Elevator). Currently 215 piles have been installed and 130 remain. Grade beams and pile caps forming and reinforcing in place for a first pour scheduled for Saturday, February 20th. Excavation for elevator pit #1 (North Elevator). Looking forward: Start formwork for concrete basement retaining walls on the north side. Continue pile caps and grade beams. Start forming elevator pit #1 walls. ...
The Executive MBA program at Kent State University鈥檚 College of Business Administration has once again been ranked in the top tier of CEO Magazine鈥檚 Global Ranking. CEO Magazine has been showcasing top business schools from around the globe since it first launched in 2008. In 2012, the publication launched its annual Global MBA Rankings, profiling MBA, EMBA and Online MBA programs. This year, CEO Magazine reached out to more than 300 business schools across North America, Europe and Australia and received responses from 140 institutions 鈥 an increase of more than 100 percent compared to the p...
Work in progress: Currently removing the louver on the 3rd floor west mechanical room. Continuing the chilled water piping in the 3rd floor east mechanical room. Started the demolition of AHU#3 in the 3rd floor west mechanical room. Electrician has started ductbank for MCC and switchgear. Phoenix air valve replacement in the Annex research labs continues per schedule. (20 labs completed) Looking ahead: Starting containment for abatement of AHU#1 in the 3rd floor east mechanical room. Concrete contractor is mobilizing and will be taking delivery of rebar. Continue P...