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WKSU presents author, humorist, diarist and public radio favorite David Sedaris at the Akron Civic Theatre on Sunday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. Tickets for the event are now available for $25, $35 and $45 through the Akron Civic Theatre Box Office and Ticketmaster. The Civic Theatre Box Office is located across the street from the theatre on the first floor of the Ohio Building. Tickets may be purchased in person or by calling 330-253-2488. Find more information at www.wksu.org or www.AkronCivic.com. This will be Sedaris’ first Akron engagement since 2010. During the event, Sedaris is expected to ...

The 5XÉçÇø School of Communication Studies and the College of Public Health will host Internship and Early Career Q&A on April 13 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Moulton Hall Ballroom on the Kent Campus. The event is an opportunity for communication studies and public health majors interested in pursuing internships and careers in the health field to learn more. Graduates and current students will share their experience with attendees about working and interning for the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, Crystal Clinic, University Health Services, the International Inst...

Kenneth Burhanna, 5XÉçÇø’s 2015-2016 Provost’s Fellow and assistant dean of engagement and outreach for University Libraries, is one of the 17 top managers of academic research libraries selected for UCLA’s 2016 Senior Fellows Program. This year marks the 18th year the UCLA Senior Fellows Program has been held. The program is directed by Beverly P. Lynch, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Information Studies at UCLA. Lynch was a fellow in the first class in 1982. Since 1982, 250 academic library leaders have participated in the program. Burhanna, who is originally from Gen...

For All You Do - This Week's For You!   Stark Campus Employee Appreciation Breakfast Thursday, April 7, 2016 7 - 9 a.m. Conference Center Stark faculty and staff should RSVP by emailing Kelly Simonis at ksimonis@kent.edu. Kent Campus In special recognition of all the things you do that inspire and drive student success, the Office of the Provost and the entire Kent State community would like to celebrate you with an entire week of faculty appreciation events on the Kent Campus. View the week's schedule and RSVP for Kent Campus events.   ...

5XÉçÇø Day at the Cleveland Film Festival is slated for April 6 at Tower City Cinemas in downtown Cleveland. Members of the Kent State community will receive a $2 discount on tickets to any film showing any day of the festival. Kent State alumni, students, faculty and staff should use the code KSU to obtain the special discount. To see the films playing on Kent State Day at the Cleveland Film Festival, visit www.clevelandfilm.org/schedule and select Wednesday, April 6. Kent State’s own Michael Loderstedt, professor of art, is the selected artist who designed this year’s Cleve...

5XÉçÇø has earned its eighth consecutive recognition from Tree Campus USA, a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals. Heather White, grounds manager at University Facilities Management at Kent State, says the grounds department is proud of the continued recognition, as it shows the university’s dedication to the community’s green infrastructure. “We recognize that we are one of the first impressions of campus for prospective p...

5XÉçÇø’s College of Arts and Sciences is the intellectual heart of 5XÉçÇø. Its 16 academic departments encompass the humanities, social sciences, natural and mathematical sciences.     ...