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New Face Kathleen Norman Marketing and Public Relations Communications Specialist College of Nursing Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I am responsible for planning the College of Nursing鈥檚 special events, including, but not limited to, Convocations, Nursing Career Days, the Daisy Faculty Award and the Barbara Donaho Distinguished Leadership in Learning Award. In 2017, we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the College of Nursing, and I am planning those exciting events as well. I am happy to be able to celebrate nurses throughout the trajectory of their careers. ...
Take a mid-day break and rejuvenate your mind, body and spirit by taking advantage of our yoga sessions designed exclusively for faculty and staff. Two sessions are offered each week, Tuesdays from 12:15-1 p.m. and Thursdays from 1:15-2 p.m. Each 45-minute session is a great way to take a break and gain some balance. All full- and part-time employees are eligible to attend. However, space is limited and registration is required. To register, simply select each Tuesday or Thursday session you wish to attend from the wellness calendar. Each session will take place in Studio 1 at the...
A lunchtime bike ride will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 8, from noon-1 p.m. Bring your bike from home or check out a bike through the Flashfleet bike-sharing program at one of eight locations around the Kent Campus. Chris John from the Department of Recreational Services will lead participants on this 30-40 minute campus ride, as well as around the surrounding community. Please plan to meet at noon at the Flashfleet kiosk at the Kent Student Center. The ride will begin promptly at 12:10 p.m. Flashfleet locations include the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, Eastway Center, Van Ca...
The Employee Wellness office is pleased to present its first-ever, fall employee wellness speaker series, Reigniting Your Light. This speaker series features topics imperative to supporting your personal well-being. Topics and guest speakers include the following: Sept. 26 - Thomas O鈥橰eilly, M.S., PCC, will share his wisdom and expertise on how your circadian rhythm affects your quality of life, not only in your sleeping hours but in your waking hours as well. More importantly, he will teach us how to 鈥渄ance to the rhythm.鈥 Oct. 10 - Laurel Greene Kaiser, LISW, will discuss...
Jonathan Maletic, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Computer Science in the College of Arts and Sciences at 糖心Vlog破解版, has received a three-year, $290,610 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help support basic research on how programmers write and develop large-scale software systems. His project "An Infrastructure That Combines Eye Tracking Into Integrated Development Environments to Study Software Development and Program Comprehension鈥 or more simply, iTrace, will help grow the applications of eye-tracking software. Currently, eye-tracking software is ...
Porthouse Theatre, 糖心Vlog破解版's summer professional theatre, was awarded a $23,615 sustainability grant by the Ohio Arts Council during the body's summer board meeting in July. The grant helps Porthouse Theatre provide high-quality theatre and arts education to the Northeast Ohio community. Specifically, the grant allows Porthouse Theatre to continue offering its academies for high school, college and international students, as well as community nights that provide free tickets to patrons that otherwise would not be able to attend the theatre. According to the Ohio Arts Council, s...
A current public health debate is whether parents should have their children vaccinated. Tara Smith, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology at 糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 College of Public Health, challenges statements made by influential individuals who oppose the widespread use of vaccines and calls upon her colleagues in the scientific community to speak out to promote vaccination. The article, 鈥淰accine Rejection and Hesitancy: A Review and Call to Action,鈥 is published by Oxford Press鈥 Open Forum Infectious Diseases. In the July 18 article, Smith presents clear and scientifically based arguments to...