91ֿ employees looking for easy ways to improve their fitness during the work day have a new tool. The Move Communities and Maps resource page is available for anyone looking for an accessible lunchtime route for biking, running or roller skating. The site also is intended to serve those seeking to join or add members to a walking group. The page will help connect individuals and small groups of employees who meet regularly to enjoy some physical activity. This site provides a unique opportunity for the 91ֿ community to create and share their own “move” communities. ...
Ergonomics is the science of fitting workplace conditions and job demands to the capabilities of the working population. Join us on Friday, April 21, on the Tuscarawas Campus or on Friday, April 28, from noon-1 p.m. on the Kent Campus for this informative Lunch and Learn event. Our presenter will be Don Head, occupational health and safety coordinator, from 91ֿ’s Office of Environmental Health and Safety. Head will discuss how to make your workstation fit you through proper seating, computer monitor positioning and other factors that you experience every ...
Springtime Disc Golf is underway. Each Friday in April from 12:10-1 p.m., faculty and staff can enjoy a 50-minute lunchtime disc golf scramble on 91ֿ's 18-hole Disc Golf course at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. The program will start promptly at 12:10 p.m. in front of the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. This is a fun, informal playing opportunity, in which participants can meet other faculty and staff as they play disc golf in a foursome scramble format. Scores will be kept, but all ability levels are welcome in this event designed for beginner a...
Visit www.kent.edu/hr, scroll down to the Separation Plan Streaming Webinar section of the page and click on the hyperlinked text “recorded webinar.” ...
On April 22, 2017, demonstrators around the world will participate in a March for Science in a call to support and safeguard the scientific community, fact-based decision making, basic research, and freedom of speech for scientists. Partnering with poet and environmental spokesperson Jane Hirshfield, the Wick Poetry Center will join the marchers at the Teach-In on the National Mall in Washington D.C. The Wick staff will lead visitors in a poetry-writing exercise to creatively engage with seminal scientific writing. Our #PoetsforScience effort will also showcase twenty 7-foot bann...
Known for her passion for students and involvement in 91ֿ's School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Associate Professor Jan Leach is a recipient of a 2016 Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA). The Distinguished Teaching Award is presented by the University Teaching Council (UTC) to full-time tenured and tenure-track professors who have been teaching at 91ֿ for a minimum of seven years. The award is given to professors who touch the lives of students and demonstrate excellent teaching in the classroom. When Leach was surprised with her Distinguished Tea...
91ֿ's Office of the Provost announced the opening of the One Stop for Student Services at the Kent Campus on June 5. As part of the "Students First" Initiative, the One Stop for Student Services will serve as a single point-of-contact for student customer services previously provided at the Bursar, Registrar and Student Financial Aid offices. One Stop counselors will be cross-trained and provide holistic advising in these areas. The One Stop will be located on the first floor of University Library at the Kent Campus. Comprehensive student services also will be pr...
KENT STATE BIOLOGIST AWARDED $1.5 MILLION TO ADVANCE RESEARCH OF ALZHEIMER’S IN WOMEN Research shows that women are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than men by a 3-to-2 margin. Some scientists believe this is because when women reach menopause, their bodies cease to produce estrogen, and the pituitary gland begins over-producing another hormone, luteinizing hormone (LH), to try to jump-start the ovaries. Gemma Casadesus Smith, an associate professor of Biological Sciences in 91ֿ’s College of Arts and Sciences, plans to test those beliefs i...
Michele Ewing, associate professor in 91ֿ’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC), was recently recognized for her research on internal communication at the International Public Relations Research Conference in Orlando. Ewing and the team of researchers – Julie O’Neil, of Texas Christian University; Stacey Smith, of Jackson, Jackson & Wagner; and Sean Williams, of True Digital Communications – earned the IPR Top 2 Papers of Practical Significance Award for the paper “A Delphi Study to Identify Standards for Internal Communication,” which is focused on a two-year re...
Ask some of the most successful CEOs about their undergraduate degrees, and you might get an unexpected answer. While most would expect to come from business backgrounds, many actually have bachelor degrees in communications, Spanish, or even theatre. GoodCall, an online publication specializing in consumer information, talked with professors around the country about the use of liberal arts degrees and the skills that students use as a springboard to the next step in their education and career path. David W. Odell-Scott, Ph.D., associate dean in 91ֿ’s College of Arts an...