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The Kent Young Professionals Employee Resource Group has officially changed its name to Kent Engaged and Emerging Professionals (KEEP). The name change came from listening to the community served by the group and their requests for a name that reflects a space where all employees can take part in connecting across the university through networking, professional development and service. ¡°As connections becomes more important, we found it paramount to present an inclusive group that speaks to all people regardless of their age,¡± said KEEP President Nzinga Hart.  The group was initi...

Your Employee Wellness Team is pleased to introduce Wellable, our newest wellness partner. Wellable provides an online platform, resources and app integration formerly found in our partnership with the Wellness Council of America (WELCOA). As we incorporate programs from Wellable's library of customizable challenges, we seek to fulfill our commitment to bring quality, research-based health promoting information and opportunities to the faculty and staff of 91¿´Æ¬Íø University.  We hope you will join us for our first Wellable challenge ¨C Sleep Tight Tonight, which will focus on physic...

The COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home order remind Emeritus Professor and former Chair of the Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies Department Doris Simonis of her previous experiences with social distancing. Inside her current home at the Laurel Lake Retirement Community Simonis shared personal stories from her childhood where being diagnosed with certain illnesses would require her to be isolated at home or in a sanatorium for up to months at a time. In a post on the Laurel Lake Retirement Community Facebook page, Simonis described her experiences of when she had whooping cough...

2020 Voluntary Separation Incentive Program Update Eligible employees should have received an email yesterday from Faculty/Staff News Now with detailed information related to the Voluntary Incentive Separation Program. Any employee who has questions may contact Human Resources at hrweb@kent.edu. Learn more.   Community Engaged Learning Launches Faculty Contemplating COVID-19 Stephanie Smith, associate professor in the College of Communication and Information, kicked off the first edition of Contemplating COVID-19 With KSU Faculty, a new, weekly series. Contempl...

91¿´Æ¬Íø University Geauga and the Twinsburg Academic Center is pleased to recognize Spring 2020 graduates. Over 180 students earned their associate or bachelor¡¯s degrees, and those students who completed the RSVP to the 91¿´Æ¬Íø Virtual Commencement Ceremony were acknowledged on Saturday, May 9, 2020, at 11 AM. Please visit the 91¿´Æ¬Íø University Commencement webpage for more information regarding the virtual ceremony; the recordings are available to view at any time. Name Degree Asia Nicole Austin Associate of Arts Nicholas Anthony Br...

In his professional career as a glassblower, 91¿´Æ¬Íø University alumnus Dan Alexander has done a lot in the decade since graduating with a B.F.A. in Craft in 2010. From humble beginnings in the hot shop at Hale Farm and Village, he has since traveled the world as an educator and demonstrator for the Corning Museum of Glass, working with some of the best in the field along the way. With a body of work that varies widely in style and technique, ranging from functional vessels to large scale sculpture, Dan has found success in both the Craft and Fine Art worlds. He is currently serving as hots...

Geology PhD candidate Md Abu Raihan Chowdhury is the 2020 recipient of the Mineralogical Society of America's Grant from the Edward H. Kraus Crystallographic Research Fund. The award is $5000 for research expenditures. Raihan's proposal is entitled "The role of mineral surface coatings on colloids in controlling metal transport in acid mine drainage-impacted areas." The Mineralogical Society of America's Grant for Research in Crystallography is funded by the Edward H. Kraus Crystallographic Research Fund with contributions from MSA members and friends. The grant awards up to $5,00...