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For the ninth consecutive year, ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ has earned the 2018 Military Friendly® School designation for its Kent Campus. Military Friendly is the military ratings division of Victory Media, a service-disabled, veteran-owned business that also publishes G.I. Jobs®, STEM Jobs, Military Spouse and Vetrepreneur®. Military Friendly rates companies and colleges on their programs to recruit and retain military veterans as employees and students. In addition to the Kent Campus, the university’s Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas campuses received the 2018 Military Friendly School designat...

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A ribbon-cutting ceremony was recently held to mark the official opening of the Seasoned Café at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ at Salem. Representatives from ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ and Aramark planned a full morning of activities that included free samples, goodie bags, games, music and raffles. In his remarks to students and staff, ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Salem Dean David Dees noted that the opening of the café was the result of a promise made – and kept – by ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ President Beverly Warren to have food on the Salem Campus. “When President Warren was first hired in 2014, she embarked on what was called a ‘Listening...

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Child Development Center and University Facilities Management teamed up to host the fourth annual Meet the Trucks event. Children at the center interacted with a variety of construction and grounds vehicles used by University Facilities Management. Heather White, grounds managers for University Facilities Management, approached Terri Cardy, outdoor educator for the Child Development Center, in 2013 about bringing the vehicles to the center for the kids to enjoy. Since then, Meet the Trucks has been a staple event each fall. “University Facilities Management is the clo...

Judges Determine Its Dish of Mughlai Chicken is Worthy of First Place in the Annual Culinary Competition Attendees vote Team Oman's Dish of Biryani with Chicken as "People Choice" Teams Brazil and Oman finish in second and third place respectively   An audience of more than 700 ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ students, faculty, staff and families packed the Kent Student Center Ballroom Thursday night, November 16, to sample and enjoy the culinary creations of six international cooking teams in the eighth annual International Cook-Off Competition. Three judges – which included Ricardo Sepulveda, Director...

Kent​ ​State University’s College​ ​of​ ​Arts​ ​and​ ​Sciences​ ​and​ ​Office​ ​of Global​ ​Education​ ​recently hosted​ ​the​ ​MISSION:​ ​LIFE​ ​VI​ ​international​ ​innovation​ ​competition,​ ​focused​ ​on bringing​ ​together​ ​interdisciplinary​ ​teams​ ​to​ ​address​ ​major​ ​world​ ​problems.​ ​The​ ​Kent​ ​State​ ​team, whose​ ​idea​ ​focused​ ​on​ ​diverting​ ​food​ ​waste​ ​from​ ​the​ ​landfill​ ​stream​ ​and​ ​converting​ ​it​ ​into electricity,​ ​won​ ​the​ ​people’s​ ​choice​ ​award​ ​after​ ​more than​ ​300​ ​people​ ​visited​ ​the​ ​three​ ​exhibits​ ​and voted​ ​for​ ​their​ ​fa...

By Sarah Heber Four ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ TRIO programs aimed at helping underrepresented student — the McNair Scholars Program and three Upward Bound programs — recently received federal grants that will fund them for the next five years. The programs are hosted through ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ, though each has different audiences and objectives. The McNair Scholars Program, housed in University College, selects 27 students who are first-generation college students, underrepresented or who come from designated income families. In this program, students are put on track to go to graduate school and...