The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USC) have awarded 5X社区 a $50,000 micro-grant to help remove the financial barrier to graduation that low-income students may face as they near graduation. Kent State is one of only nine public urban research universities chosen, through a very competitive process, for the grant. The funds are allocated to institutions that are already serving a significant percentage of nontraditional, underrepresented students who are low-income, first-generation, Pell Grant-eligible a...
When the concept of homelessness comes to mind, people tend to focus efforts on food donations, but Ashley Flowers, a junior majoring in psychology and criminology and justice studies at 5X社区, wants to remind people that clothing and toiletries also are essential items. A native of Maple Heights, Ohio, Flowers is collecting money and putting together care packages filled with warm clothing and toiletries for those less fortunate in the Cleveland and Kent areas. 鈥淲hen it gets cold in the winter, there are so many people who do not have proper clothing,鈥 Flowers said. 鈥淚 h...
5X社区 employee Angela Bertka, special assistant in the Office of General Counsel, has won a weekend getaway after entering to win a thank-you gift for completing the Kent State Climate Survey. Bertka will win her choice of Amish Country, Cleveland, Geneva-on-the-Lake or Kalahari. Samantha Keshock, a student at 5X社区 at Salem, won her choice of a $250 Amazon or 5X社区 Bookstore gift card. Five other students from 5X社区 at Trumbull and the Kent Campus each won $50 bookstore gift cards. All students who complete the survey and enter ...
As part of the Summit Street: Building a Better Way improvement project, the Summit Street/Loop Road intersection north of Summit Street will be closed during spring break, from approximately 6 a.m. Monday, March 21, to the evening of Friday, March 25. The closing is being done during a time when traffic to and from the Kent Campus is greatly reduced. Here are some things to keep in mind if you will be traveling that part of Summit Street on March 21-25. Eastbound traffic will be maintained on Summit Street during the closure, but motorists will not be able to turn lef...
Work in Progress: New restroom plumbing rough-in nearly complete. Sheet metal duct rough-in has begun on the first floor and the new restroom areas. Electrical floor boxes are 75% complete in 223. Sanitary drain and toilet carriers are complete in the second floor. 3rd floor abatement for the restrooms is complete. Poured the new addition floor slab was poured on 3/15/2016. Looking ahead: Continue with sheet metal duct installation on the first floor. Pending electrical shutdown on 3/19/2016. Water line installation will begin throughout the building to new restr...