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A new on-campus mediation service is underway at 91�ֿ� for students experiencing conflict. Student Mediation Services, which began this fall, is led by Jacquelyn Bleak and is located at 118 Twin Towers on the Kent Campus. Although the office is providing services now for students, its main focus this semester is conducting a needs assessment of all students. The assessment includes formal and informal surveys, as well as focus groups, to narrow down the particular needs of 91�ֿ� students. “If I know how students deal with conflict in their everyday life, I can ...

By Amanda Knauer91�ֿ� participated in its second Game Day Recycling Challenge on Tuesday, Nov. 4, and increased the amount it recycled per person since last year's challenge. The challenge, which promotes waste reduction and recycling at university football games all over the country, awards the school with the most recycled goods. Waste that can be recycled includes cans, cardboard and plastics. Melanie Knowles, sustainability manager at 91�ֿ�'s Facilities Planning and Operations, says even though the attendance was relatively low this year, the event was still ...

The 91�ֿ� Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, Dec. 3. The Board will convene at 2 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the Kent Campus Library. Trustees will retire into executive session at 8 a.m. to consider specific topics as provided for under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.”   Trustees will meet as a Committee of the Whole from 8:45-10:20 a.m. This will be followed by Board standing committee meetings as follows: Academic Excellence and Student Success Committee – 10:...

Dr. Patrick Coy, Director of 91�ֿ�'s Center for Applied Conflict Management, was interviewed by WAKR about what positive, constructive conflict management steps can now be taken in Ferguson, Missouri, after a grand jury failed to return an indictment in the Michael Brown shooting.   ...