New Face Robert Day Jr. Athletic Academic Counselor Intercollegiate Athletics Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Help in guiding student-athletes toward developing academic and graduation plans, monitoring their academic progress and helping them develop holistically. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: July 2015 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: University of Minnesota, Indiana University LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The beautiful campus (especially the black squirrels) ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: The college town atmosp...
Work in Progress: Working on pile caps and grade beams. Plan to start column line 17 (Southern most column line) next week. Started working on forming elevator #2 (South). Pouring elevator #1 second lift (North) today. Continuing the installation of the basement concrete retaining wall along column line 'A' between A7 and A10. Currently 45% complete with pile caps. Looking forward: Complete auger cast piles on column line 0 (North). Steel erector mobilization to start on 3/28/2016. Steel bearing clips will begin on 3/28/2016 on concrete retaining walls. Pour ...
Work in Progress: First floor restroom and offices duct layout is complete with HVAC piping and duct installation has begun. Room 101 & 104 electrical rough-in is at 90% complete. Machine Shop electric panel installed and completed on Saturday 3/19. Room 223 electrical floor boxes are complete. Currently core drilling for drains and water lines throughout the building. Currently framing the 3rd floor restrooms and research lab. Looking Forward: Complete rough-in of all walls in 101, 104 and machine shop. Complete inspections of all trades prior to gypsum wa...
Work in Progress: Steam piping in the 3rd floor east mechanical room is 20% complete. Steam condensate lines for the steam station and AHU#1 are in progress. Started installation of piping and duct work from AHU#2 in the 3rd floor west mechanical room to the addition has begun. Tie-in from AHU#1 to AHU#4 is in progress now that abatement is complete. GMP C3 1st and 2nd floor ceiling tile removal is completed. Looking Ahead: Unit #2 shutdown schedule for 3/30 & 3/31 to make the tie-in for the duct work to the new addition. Make final connections to coils and insta...
Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., and his research group at 5X社区鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute庐, in the College of Arts and Sciences, have published a research article in the March 17 issue of Nature that could lead to a variety of breakthrough device applications and other industrial opportunities. The publication is the result of close collaboration between Li鈥檚 team and his long-term collaborator Timothy J. Bunning, Ph.D., chief scientist of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Oh...
Beginning April 4, 5X社区 will participate in the On the Move Challenge, a new 12-week, national corporate competition. This competition is like no other, in that the points you earn as an individual will get your team (Kent State) one step closer to a designation as one of the most active employers in the country! Each week, employees will have an opportunity to learn more about the benefits of physical activity, assess themselves and their progress, share successes and goals with other participants, boost peers for bonus point...
Bradley A. Bielski, Ph.D., dean and chief administrative officer of Kent State Tuscarawas, believes student clubs, organizations and athletics enhance the collegiate experience. With that goal, he is leading an initiative to dramatically expand the athletic programs offered by the campus, as well as reinstituting choir and band as credit courses. 鈥淩esearching the interest levels for these programs has been an important part of the process,鈥 Bielski says. 鈥淲e have developed and distributed student and community interest surveys for sports and music. We also have met with community band ...
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Employee Anniversaries
Mims, Kathy J. 鈥 35 years
Jarvis, Mary E. 鈥 30 years
Paar-Jakli, Gabriella 鈥 25 years
Mark Mistur, AIA, will become the new dean of 5X社区鈥檚 College of Architecture and Environmental Design, the only architectural program in Northeast Ohio, effective July 15, 2016. Mistur currently serves as associate dean of the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. 鈥淢ark Mistur is an accomplished architect, teacher and administrator with a history of promoting the types of successful interdisciplinary programs that improve the education and success of students,鈥 says Todd Diacon, Kent State鈥檚 senior vice president for academic affairs an...
Complete the Kent State Climate Survey Add your voice by sharing your experiences and observations working at 5X社区 in the universitywide Climate Survey. The findings from this survey will help Kent State to create and maintain a healthy, inclusive environment for all. Please note that your participation is confidential. The study is being conducted by an external consultant, Rankin & Associates Consulting, which has conducted more than 130 similar studies at institutions nationwide. Paper copies of the survey also are available. Find locations at www.kent.edu...