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Employee Anniversaries
Kopunovitz, Alice S. 鈥 35 years
Sperko, Michael 鈥 30 years
White, Deborah A. 鈥 25 years
Enhance your health and well-being while having fun with your co-workers, family members and friends. Join Fit for Life (formerly Faculty/Staff Exercise Program), and get the individual and small group attention needed while achieving personal goals at your own pace. This one-credit workshop is a perfect opportunity for members to achieve success in their personal health and fitness journey. For employees and students eligible for tuition benefits, this exercise program is free! Spring 2016 sessions start on Jan. 19 with three different times offered Mondays, Wedne...
Your Kent State ID Number is a unique 9-digit number that begins with an "8." Kent State uses this number to identify all faculty, staff and students within the university. Various departments, including Payroll, Benefits and Employee and Academic Records, use this number to associate their records with you. Locate your Kent State ID Number by logging into FlashLine and selecting the profile image to access the My Profile page. For security reasons, do not share this number with anyone. ...
The fourth floor of the Kent State University Main Library is the ultimate study space, complete with treadmill desks, cozy seats and the Math Emporium. But where are the books? To make room for custom-made areas like these, more than five miles of shelving - filled with books - moved from the second, fourth and fifth floors of the library to storage facilities, such as Assure Vault and the Northeast Ohio Regional Book Depository. The facilities are two of five active storage buildings around Ohio that house and share books through an extensive system - partnering...
Kent State University has been named a Military Friendly庐 School by Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs庐, STEM JobSM and Military Spouse, for the seventh year in a row. In addition, this is the fifth year that Kent State University at Tuscarawas has held the elite title. Kent State at Ashtabula has been recognized for four years. The latest designation puts Kent State in the top 20 percent of colleges and universities nationwide that are doing the most to embrace a commitment to student veterans, both in the classroom and after graduation. 鈥淭his is a major poin...
Kent State University President Beverly Warren delivered her first State of the University address on Nov. 19 in the Kent Student Center Kiva. Kent State faculty, staff, students and members of the community were invited to attend the event, which was themed 鈥淐elebrating Today, Imagining Tomorrow.鈥 WATCH the Full video HERE ...
The School of Communication Studies Colloquium Series will continue on Friday, Dec. 4 at 4 p.m. in Taylor Hall, room 146, with a presentation by Dr. Cat Goodall, associate professor. The title of Goodall鈥檚 research is 鈥淎udience and Message Variables Moderating Emotional Reactions to Local News Coverage of Alcohol-Related Crimes, Accidents and Injuries.鈥 Goodall will discuss the role of fear and anger that comes from news stories, specifically in alcohol related crimes, accidents and injuries, and how people attribute the blame solely on individual or larger societal factors. She explains...