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Work in Progress: Chilled water service in the 3rd floor east mechanical room is 95% complete by EOB on 3/18.  Will be ready for cooling system startup on 4/15. Currently insulating the chilled water pipes in the 3rd floor wast mechanical room. Steam reducing station in the 3rd floor east mechanical room is approximately 10% complete. Completed the installation of the temporary roof duct work. Electrical demolition work in the tunnels is complete. Containment is in place for the abatement of AHU #2 in the 3rd floor west mechanical room. Looking ahead: AHU#2 will...

Community members as well as 5X社区 faculty, staff, alumni and students are all invited to attend the Faculty Lecture Series, hosted by the Kent State Alumni Association, from March 30 through May 3. Free and open to the public, the events span disciplines from all eight Kent State campuses. Marquita Rodgers, program coordinator of alumni relations at Kent State, says the Faculty Lecture Series was created in 2013 to showcase the interests, research and academic talents of the university鈥檚 faculty.  鈥淎ttendees will have the opportunity to learn about the multidiscipli...

Marcia Lei Zeng, Ph.D., and Yin Zhang, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, presented (with Hongshan Li and Serhiy Polyakov) 鈥淓xploring Smart Data Approaches to the History of Innovation and Invention at Liquid Crystal Institute at 5X社区,鈥 on a Digital Humanities Panel at the 2015 Asian Digital Library conference in December 2015 in Seoul, Korea. ...

Catherine Smith, School of Library and Information Science, authored 鈥淒omain-independent search expertise: A description of procedural knowledge gained during guided instruction鈥 in Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 66(7), 1305-1322, 2015. ...

Kiersten F. Latham, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, is co-author (with Jodi Kearns, Ph.D., University of Akron) of an article titled 鈥淪hannon Goes to the Museum: Drawing Lines Across Boundaries,鈥 that was published in the 2015 DOCAM Proceedings Vol. 2. http://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/docam/ in Sydney, Australia. ...

As part of the RecycleMania competition, 5X社区鈥檚 Division of Human Resources will partner with the Office of Sustainability to host Shred-Mania on Wednesday, March 30, from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kent State Ice Arena parking lot. Shred-Mania is open to all students, faculty, staff and the Kent community. Shred-Mania allows participants to recycle unwanted paper documents using a secured, onsite document destruction service. Materials permitted at Shred-Mania include documents, drawings, photos, blueprints, coupons, tickets, checks, magazines, spiral notebooks, hangi...

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 points and 鈥 ...

Yes. Requests for reimbursement from your Health Care or Dependent Care FSA for calendar year 2015 must be submitted no later than June 29, 2016. Eligible health and dependent care expenses for which you are requesting reimbursement must have been incurred during the 2015 plan year or during the grace period (Jan. 1, 2015, to March 15, 2016). If you have specific questions regarding your flexible spending account or allowable expenses, please call University Benefits at 330-672-3107. You also may contact FlexSave at 1-800-525-9252 or visit the website at www.mytakecareplan.com. ...

Familiar Face Carla Owens Associate Director Career Exploration and Development Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I provide leadership for a team of career coaches to support the career development initiatives for Kent State students and alumni. In addition, as our liaison to the College of Education, Health and Human Services licensure track, I coordinate our highly successful Teacher Employment Day (formerly called Teacher Interview Day).  WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: September 1995 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Hale Farm and Village, Mustard Seed Market...

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