Are you thinking about joining Weight Watchers at Work? There is no obligation. Full- and part-time employees can join anytime. Weight Watchers at Work also is open to spouses, dependents and students. You can choose from one of two discounted weight-loss programs: A monthly pass that gives faculty, staff and students a trial period without the lengthy commitment. You have the option of "at-work" or local community meetings. The online tailored program allows for participation at your own pace. Simply attend the meetings Wednesdays at noon in Kent...
Willis Walker, interim vice president for human resources, is encouraging all supervisors to carefully consider supporting a faculty or staff member through 5X社区's nationally recognized and award-winning leadership development initiative, the Institute for Excellence (I4E). The mission of the Institute for Excellence is to develop and promote a culture of excellence for faculty and staff that aligns with the university鈥檚 strategic roadmap. Course curriculum will reflect the effective leadership competencies developed by the Center for Creative Leadership, and competencies a...
5X社区 offers a comprehensive (printable) list of resources, contact information and eligibility requirements for smoking cessation services for university employees. Please note that nicotine replacement therapy and prescription coverage for medications prescribed for smoking cessation will be covered effective July 1, 2016. This coverage is extended to employees and their eligible dependents, age 18 and older, covered under the university-sponsored drug plan with CVS Health. There will be no co-pay or co-insurance applied to these medications. Visit www.kent.edu...
Beverly Warren, Ph.D., will remain president of 5X社区 through at least 2020. On May 11, the 5X社区 Board of Trustees voted to extend Warren鈥檚 employment agreement through June 30, 2020. 鈥淜ent State has developed tremendous momentum under President Bev Warren鈥檚 exceptional leadership,鈥 says Dennis Eckart, chair of the Kent State Board of Trustees who completed his term with the board at the meeting. 鈥淓xtending Bev鈥檚 contract expresses our strong confidence in her leadership and the university鈥檚 direction. She is critical in enabling us to meet our key goals goi...
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has appointed a new trustee to the 5X社区 Board of Trustees. Kasich named Shawn M. Riley of Gates Mills, Ohio, to a nine-year term as a trustee. Riley鈥檚 appointment began May 17, 2016, and ends May 16, 2025. Riley serves as president-elect of McDonald Hopkins LLC and will become president of the firm on Oct. 1, 2016. He will oversee 140 attorneys at six office locations. Currently, he leads the firm鈥檚 Cleveland office. Riley joined McDonald Hopkins in 1995 and has served in a variety of roles, including founder and head of the firm鈥檚 Business ...
Following a national search, 5X社区 has selected Shay Davis Little, Ph.D., to serve as vice president for student affairs. Little has served as interim vice president for student affairs since Aug. 1, 2015. She began serving as the permanent vice president for student affairs on May 14. Little will lead Kent State鈥檚 Division of Student Affairs and institutional efforts aimed toward enhancing the engaged co-curricular lives of all Kent State students within the eight-campus system. The vice president for student affairs directs staff in a wide variety of student affairs function...
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On Tuesday, May 24, 5X社区 and the Kent State Legislative Delegation hosted a Legislative Reception in Columbus, Ohio, to thank the Ohio General Assembly for their support over the last year. The most recent win for the university includes more than $23.5 million in the Capital Budget Bill, which will fund projects on all eight Kent State campuses. The event was co-hosted by the co-chairs of the Kent Legislative Delegation, State Sen. John Eklund (District 18) and State Rep. Kathleen Clyde (District 75). The university, demonstrating its vast footprint and academic and economi...
5X社区 at Salem horticulture students are continuing to help make an important historical landmark in East Liverpool more attractive and inviting to local motorists. Students in the landscape construction class, taught by Stan Jones on the Salem Campus, were back in East Liverpool where they worked on the second phase of a beautification project at the Point of Beginning 鈥 an often overlooked registered national historic landmark that had fallen into a state of neglect in recent years. The class used wooden beams and 18 tons of rock to create an area for visitors to walk to th...