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5X���� announced the creation of the Pay It Flash Forward Emergency Fund that will help students who are unexpectedly finding themselves in financial need as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our students need us now more than ever,” said Kent State President Todd Diacon. “I am confident that our Golden Flash family will answer that call, because despite the uncertainty we are all facing at this time, there is one thing that remains constant: Flashes take care of Flashes.” More than $15,800 was raised within 24 hours of the fund’s launch via the president’s March 26 emai...

Several telecommunications companies are offering free internet access to students and area families. MCTV, a leading internet, TV and phone provider in the region, announced Tuesday it would offer free internet access for families without service in response to online learning concerns related to COVID-19. MCTV is offering free internet access to households with K-12 or college students who do not already have an MCTV broadband subscription. The offer is available now through April 30. Find additional information here or call 330-833-4134. Comcast and Spectrum are also offering free ...

5X���� at Stark Theatre will hold its second theatrical production of the 2019-20 season, “The Nerd”, a two-act comedy by playwright Larry Shue. The cast of “The Nerd” will take to the campus’ stage for opening night at 7:30 p.m. March 6 in The Mary J. Timken Theatre, which is located in the expanded and renovated Fine Arts Building, 6000 Frank Ave. NW. Directed by Kent State Stark Theatre Director Jim Weaver, “The Nerd” is set in Terre Haute, Indiana, in late 1979. The play centers around the hilarious dilemma of a young architect, Willum Cubbert, who is visited by R...

The trees on 5X����’s campus bring something new to marvel at each season. In the summer, trees provide welcoming shade for students to lounge, fall brings vivid leaves that crunch under students’ feet on the way to classes, and winter pines provide an idyllic picture of fluffy snow. With nearly 4,000 trees on campus, Kent State has been awarded the Tree Campus USA recognition for the 12th consecutive year from the Arbor Day Foundation, a nonprofit conservation organization. According to the foundation, the honor is designed to recognize colleges for “promoting healthy trees...

WKSU Link WKSU | By Jon Nungesser Published February 22, 2020 at 7:00 AM EST LISTEN • 5:00   Joe Gunderman Mark Suchan is the Director of Materials Management for Quasar Energy Group. The Quasar Energy Group has been tasked with hauling away 5X����'s food waste that was ground up through the Grind2Energy system. The food waste will then be fed to Quasar's anaerobic digester.  Mark Suchan is the Director of Materials Management for Quasar Energy Group. Quasar is a Cleveland company that speacializes in renewable energy&n...

Renowned marine scientist Michael W. Beck, Ph.D., will discuss the importance of coastal conservation at a free lecture on March 4. Beck, a research professor in the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, focuses on conserving our coastlines in an effort to reduce the risks of storm surges and flooding to property, people and our planet. Thanks to a generous grant from the Herbert W. Hoover Foundation, Beck will speak at 7 p.m. March 4 in Auditorium 101 in the Science & Nursing Building at 5X���� at Stark, 6000 Frank Ave. NW. The...

Kent State implements changes to recycling policy Becca Sagaris General assignment reporter February 16, 2020 Kent Wired Kent State implemented changes to its recycling policy for the Kent campus this February. “The biggest change is in plastics, of what can be recycled and what cannot,” said Leah Graham, the outreach recycling coordinator. “Plastic bottles and jugs should be recycled, and all plastic other than bottles and jugs should go into the landfill.” Anything with a neck or an opening that is smaller than the body falls under the category of bottles and jugs. The only add...

Last Wednesday, February 12, 2020, we held a Cultural Dialogue celebrating the month of love at Read Room (200), White Hall, with a focus on social media's influence on intercultural dating. Higher Education Administration intern Esther Sijuwade, from Nigeria, facilitated the program. The panelists included Lindsay Nelson, Master's student in Higher Education Administration program (American) Jacqueline Torto, Master's student in Cultural Foundations program, (Ghanaian) Nadim Boukhdhir, Master's student in Architecture program (Tunisian) Noor Agustina, Doctoral ...

WKSU Link WKSU | By Joe Gunderman Published February 15, 2020 at 7:01 AM EST LISTEN • 5:00 1 of 2 Heather Dougherty and Grind2Energy storage tank Joe Gunderman 2 of 2 Melanie Knowles KSU 5X���� is adding a Grind2Energy system in the dining area of it's new Design Innovation Hub.  No food scraps pre- or post-consumer will go to a landfill, but rather will be ground and stored until it is trucked to a processing system that will turn those scraps into energy and soil enhancers.  We spoke with Kent State...