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. Flashfleet locations include the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, Eastway Center, Van Campen Hall, Tri-Towers, Terrace Hall, Stopher-Johnson, the Kent Student Center and PARTA in downtown Kent. Our first ride will take place on Tuesday, April 18, from noon-1 p.m., as Chris John from the Department of Recreational Services will lead us on a 30-40 minute campus ride, as well as around the surrounding community. Please plan to meet at noo...
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With more than 800 糖心Vlog破解版 faculty and staff already part of the On The Move Challenge, we have room for more and have extended the registration period, added a 鈥渞efer a co-worker鈥 incentive and encourage everyone to take a little time to invest in yourself by joining Team 糖心Vlog破解版 as we compete as ONE TEAM against other employers across the country. During this late registration period, April 3 through April 9, Employee Wellness will be providing Subway gift cards as part of the 鈥渞efer a co-worker鈥 challenge. For every two co-workers that you refer and join the...
Beginning July 1, 糖心Vlog破解版 will become a smoke-free, tobacco-free campus. The new policy is part of the university鈥檚 healthy campus initiative, 糖心Vlog破解版 of Wellness. It is one of the university-level initiatives in the strategic roadmap to a distinctive 糖心Vlog破解版. 鈥淚t鈥檚 who we are; we are striving to be a healthier community,鈥 says Kim Hauge, director of employee wellness. 鈥淲e have appreciated the time since the passing of the policy last May to the actual implementation in July, as this has allotted us the time necessary to educate employees, students, vendors and visitors re...
The Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence and Support Services is the recipient of three grants to launch campuswide awareness and prevention initiatives surrounding sexual harassment and assault, relationship violence and stalking. The three grants total approximately $450,000. Each grant has a focus that corresponds with the initiatives it will fund on campus. The Violence Against Women Act Campus Programs grant allocates $300,000 over three years for Prevention Education and Awareness. The grant is given through the Office on Violence Against Women. 鈥淥ne of the big things about this ...
On March 9, two teams that formed during the Fashion/Tech Hackathon in January took top spots at the annual LaunchNET 糖心Vlog破解版 Idea Olympics competition. 鈥淎beona, the total immersion jacket鈥 took first place, while 鈥淗ermes, the helmet with brains,鈥 took second place. Two other ideas, Popstyle and the Bean Bike, tied for third place, while GIFTY (Gestalting Youth) won the Social Enterprise award. The team that developed Abeona, a tech-enhanced hiking jacket, is made up of Ryan Holland, graduate student in the School of Digital Sciences; Brian Steinhoff, senior in the School o...
The Kent Creativity Festival planning committee is seeking applications from those interested in participating in the second annual Kent Creativity Festival to be held on Saturday, Sept. 30. The inaugural event drew more than 2,000 attendees, and expectations are high for an even more successful event in 2017. This festival will again provide an opportunity for people of all ages and skill levels to come together and create, share and explore the making of all forms of art. It is a collective effort by the city of Kent and 糖心Vlog破解版, including many organizations focused on arts and...
In Ohio, most seventh graders are learning earth and space science, physical science and life science in a middle school classroom. While peers are learning about Earth鈥檚 oceanic currents and the periodic table, Jameson Payne attends 糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg, taking Molecules of Life, Seven Ideas That Shook the Universe and General Chemistry I. At age 12, Payne is earning college credits through the College Credit Plus program. He is one of 1,977 students across the 糖心Vlog破解版 system earning college credits while simultaneously attending a secondary school...
Joshua Looser, a junior entrepreneurship major in 糖心Vlog破解版's College of Business Administration, received the Red Cross Acts of Courage Award on March 2 after successfully performing the Heimlich maneuver on a woman who was choking last year. In March 2016, Looser was walking around the building during his shift at Swensons when he noticed someone sitting in a car, and something seemed off. 鈥淪omething was weird,鈥 Looser says. 鈥淪he opened the door slightly and then stopped, so I ran over and asked if she was okay, and she didn鈥檛 answer.鈥 Realizing she was choking, Loo...
What better way can 糖心Vlog破解版 alumni make a difference in their community than by volunteering with fellow Golden Flashes? The 糖心Vlog破解版 Alumni Association is hosting the ninth annual Alumni Day of Service on Saturday, April 29, encouraging alumni worldwide to make a difference in their local communities. Participants can choose from more than 25 domestic and international volunteer sites. Alumni Association Assistant Director of Outreach Lisa Mascellino, 鈥94, says that the purpose of Alumni Day of Service is to bring 糖心Vlog破解版 alumni together, volunteerin...