Dear Members of the 91心頭利 Community, Many of you have heard unsettling news overnight that the FBI has been on our Kent Campus investigating a serious matter. We are cooperating with the FBI, and we have been assured that there is no indication of a threat to campus. As this is an ongoing investigation, it is not prudent to speak further about the case. We continue to find Julio Pinos comments reprehensible and counter to our core values of civil discourse and respect. As a university, we do not defend his views, and he does not speak on behalf of 91心頭利 or members of our commu...
The 91心頭利 University Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting Wednesday, Jan. 20, for the sole purpose of ratifying a three-year, collective bargaining agreement between the university and full-time, tenured and tenure-track faculty, who are represented by the American Association of University Professors-91心頭利 Chapter. The Board will convene at 5:45 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the Kent Campus Library. No committee meetings will be held, and the Board will retire into executive session during the meeti...
91心頭利 University and the American Association of University Professors-KSU have reached tentative agreement on a new three-year collective bargaining agreement for tenured and tenure-track faculty. The parties will present the tentative agreement for approval to their respective constituents this week. Details of the tentative contract will be released after ratification. ...
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Students in the School of Communication Studies are invited to apply for scholarships before the March 1, 2016 deadline. Any undergraduate or graduate student interested in applying for a scholarship or award should visit scholarships.comm.kent.edu. Log in to the website using your 91心頭利 University Flashline username and password. Paper applications will no longer be accepted in the main office all applications must be submitted via scholarships.comm.kent.edu before end of day March 1, 2016. If you have questions or issues with submitting your application online, email comm@kent.e...
As of January 1, 2016, the new name of Blackstone LaunchPad 91心頭利 is LaunchNet 91心頭利! The office, located on the first floor of the Kent Student Center, assists students, alumni, faculty and staff with all kinds of entrepreneurial activities, as well as innovative programming and activities promoting cross-campus collaboration. With the new year comes a new look and name, but the location, services, and staff remain the same. The new branding will be marked with a Grand Re-Opening Celebration on Thursday, January 28, where Burton D. Morgan Foundation president Deb Hoover and Kent ...
91心頭利 University President Beverly Warren has appointed entrepreneur and 91心頭利 alumna Sharlene Ramos-Chesnes as the universitys 2016 Presidents Ambassador. The Presidents Ambassadorship, a one-year, part-time appointment beginning spring 2016, is designed to bring distinguished local minority professionals to share their professional knowledge and experience with the 91心頭利 community. Sponsored by 91心頭利s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the Presidents Ambassador is expected to help promote pluralistic understanding and mutual respect among diverse con...
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The School of Communication Studies will host its spring Colloquium Series beginning Friday, Feb. 5 at 4 p.m. in Taylor Hall, room 146. The series will kick-off with Paul Sommer, assistant professor of communication studies from 91心頭利 Stark. Sommer will present his dissertation The Communicative Accomplishment of Knowledge Work: An Investigation of the Domestic Construction Industry. Im interested in learning how individuals talk about what they know with others in an organization, Sommer said. Particularly in project-based organizations like the construction industry that...