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FAMILY HEALTH & FITNESS FAIR Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Recreation & Wellness Center Tennis Courts, Ballfields and Track Free to all Tailored to school-aged children and their families Family-friendly crafts Activities and games Educational opportunities Set-up: 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. View 2016 event flier Contact: Kenny Kegley kkegley1@kent.edu 330-244-3391 ...
Group created by students with autism spectrum disorder to highlight diversity, not disability 糖心Vlog破解版 is once again starting a new fall semester with an abundance of enthusiastic students, but one thing is strikingly different: 糖心Vlog破解版 has a new student organization on campus that joins the few of its type in the nation. Autism Connections Kent has been created by students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their allies with the focus that autism spectrum disorder is a diversity issue and not a disability. 鈥淎 lot of symptoms of ASD are great assets in certain caree...
The personal finance website WalletHub recently compiled a list of the top 10 happiest states to live in, based on some unique characteristics. Twenty-eight metrics of happiness were measured across 50 states, including emotional health, income level and social connectivity of residents in each state. The happiest place to be? According to WalletHub, it鈥檚 Utah. The state swept the competition with the following unique factors: the state has the lowest incidence of heart attacks, lowest divorce rates and highest rates of volunteerism. WalletHub asked a panel of leading experts, from ar...
Following a national search, Wendy Turner has been selected to serve as the new executive director and general manager of WKSU, 糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 award-winning NPR-affiliated radio station. Turner currently serves as vice president of digital and technical operations at Chicago Public Media. She will begin her new role at WKSU on Oct. 31, 2016. As executive director and general manager, Turner will lead WKSU and its 34 staff members, planning and directing activities related to a public radio network operation, and overseeing personnel administration and professional development of th...
Associate Professor in painting, Gianna Commito will be showing her work in the group exhibition "New Geometries" at the Feisher/Ollman Gallery in Philadelphia, PA. The show will run from September 15 through November 12, 2016. (Image: Gianna Commito - Nepp, 2014, casein and marble dust ground on panel) ...
糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action is conducting a series of customized Title IX workshops for faculty, staff and students. You can find workshop dates here. The monthly sessions will consist of the following topics: What is Title IX? Defining sexual harassment/sexual misconduct; How and where to report issues related to Title IX; Statistics on sexual violence; The university鈥檚 responsibility; and What happens after you report a Title IX issue? Advance registration is required for these facilitator-led workshops, an...
The concept of social justice covers a diverse collection of human rights and equality issues, challenging societies to see all people as part of a common humanity. This year, the annual Poynter 糖心Vlog破解版 Media Ethics Workshop, sponsored by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication鈥檚 Media Law Center for Ethics and Access, is examining ethics issues journalists and communicators face when covering social justice in the media. As part of the workshop, a traveling installation, Colors of Social Justice, is traversing campus, highlighting such diversity by asking the 糖心Vlog破解版...
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Project AWARE Kent is an initiative to raise awareness about mental health and substance abuse disorders. Project AWARE Kent will be offering mental health first-aid courses to 糖心Vlog破解版 students, faculty and staff in an effort to create a network of people at the university who will know how to respond and are aware of mental health and substance abuse disorders. The course is an evidence-based training that teaches people to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders. The two-day (four hours each day) course is free. Students earn 1,50...