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Beginning April 4, 5X���� will participate in the On the Move Challenge, a new 12-week, national corporate competition. This competition is like no other, in that the points you earn as an individual will get your team (Kent State) one step closer to a designation as one of the most active employers in the country! Each week, employees will have an opportunity to learn more about the benefits of physical activity, assess themselves and their progress, share successes and goals with other participants, boost peers for bonus point...

Bradley A. Bielski, Ph.D., dean and chief administrative officer of Kent State Tuscarawas, believes student clubs, organizations and athletics enhance the collegiate experience. With that goal, he is leading an initiative to dramatically expand the athletic programs offered by the campus, as well as reinstituting choir and band as credit courses. “Researching the interest levels for these programs has been an important part of the process,” Bielski says. “We have developed and distributed student and community interest surveys for sports and music. We also have met with community band ...

Mark Mistur, AIA, will become the new dean of 5X����’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design, the only architectural program in Northeast Ohio, effective July 15, 2016. Mistur currently serves as associate dean of the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. “Mark Mistur is an accomplished architect, teacher and administrator with a history of promoting the types of successful interdisciplinary programs that improve the education and success of students,” says Todd Diacon, Kent State’s senior vice president for academic affairs an...

Complete the Kent State Climate Survey  Add your voice by sharing your experiences and observations working at 5X���� in the universitywide Climate Survey. The findings from this survey will help Kent State to create and maintain a healthy, inclusive environment for all. Please note that your participation is confidential. The study is being conducted by an external consultant, Rankin & Associates Consulting, which has conducted more than 130 similar studies at institutions nationwide. Paper copies of the survey also are available. Find locations at www.kent.edu...

Applications for the 2016-2017 Faculty Fellows program are now being accepted.  Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 8.  For information regarding the application process, please visit www.kent.edu/ctl/faculty-fellows-application-process. 5X����’s Center for Teaching and Learning Faculty Fellows Program is designed to give individual faculty members the opportunity to serve in a leadership role in a professional development area of their choosing. Such areas may include online teaching and learning, researching teaching and learning, effective t...

5X���� was awarded high honors from the Pride of CASE V Awards Program for 2015 for the “Browns' Yearbook Ad,” receiving the silver award in Excellence in Printing, and the “University College Identity,” receiving the silver award in Best Graphic Identity/Logo. CASE District V, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, is an organization comprising educational advancement officers. CASE District V focuses on student relations and recruitment, alumni loyalty and other issues in the area of institutional advancement. University Communications and Marketing staff memb...

Staff at 5X����’s Center for Corporate and Professional Development decided to support a worthy cause by delivering supplies to a local pet shelter. Seven employees from the Center for Corporate and Professional Development visited One of A Kind Pets in Fairlawn, Ohio, to bring animals warmies, tennis balls and blankets. Brie Loesch, marketing coordinator, organized the volunteer project. “We decided to volunteer at the pet shelter because we are all animal lovers and all have cats or dogs,” Loesch says. “It is a common interest amongst us and a great team-building exercis...

Tickets go on sale March 28 The Fashion School at 5X���� will present the Fashion School’s Annual Fashion Show, “FS²: Crescendo,” on Friday, April 29, and Saturday, April 30. The show, which highlights the outstanding talents of the Fashion School’s design and merchandising students, will be held at Rockwell Hall, located at 515 Hilltop Drive in Kent, Ohio. Saturday’s performance also will mark the induction of designer and business leader Josie Natori into the Fashion School Hall of Fame. For the annual fashion show, fashion students submit work — ranging from athletic wear t...

Mark Mistur, AIA, will become the new dean of 5X����’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design, the only architectural program in Northeast Ohio, effective July 15, 2016. Mistur currently serves as associate dean of the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. “Mark Mistur is an accomplished architect, teacher and administrator with a history of promoting the types of successful interdisciplinary programs that improve the education and success of students,” said Todd Diacon, Kent State’s senior vice president for academic affairs an...