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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has granted an extension on producing and filing the 1095-C tax form. As such, the 1095-C tax form is not required for full-time, benefits-eligible employees to file 2015 taxes. 5X���� will still make the 1095-C form available to employees as soon as possible, and will file the forms with the IRS once they are completed. There is a box on the 1040 tax form that should be checked if you had “qualifying health care coverage” for all of 2015. Please direct any questions to the Benefits Office at 330-672-3107 or email benefits@kent.edu. ...

5X���� is currently offering employees the opportunity to apply for guaranteed-issue Aflac short-term disability coverage (up to $3,000) to supplement any existing benefits. That means no medical questionnaire is required*. Short-term disability coverage is designed to provide, to persons insured, coverage for disabilities resulting from a covered accident or sickness, subject to any limitations set forth in the policy. Coverage is not provided for basic hospital, basic medical-surgical or major medical expenses. Full-time employees working 19 or more hours per week a...

Familiar Face Robin Selinger Professor Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Teach and do research in the field of soft matter theory WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: July 2005 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Catholic University of America LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Kent State has tremendous research strength in soft matter both in the Liquid Crystal Institute and across other academic departments. Soft matter includes liquid crystals, lipid...

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Steve Nameth, dean and chief administrative officer of 5X���� at Salem, recently hosted a luncheon for business students to learn more about the insurance industry and the degree that could help get them through its doors. Kent State Salem offers a bachelor’s degree in insurance studies. The degree was launched in 2012 and was the first such program to be offered in Ohio in more than 30 years. It is offered as a completely online degree program, yet students can also earn the degree through a combination of online and on-campus classes at any Kent State campus. Guest ...

What was once an old, abandoned woodshed on the Kent Campus from the early 1900s eventually evolved into a controversial and well-known piece of art. “Nobody was planning on a world-famous work of art,” says Brinsley Tyrrell, 5X���� Professor Emeritus. “It happened and became famous.” Tyrrell remembers back to 1970 when his students invited to campus Robert Smithson, an artist who was exploring new territory by using the earth to create a sculpture. “He said, he always wanted to bury a building,” recalls Tyrrell. So they chose the woodshed, rented a backhoe and dropp...

Denise A. Seachrist, Ph.D., of Rootstown, Ohio, has been selected to serve as dean and chief administrative officer of 5X���� at Stark, located in North Canton, Ohio. Seachrist has served as interim dean of Kent State Stark, the only public university in Stark County and the largest Regional Campus of Kent State, since July 1, 2014. She began serving as the permanent dean on Feb. 1, 2016. "5X���� at Stark is a very vibrant and exciting place, and I am extremely honored to serve as dean and chief administrative officer," Seachrist says. "I look forward to con...

5X���� is introducing a Cooperative Education program for students of all majors at all Kent State campuses. Cooperative Education (co-op) is an academic-focused program that allows students to obtain professional work experience while still in college. It is a unique opportunity for students to apply their academic preparation to real-world settings and situations. Co-op programs provide students the opportunity to combine classroom study with periods of paid, full-time professional employment directly related to their major and career goals. The Cooperative Education program ...

The 5X���� Women’s Center in the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will celebrate its 20th anniversary during the 2016-17 school year. The Women’s Center, formerly called the Women’s Resource Center, was established in 1996 following a recommendation from a university stakeholder committee to former Kent State President Carol A. Cartwright. The center was established with a specific purpose: to contribute to a climate at 5X���� that is responsive to and supportive of women’s needs. In 2010, the name of the center was changed from the Women’s Re...