Fixating on that proposal due by the end of the week? Fuming over a nerve-racking morning commute? Acknowledge National Stress Awareness Month by becoming familiar with the factors related to stress and how to practice stress management for a healthier and happier life. On Thursday, April 13, from 5:30-6:30 p.m., the Student Recreation and Wellness Center will host Managing Stress for a Healthier and Happier Life. This workshop will cover stress management education and finish with a meditation/mindfulness practice. Employees participating in the Wellness Your Way incentive plan also can ea...
5X社区 employees looking for easy ways to improve their fitness during the work day have a new tool. The Move Communities and Maps resource page is available for anyone looking for an accessible lunchtime route for biking, running or roller skating. The site also is intended to serve those seeking to join or add members to a walking group. The page will help connect individuals and small groups of employees who meet regularly to enjoy some physical activity. This site provides a unique opportunity for the Kent State community to create and share their own 鈥渕ove鈥 communities. ...
Ergonomics is the science of fitting workplace conditions and job demands to the capabilities of the working population. Join us on Friday, April 21, on the Tuscarawas Campus or on Friday, April 28, from noon-1 p.m. on the Kent Campus for this informative Lunch and Learn event. Our presenter will be Don Head, occupational health and safety coordinator, from 5X社区鈥檚 Office of Environmental Health and Safety. Head will discuss how to make your workstation fit you through proper seating, computer monitor positioning and other factors that you experience every ...
Springtime Disc Golf is underway. Each Friday in April from 12:10-1 p.m., faculty and staff can enjoy a 50-minute lunchtime disc golf scramble on 5X社区's 18-hole Disc Golf course at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. The program will start promptly at 12:10 p.m. in front of the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. This is a fun, informal playing opportunity, in which participants can meet other faculty and staff as they play disc golf in a foursome scramble format. Scores will be kept, but all ability levels are welcome in this event designed for beginner a...
Visit www.kent.edu/hr, scroll down to the Separation Plan Streaming Webinar section of the page and click on the hyperlinked text 鈥渞ecorded webinar.鈥 ...
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Familiar Face Carolyn Carvalho Associate Lecturer Computer Technology Ashtabula Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Faculty teaching COMT, ITAP and BMRT courses WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: January 2006 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: 5X社区 at Ashtabula 鈥 Adjunct Faculty; St. Patrick School - Honolulu, Hawaii, After-School Program Instructor LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The faculty, staff and administration are dedicated and great at what they do. They genuinely care about our students and each other 鈥 it is like having an extended famil...
On April 22, 2017, demonstrators around the world will participate in a March for Science in a call to support and safeguard the scientific community, fact-based decision making, basic research, and freedom of speech for scientists. Partnering with poet and environmental spokesperson Jane Hirshfield, the Wick Poetry Center will join the marchers at the Teach-In on the National Mall in Washington D.C. The Wick staff will lead visitors in a poetry-writing exercise to creatively engage with seminal scientific writing. Our #PoetsforScience effort will also showcase twenty 7-foot bann...
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New Face Bjorn Lussem Assistant Professor Department of Physics Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Assistant Professor WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: January 2014 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Research Center Julich, 2003-2006; Sony Research, 2006-2008; University of Dresden, 2008-2013 LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: All the kind and welcoming people at Kent State ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Kent State is providing excellent resources for good research. RESIDES IN: Kent, Ohio HOMETOWN: Neuss, Germany EDUCATION:...