Students on the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Salem Campus will find ways to help them get through finals week, thanks to the English Club and its Stress-Free Zone. Beginning Monday (Dec. 12) through Thursday (Dec. 15), ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Salem students will be offered different ways to de-stress during daily sessions from 12-2 p.m. in the Student Lounge. Earlier this semester, the English Club was named a winner of a ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State of Wellness mini-grant that made it possible to create the Stress-Free Zone. The club was one of 14 winners (from more than 30 applicants) to be awarded the grant funds, and only one of four fro...
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï at Salem held its fall Undergraduate Research Conference, an event that recognizes students for their research and allows them to share what they learned through discussions with the academic staff. The conference is open to all undergraduates in any discipline and any for-credit course on any ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State campus. Faculty judges evaluate the presentations based on originality; significance; evidence of learning about the research and information gathering process; and overall quality. Dr. Ernie Freeman, director of the School of Biomedical Science on the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Campus...
Flash ALERTS is ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s official emergency text notification system to alert subscribers of critical information no matter what time it is or where they are in the world. Flash ALERTS expands the university's ability to send critical news and information to the university community during campus emergencies.
The ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Police Department was recently reaccredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). The recognition comes after a comprehensive review of the agency and marks the eighth time the department has received the accreditation award. For the fifth time, the department also received the designation of Advanced Law Enforcement Accreditation with Excellence. The designation is given to select agencies to recognize their effective use of accreditation as a model for the delivery of enhanced public safety services and management professi...
New FACE Nathan P. Ritchey Vice President for ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State System Integration ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Provide overall leadership of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s Regional Campus system WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: July 2016 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Positive attitude of faculty, staff, students ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Research university whose mission includes serving the many communities in Northeast Ohio with its Regional Campus system R...
At the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Board of Trustees meeting held on Dec. 7, 2016, the Board voted to establish the Brain Health Research Institute, further supporting significant existing research and providing additional support for researchers to collaborate across multiple departments, colleges and campuses. With more than 50 faculty members involved in brain health research, brain health is one of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s largest areas of research strength and opportunity. Notable recent grants include a $3.5 million award to study mindfulness-based stress reduction for high blood pressure and a $440...
The ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï website redesign project is set to usher in the spring semester with the launch of www.kent.edu and the university’s departmental websites on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. The cross-divisional redesign team and its members from our agency 160over90, Information Services and University Communications and Marketing are hard at work finishing development and home page rebuilds. Next steps and milestones include: Now-Dec. 18 – webmasters will be able to make changes to live sites, but will also need to make those revisions in the soon-to-be-new sites If h...
Study may reveal positive brain health effects of probiotics ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï, in partnership with the Stow-Glen Retirement Village, recently received an industry-funded grant of $430,000 from i-Health (a subsidiary of DSM Nutritional Products) to examine whether taking a probiotic dietary supplement, commonly sold over the counter, can improve the mood and memory of middle-aged and older adults. John Gunstad, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State, is leading a team of researchers on the yearlong project, whi...
December 15, 2016 ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï's Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Diacon today announced the search for the next dean of the Honors College. Details on the search, including information on how to apply, are available at www.kent.edu/provost/search-dean-honors-college. ...
Kevin J. Spence, a ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï higher education administration doctoral student, visited Cienfuegos, Cuba, to help bridge ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s College of Education, Health and Human Services’ past to the present. In October, Spence discussed the Visiting Scholar program at the Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education during the second Workshop of Strategic Alliances for the Internationalization of Higher Education at the University of Cienfuegos. “The College of Education, Health and Human Services has had ties with Cuba that dates back 68 years with Dr. Gerald R...
