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5X���� has earned the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus USA recognition for its commitment to effective urban forest management for the seventh consecutive year.  Tree Campus USA, a national program launched in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation and Toyota, honors colleges and universities and their leaders for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation. “Every year, we aim for the continued recognition of Tree Campus USA,” said Heather White, grounds manager of University Facilities Management at Kent State. To obtain this disti...

State Rep. Kathleen Clyde, who represents central and southern Portage County in Ohio’s 75th District, met with 30 of 5X����’s Choose Ohio First scholarship students on Feb. 13 at the Kent Student Center to discuss a wide range of issues. The Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program provides scholarship support to Ohio residents who wish to pursue degrees in science, technology, engineering, mathematics or medicine (STEMM). The state of Ohio, recognizing that a workforce trained in these areas is essential for strengthening its economy, created the program to provide tuition suppo...

MEDIA ADVISORY 5X����’s 2015 Homecoming Scheduled for Oct. 3 WHAT:  5X���� will celebrate its 2015 Homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 3. The Golden Flashes will take on the Miami University RedHawks at Dix Stadium. Other activities will include the Homecoming parade, the annual alumni continental breakfast and parade viewing party, the alumni spirit party, Kiss on the K and much more.  Visit www.ksualumni.org/homecoming for event updates and to see highlights from Kent State’s 2014 Homecoming. WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 3 WHERE: 5X����, Kent Ca...

A. Bathi Kasturiarachi, Ph.D., has been named 5X���� at Stark’s new assistant dean of academic affairs. Serving as interim assistant dean since August 2013, Kasturiarachi accepted the permanent position on February 27, 2015. “Dr. Kasturiarachi is a well-respected researcher and educator,” says Denise A. Seachrist, Ph.D., interim dean and chief administrative officer of Kent State Stark. “His strong administrative talents make him the ideal person for this position.” In addition to assisting Dean Seachrist, Kasturiarachi is charged with directing and recruiting campus faculty, ...

Kent State researchers recently completed a pioneering office-based hand-hygiene improvement intervention which reduced common communicable illness by close to a third.  This was the first U.S. pilot randomized cluster trial of its kind, and findings were published in the prominent Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.    “The workplace is considered a key location to reach the public in slowing the spread of disease, since employees spend more than half their waking hours at work, in close proximity and sharing equipment,” explains Maggie Stedman-Smith, as...

Creative teams across 5X���� were honored with one gold and five silver awards at the Akron chapter of the 2015 American Advertising Federation’s 2015 ADDY Awards ceremony.  Kent State’s University Communications and Marketing team; IdeaBase, a student-run integrated marketing communications agency of the College of Communication and Information in downtown Kent; and Glyphix, a student-run design agency within the School of Visual Communication Design, took home awards. Kent State’s University Communications and Marketing department won one gold and two silver ADDYs f...

Gemma Casadesus Smith describes herself as a scientist who likes to investigate ideas that run counter to prevailing thought. Her research on Alzheimer’s disease has looked at the effects on the brain of oxidative stress, hormone treatments and the regulation of metabolism.  When a new avenue for a therapy appears possible, her approach is, “Let’s see if this works,” she said. Smith, an associate professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 5X����, is one of the featured speakers at Kent State’s third Neuroscience Symposium on April 9–10. The symposium, cal...

The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) has elected Alfreda Brown, 5X����’s vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, to serve a three-year term on its board of directors beginning March 17.  NADOHE serves as a leading organization for diversity officers in higher education. Its vision is to lead higher education toward inclusive excellence through institutional transformation. NAHODE currently has 198 institutional members and 201 individual members.  “It is an honor to join the ranks of esteemed diversity professionals ...