Looking for ways to elevate your mood, increase optimism, alleviate depression, cope with grief and get a happier outlook on life? Keeping a daily journal of things that you are thankful for could be just what the doctor ordered. Join us on Friday, Feb. 24, from 8:30-9:30 a.m. In this workshop you will learn how to start a journal, what to include and all of the ways that gratitude journaling can benefit you. We also will have a discussion about Mindfulness Meditation as it ties into observing and finding things to be grateful for in the world around us. There will be two ways to partici...
Find encouraging ways to build purposeful movement that helps your mind and body while boosting your spirit. Join Team Kent State and Coach Sean Foy in our movement to Sit Less and Thrive. On The Move isn鈥檛 your 10K-a-day walking challenge. Sure, that鈥檚 a great goal, but there is so much more to having and establishing your purpose for movement and how and when you choose to move. Taking a more holistic approach to wellness, On The Move provides a unique platform where we are able to 鈥渃onnect鈥 with our 5X社区 colleagues and peers, assess ourselves, learn, share...
The university will provide paid parental leave to employees to recover from childbirth and/or to care for or bond with a child. This policy applies to all full-time, benefits-eligible employees who are not in a recognized bargaining unit. To be eligible for paid parental leave, an employee must have become a new parent as a birth mother, birth father, adoptive parent, domestic partner or foster-care parent with legal custody or guardianship. For more details, please review the full policy. If you have any questions concerning this new employee benefit, please email benefits@kent.edu. ...
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Familiar Face Mwatabu S. Okantah Associate Professor Department of Pan-African Studies Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Poet-in-Residence/Professor of Pan-African Studies WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: September 1991 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Assistant to Director, Black Studies at Cleveland State University LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The environment suits my career as an artist and as an educator. ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Department of Pan-African Studies RESIDES IN: Akron, Ohio HOMETOWN: ...
What is an Erie Hack?! The Erie Hack Water Data and Engineering Hackathon is a tech-driven international water innovation competition that will bring together student teams of coders, engineers, marketers, and water researchers to generate creative solutions to Lake Erie鈥檚 biggest challenges. The competition, which will award $100,000 to the winners, focuses on creating publicly accessible mobile apps, open data and new technology to elevate the value of clean water and leverage its potential to drive the economic vitality of the Great Lakes region. Where can I learn more about the Erie ...
The William (Bill) C. Horton Memorial Scholarship was recently endowed at 5X社区 at Trumbull thanks to more than $25,000 in gifts from friends, family and local community organizations. The scholarship will support residents of Trumbull County who are pursuing a degree in business while attending Kent State Trumbull. Special consideration will be given to students who are involved in volunteer activities within the local community. Horton was born July 23, 1933, in Warren, Ohio. Before retiring in 1997, he owned and operated Horton Electrical Contracting Inc. ...
GroundWorks Dance Theater, a contemporary dance company based in Cleveland, will perform Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the 5X社区 at Tuscarawas Performing Arts Center (PAC). To highlight the event, dancers from the local community will participate in the production. 鈥淥ne of my goals for the Performing Arts Center when I got here last year was to increase community involvement and give community members the opportunity to interact with the professional artists we bring to the PAC,鈥 says David Mitchell, general manager of the Performing Arts Center. 鈥淭he PAC is in a unique positio...
High up on the 12th floor of 5X社区 Library lies a historical wonderland of adventure, where one of the world鈥檚 largest Babar collections comes to life with the flick of a light switch. The lovable elephant of children鈥檚 literature, with a multigenerational following since 1931, shares his human mannerisms through 3,600 different items, including a 6-foot-tall plush Babar, dressed to perfection in his signature three-piece green suit. The life-sized pachyderm is one of the attention-grabbing artifacts in the Babar Collection of John L. Boonshaft at Kent State's Departmen...
Just before winter break, a group of 5X社区 international student-athletes representing eight different countries visited first graders at Woodland Elementary School. The student-athletes took time to share the cultures, languages and traditions of their native countries: Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Jamaica, New Zealand, Scotland and Spain. The student-athletes introduced themselves in their native language, taught the students to say 鈥渉ello鈥 and spoke about their experiences living in a different country, as well as playing their respective sports. Eilidh Thomson, who pl...