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Equal Access is pleased to announce a full roster of trainings available for Fall 2023. Their catalog features courses for both those with disabilities and those studying how to better support their colleagues and students with disabilities. Employees are encouraged to move beyond the types of courses you have already taken and try something new! All Equal Access Academy trainings are eligible for BC credit.  Click here to view the available sessions The Equal Access Cooperative was born in the hearts of Alison Haynes and Amanda Feaster. They envision it as an umbrella reaching acro...

Employee Benefits is pleased to announce that TIAA, one of our retirement vendors, will host a financial wellness webinar on Sept. 28: Invest for Success: 5 Principles You Need to Know. No matter where you are in your career journey, this webinar can help you understand the key principles of investing for retirement. From compounding to taxes to choosing investments, you’ll learn that how you invest for retirement is just as important as how much you save. Attendees earn 10 Tier 2 Wellness points.  The presentation looks at the importance of planning ahead for retirement and tools avai...

Friday, Sept. 15 marks the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month 2023. Nationally, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on Sept. 15 and ending on Oct. 15. It was enacted into law on August 17, 1988, on the approval of Pub...

Faculty, staff and graduate assistants will again eat for free once a week this semester on the Kent Campus. A meal swipe will be provided each week to your FLASHcard, now through Dec. 8, 2023. Meal swipes may be used for dine-in meals at the Eastway and Design Innovation dining halls. Additionally, employees can order anything from the meal exchange menu at the following retail locations in the Kent Student Center: Grill ’72 Hippie Chick’n Homeslice Pizzeria Metropolitan Deli Tahini Mediterranean Cuisine at the Rathskeller Meal swipes may be used during hours of operation. ...

As Kent State athletics kicks off its new season of fall sports, we want your support! All Kent State faculty and staff receive discounted season tickets, and your attendance at our events helps create one of the best home-field advantages in the country.  Currently, volleyball, football, and men's and women's basketball season tickets are on sale. Each of these season tickets also comes with an exclusive season ticket holder gift and other benefits. The discount breakdown is as follows: Volleyball Season Tickets: $45 General Admission ($10 in savings) Football Season Tickets: $5...

5X���� students grabbed their paddles, boots and waders to help clean up the Cuyahoga River. The service trip was put together by the Kent State's Recreation and Wellness Services’ Adventure Center, which holds adventure trips, service trips and team-building programs. The Adventure Center hopes to hold at least one service trip each semester allowing students the chance to give back to the environment. Chris Lukas, assistant director of outdoor adventure and operations, put together this semester's event with the environment as the top priority. “In the past we’ve...

Electric scooters have become increasingly popular on 5X����’s Kent Campus since the introduction of SPIN scooters in March 2022. Approximately 300 eScooters and 150 eBikes are available to rent. With that in mind, the Kent State Community should be aware of the dos and don’ts when operating the scooters.  “We want people to educate themselves and be as informed as possible before jumping on one of these devices,” said Christopher Lukas, assistant director of outdoor operations and adventure for Kent Recreational Services. “Because if not, the scooters can be dangerous.”...

In May 2022, Students First was affirmed as the university’s top priority yet again as Flashes Together: Our Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive Kent State was launched. As a result, the timing was ideal for the Division of Finance and Administration to embark on a stakeholder-inclusive strategic planning process of its own to ensure alignment of their collective resources and the focusing of their collaborative energies to the successful delivery of the university’s strategic plan. They recently completed this process through engagement throughout the division with surveys and outreach. The...

HR Training & Development is now offering a new training for supervisors. A two-day, in-depth course, this training will focus on helping supervisors navigate new expectations and clarify what successful supervision looks like today. Learn more and register here! ...

Sept. 1 was National Food Bank Day, and the partnership between Meijer and 5X���� can help people support Kent State’s Flashes Fighting Hunger just by doing their weekly grocery shopping.  The Stow Meijer is partnering with Flashes Fighting Hunger to help fight the impact that rising food prices have on students and families in the Kent community. This year, the store announced Kent State as one of its Simply Give partners. Simply Give is Meijer’s customer-driven program whose goal is to help stock local food pantries. The program encourages...