Ohio is conducting a statewide tornado drill on Wednesday, March 22, at 9:50 a.m. 5X社区 will be participating in this test, along with the city of Kent and other communities. Kent State tests the tornado and emergency mass notification system on the first Wednesday of every month at 11 a.m. and on the third Wednesday at 4 p.m. These tests last for three minutes. This statewide test will replace the usual 11 a.m. test in March. Peak tornado season in Ohio is generally April through July. Tornadoes usually occur between 2 p.m. and 10 p.m., although they can occur at other time...
The Wick Poetry Center is proud to be part of the twenty-two-member national Poetry Coalition (PoCo) united to promote the value poets bring to our culture and the important contribution poetry makes in the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds. During the month of March, the Poetry Coalition launches its inaugural effort, Because We Come from Everything: Poetry & Migration. As part of the Wick Poetry Center's committment on the theme of migration and our ongoing Traveling Stanzas: Writing Across Borders project, this week we are featuring Day Soe Wah. Day Soe ...
5X社区 Libraries is introducing three widely used software tools that are used for the collection, organization, citing, use and sharing of information resources that support research. A partnership with Information Services is offering workshops to introduce the three major programs: Zotero, Mendeley and Endnote programs. The research software RefWorks no longer will be offered by University Libraries after the 2016-17 academic year. Content now stored in RefWorks must be migrated soon in order to be retained. RefWorks users are encouraged to register for a free workshop to ...
5X社区鈥檚 Project AWARE Kent offers a free Mental Health First Aid course to prepare Kent Campus students, faculty and staff to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental health crises. The Mental Health First Aid course allows the Kent State community to be a network of responders able to identify the signs and symptoms of mental illness, assist during mental health crises and refer professional services to anyone exhibiting signs of mental distress. Kim Laurene, project coordinator for Project AWARE Kent, aims to treat people experiencing mental illness in the same mann...
5X社区 offered nine new experiences for exploratory majors this past fall to give those students the opportunity to discover future careers and participate in the Kent community. Flash Connections, created specifically for exploratory students, was a program with enhanced sections of the required First-Year Experience class. Students from the program earned their experiential learning credit by participating in free trips to different locations in Kent and Northeast Ohio before and throughout the 2016 Fall Semester. 鈥淪tudents who participate in Flash Connections have ...
For Christopher Dum, an assistant professor in 5X社区's Department of Sociology, the term 鈥渂ringing work home鈥 took on a new meaning during the year in which he lived in a motel to explore and chronicle the lives of those 鈥渃ast aside by society.鈥 The experience was part of his research for his book, Exiled in America: Life on the Margins in a Residential Motel, available from Columbia University Press. In his book, Dum documents the lives of struggling addicts, registered sex offenders, released prisoners and the recently homeless in order to bring attention to the issues they...
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Familiar Face Emily Ribnik Clinical Mental Health Counselor and A.L.I.C.E. Instructor Counseling Services Stark Campus job description: As the clinical mental health counselor, I run Counseling Services and all of its duties and activities. The primary focus of my job is to provide direct mental health care to 5X社区 at Stark students. I also provide consultations and assistance to faculty and staff, run awareness programs and initiatives and coordinate the A.L.I.C.E. trainings for the Stark Campus. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: April 2011 EMPLOYM...
New Face Mason Lee Branham Residence Hall Director Department of Residence Services - Residential Communities Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: As a residence hall director, I provide leadership to the resident assistants (RAs) of Stopher and Johnson halls. I also assist Kent State students in matters related to academic support, crisis intervention, referral, programming and personal development. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: January 2017 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Graduate Assistant in Preston Residential College at the University of South Carol...
The Kent State Club Managers Association of America (CMAA) student chapter is composed of students in the Hospitality Management program from both Kent State Ashtabula and Kent campuses who are interested in the private country club industry. Each year, the CMAA World Conference hosts the Club of the Future award program, which allows student members to propose an idea of what they could see the club industry looking like five, 10 or 15 years in the future. Thirty-six student members make up the Kent State chapter. Of those, 17 members, including nine students from Kent State Ashtabula ...