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Work in Progress: First floor restroom and offices duct layout is complete with HVAC piping and duct installation has begun. Room 101 & 104 electrical rough-in is at 90% complete. Machine Shop electric panel installed and completed on Saturday 3/19. Room 223 electrical floor boxes are complete. Currently core drilling for drains and water lines throughout the building. Currently framing the 3rd floor restrooms and research lab. Looking Forward: Complete rough-in of all walls in 101, 104 and machine shop.  Complete inspections of all trades prior to gypsum wa...

Work in Progress: Steam piping in the 3rd floor east mechanical room is 20% complete. Steam condensate lines for the steam station and AHU#1 are in progress. Started installation of piping and duct work from AHU#2 in the 3rd floor west mechanical room to the addition has begun. Tie-in from AHU#1 to AHU#4 is in progress now that abatement is complete. GMP C3 1st and 2nd floor ceiling tile removal is completed. Looking Ahead: Unit #2 shutdown schedule for 3/30 & 3/31 to make the tie-in for the duct work to the new addition. Make final connections to coils and insta...

Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., and his research group at Kent State University’s Liquid Crystal Institute®, in the College of Arts and Sciences, have published a research article in the March 17 issue of Nature that could lead to a variety of breakthrough device applications and other industrial opportunities.  The publication is the result of close collaboration between Li’s team and his long-term collaborator Timothy J. Bunning, Ph.D., chief scientist of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Oh...

Beginning April 4, Kent State University will participate in the On the Move Challenge, a new 12-week, national corporate competition. This competition is like no other, in that the points you earn as an individual will get your team (Kent State) one step closer to a designation as one of the most active employers in the country! Each week, employees will have an opportunity to learn more about the benefits of physical activity, assess themselves and their progress, share successes and goals with other participants, boost peers for bonus point...

Bradley A. Bielski, Ph.D., dean and chief administrative officer of Kent State Tuscarawas, believes student clubs, organizations and athletics enhance the collegiate experience. With that goal, he is leading an initiative to dramatically expand the athletic programs offered by the campus, as well as reinstituting choir and band as credit courses. “Researching the interest levels for these programs has been an important part of the process,” Bielski says. “We have developed and distributed student and community interest surveys for sports and music. We also have met with community band ...

Mark Mistur, AIA, will become the new dean of Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design, the only architectural program in Northeast Ohio, effective July 15, 2016. Mistur currently serves as associate dean of the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. “Mark Mistur is an accomplished architect, teacher and administrator with a history of promoting the types of successful interdisciplinary programs that improve the education and success of students,” says Todd Diacon, Kent State’s senior vice president for academic affairs an...

Complete the Kent State Climate Survey  Add your voice by sharing your experiences and observations working at Kent State University in the universitywide Climate Survey. The findings from this survey will help Kent State to create and maintain a healthy, inclusive environment for all. Please note that your participation is confidential. The study is being conducted by an external consultant, Rankin & Associates Consulting, which has conducted more than 130 similar studies at institutions nationwide. Paper copies of the survey also are available. Find locations at www.kent.edu...

Applications for the 2016-2017 Faculty Fellows program are now being accepted.  Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 8.  For information regarding the application process, please visit www.kent.edu/ctl/faculty-fellows-application-process. Kent State University’s Center for Teaching and Learning Faculty Fellows Program is designed to give individual faculty members the opportunity to serve in a leadership role in a professional development area of their choosing. Such areas may include online teaching and learning, researching teaching and learning, effective t...

Kent State University was awarded high honors from the Pride of CASE V Awards Program for 2015 for the “Browns' Yearbook Ad,” receiving the silver award in Excellence in Printing, and the “University College Identity,” receiving the silver award in Best Graphic Identity/Logo. CASE District V, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, is an organization comprising educational advancement officers. CASE District V focuses on student relations and recruitment, alumni loyalty and other issues in the area of institutional advancement. University Communications and Marketing staff memb...