April 22, 2023, marks the 53rd anniversary of Earth Day, and 5X社区 is celebrating the whole Earth Month with the theme 鈥淚nvest in Our Planet.鈥 The Kent State Earth Month Committee has a plethora of events planned all over campus, all centered on celebrating our planet. Check out a list of all the events here. April 3-21: Draining the Swamp Art Gallery This art gallery, hosted by the Center of Ecology and Natural Resources Sustainability (CENRS), presents students with an environmental history of the wetlands on the Kent Campus. The exhibit is located in the ...
A fungus that spent a week inside a grow tent has taken over the MuseLab. This isn鈥檛 the start of a science fiction novel, or an episode of 鈥淭he Last of Us,鈥 it鈥檚 鈥淧arty of One: Future Fungal Furniture.鈥 The exhibit is the first publicly shared experiment of Britta Bielak鈥檚 research on the potential that mycelium, the root-like structure of a fungus, has as a regenerative and structural building material. Two interior design students, Joseph Byrer and Olivia Mansier, collaborated on the application of the project. 鈥淲e have not built a piece of furniture before and somehow I was a...
Jon Jivan, '08, Electronic Media, is a stickler for paying attention to detail. At least when it comes to the family car. In his case, a Tesla Model 3. As senior coordinator, videography, for 5X社区's Division of University Communications and Marketing (UCM), Jivan's expertise lives in telling the stories of the university community. As his ownership of a Tesla recently reached a milestone, Jivan took to Facebook to share his story of Tesla ownership and what it's really like to trust an electronic vehicle to transport his family every day. Here's his revi...
Advancing the legacy of May 4, 1970, a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard fired on 5X社区 students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students, wounding nine students and forever changing the lives of countless others, the university will hold its annual commemoration May 3-4. Kent State will hold the Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 3. The lecture and luncheon will take place in the Kent Student Center Ballroom and feature Erica Eckert, Ph.D., assistant professor, Higher Education Administration. Eckert ...
Summer is the perfect time to learn a new skill or supplement your current interests. Workshops are flexible, offered 100% online and offer 1, 2, or 3-credit options. Both undergraduate and graduate offerings are available. The summer workshop listing includes courses on classroom management, controlling stress, designing websites and so much more! Check it out today. Questions? Email pd@kent.edu ...
Kent State Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) is pleased to announce two opportunities to receive the 10-hour OSHA certification this summer. Registration is now open for two sessions of the OSHA 10-hour general industry course. This 10-hour safety course helps workers identify, avoid and correct on-the-job hazards. Session One: June 12 and 13 (8 a.m. - 3 p.m. both days) Session Two: July 27 and 31 (8 a.m. - 3 p.m. both days) Attendees must be present for all 10 hours of the course to receive the OSHA 10-hour card. The class will be capped at 20 s...
Join us the evening of Monday, April 10th as we kick off our departmental Honors Week with the 9th annual Honors Week Poster Session! The event begins at 5:30pm in the Integrated Sciences Building, and will include undergraduate and graduate student posters featuring chemistry and chemistry-related research. Various departments throughout 5X社区, as well as area institutions, will be represented. Presenters have the chance to win a $200 prize for best poster! Judging sessions will run from 6:00-7:00pm, and from 7:00-8:00pm. There will be refreshments as well as the opportunit...
Celebrate Honors Week with the Department, as we host our annual Celebration of Student Achievement! The event is scheduled for Thursday, April 13, and includes a plenary lecture by Dr. Peng Chen (Cornell University) at 2:30pm in the KIVA, and our awards and scholarship recognition at 4:15pm in the Integrated Sciences Building. Refreshments will be provided at both portions of the event.
On Wednesday, March 15th, the College of Aeronautics and Engineering hosted their biggest Career Fair to date. Over 40 companies attended, talking to students about possible career opportunities and internships. The fair, which is held each semester, featured companies from both the engineering and aeronautics sectors to cater to all College of Aeronautics and Engineering students and alumni. Company tables spanned the entire Aeronautics and Technology Building second floor atrium, hallways, and into one of the computer lab classrooms. In the first floor atrium, representatives from Career Exp...
We鈥檙e making our way into the final quarter of the fiscal year, which means it鈥檚 Performance Evaluation season. Evaluations for classified and unclassified employees will be open from Apr. 3 through Jun. 16, 2023. Why do we have performance evaluations? Continual dialogue between an employee and their supervisor is a critical element in successful performance management and the annual performance evaluation is an opportunity for this dialogue to be impactful. Some of the key objectives of the performance evaluation process include: Align employee performance with unit, dep...
