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Spring 2021 Commencement at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium

5X社区 at Stark graduates are set to take Canton鈥檚 biggest stage May 13 during the 49th Annual Spring Commencement Ceremony at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Stark County鈥檚 only public university is honored to celebrate its newest graduates. Renato "Ren" Camacho, president and chief executive officer at the Akron-Canton Airport, will present the keynote address. Read more about Ren Camacho. The ceremony will be livestreamed beginning at 4 p.m. Commencement Ceremony details are as follows: 5X社区 at Stark 49th Annual Spring Commencement Fr...

ANOMALOUS WEATHER PATTERNS

Terms describing severe weather patterns like 鈥淓l Ni帽o鈥 and 鈥減olar vortex鈥 get bandied about on the nightly news without much context or definition. Understanding climates and how extreme weather and climate variability manifest and affect life on Earth helps put rising temperatures and mild winters in perspective.  鈥淲e are seeing fewer really extreme cold days,鈥 says Scott Sheridan, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Geography, who published a study of abnormal weather patterns in the Journal of Geophysical Research in 2019. 鈥淲inter weather has gotten more ...

Global Climate Challenge

Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Kat Braz and Jan Senn hen the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest report in April 2022, IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee described it as 鈥減owerful evidence that we have the potential to mitigate climate change. We are at a crossroads.  . . . Climate promises and plans must be turned into reality and action, now. It is time to stop burning our planet and start investing in the abundant renewable energy all around us.鈥 The Working Group III report, prepared by 278 scientists from 65 countries, is the...

Justin Thompson

Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Jan Senn, photo by Greta Bell, BS '22 Let Our Powers Combine!鈥 If you鈥檙e a millennial鈥攐r watched children鈥檚 TV shows in the early 1990s鈥攖hat expression may ring a bell. It鈥檚 a catchphrase from Captain Planet and the Planeteers (also known as The New Adventures of Captain Planet). The animated series featuring an environmentalist superhero ran for 113 episodes from 1990 to 1996. The brainchild of entertainment mogul and environmental philanthropist Ted Turner, the series was created as a way to teach children about real-world env...

Land and Sea

Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Jillian Kramer, BA 鈥06 In their shared Biogeochemical Oceanography and Soil Science (or BOSS) laboratory at McGilvrey Hall, married couple Timothy Gallagher, PhD, and Allyson 鈥淎llie鈥 Tessin, PhD, both assistant professors of geology, are studying the Earth from two perspectives鈥攐n land and at the bottom of the sea鈥攖o better understand climate change. Gallagher, a biogeochemist and sedimentary geologist, digs into the land, quite literally, to study how terrestrial environments have responded to climate change. He鈥檚 cataloging what human intervention...

Volunteers from the tree advisory board, the grounds department and the Herrick student organization meet to maintain the Climate Change Grove during an Arbor Day/Earth Day event on April 22, 2022.

Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Lisa Abraham, photos by Rami Daud, BA 鈥20 Imagine a day when Ohio鈥檚 environment is unable to sustain native trees like the sugar maple, which produces the sap distilled into Ohio maple syrup鈥攐r the Ohio buckeye, our state tree.   Research underway at the Climate Change Grove on the Kent Campus is shedding light on what may happen to native tree species if we don鈥檛 address the carbon emissions that are causing global warming. The tree grove, which sits on a parcel of land behind the Warren Recreation and Wellness Center, was established i...

Grace Springer, a second-year journalism student, collaborates with students from other universities to cover climate change issues.

Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Candace Goforth DeSantis, BS 鈥94 Concerned about the dire crisis facing their generation, Kent State students are drawing attention to the causes of climate change and demanding action. In spring 2021, several students from the College of Communication and Information helped found Project Citizen: Climate360, a collaboration of students from 5X社区, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and Morgan State University in Baltimore. The group brings together student communicators, jo...

Alumni Climate Advocates

Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Jillian Kramer, BA '06 Climate change is affecting all of us in one way or another, and its impacts will only increase in the near future. It's a daunting problem that will be difficult to solve but we cannot give in to discouragement or despair. Millions of people throughout the world are dedicated to building a clean, green, healthy, sustainable and just planet. They are developing solutions. And when people and organizations work together, we can put those solutions into practice at a global scale. Yes, we need to discuss the devastating challeng...

Green Tour with Melanie Knowles

Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Jan Senn On a warm but windy April day, about 40 faculty and staff gather at the squirrel statue near the 5X社区 Library for a noontime 鈥淲ellness Walk & Talk鈥 tour organized by the Employee Wellness office and led this day by Melanie Knowles, Kent State鈥檚 manager of sustainability. We expect to get some exercise and learn about recent sustainability initiatives on the Kent Campus. 鈥淎 couple locations are going to require you to use your imagination, because some things don鈥檛 always happen on schedule and other things are...

Solar array at the College of Podiatric Medicine in Independence, Ohio.

Kent State continues to establish itself as a leader in sustainability and environmental stewardship with solar installations鈥攖o attract students in environmental studies and research, to help our planet and to save money. The university鈥檚 first solar array was installed through a power purchase agreement on the roof of the Field House on the Kent Campus. A third-party developer owned the solar array but sold the power to Kent State. Upon completion in summer 2012 it was the largest roof-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panel electrical system within the University System of Ohio. Ke...

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