5XÉçÇø faculty, staff, students and parents are eligible for a 5 percent discount at the 5XÉçÇø Hotel and Conference Center. Rates vary depending on dates and occupancy. For more information and to book reservations, visit or call 330-346-0100.
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The 5XÉçÇø Climate Survey will launch tomorrow, March 8, to assess the university’s climate. This is your opportunity to share your experience living, learning and working at Kent State. Watch out for an email tomorrow from President Beverly Warren.
The Fashion School at 5XÉçÇø is pleased to announce that designer and business leader Josie Natori will be inducted into the Fashion School Hall of Fame on April 30. The ceremony will take place as part of the Kent State Fashion School’s Annual Fashion Show, presented the same evening.
As part of the Summit Street: Building a Better Way Improvement Project, the westbound lane on Summit Street, from Fraternity Circle to Whitehall Boulevard, will be closed to traffic beginning today, March 7, through November. One-way, one-lane eastbound traffic will be maintained, as well as access to adjacent buildings and intersecting roadways.
5XÉçÇø professors Brian James Baer, Ph.D., and Theresa Minick, both from the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, have been awarded two federal government STARTALK grants, totaling $225,000, to support the Regents Foreign Language Academy, a summer language-immersion program for Ohio high school students.
Online final grading for spring 2016 First 7 Weeks (W1) courses meeting from Jan. 19 through March 6 began Thursday, March 4, via FlashFAST.
In 2009, Shanice Cheatham, a graduate student at Kent State, was told that her father had a 10-percent chance of living after being infected with MRSA, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus.
The 5XÉçÇø Climate Survey will launch March 8 to assess the university’s climate. All Kent State faculty, staff and students universitywide have the opportunity to share their experience living, learning and working at Kent State. Add your voice! Visit www.kent.edu/voices.
Online final grading for spring 2016 First Half of the Semester (H1) courses meeting from Jan. 19 through March 9 begins Wednesday, March 9, via FlashFAST. Grading also is now available for any spring 2016 course section that was flexibly scheduled and has an end date no later than March 9. The deadline for grading submission is midnight on Tuesday, March 15.
Samantha Glass, sophomore computer science major, became 5XÉçÇø at Stark’s first University Innovation Fellow, which makes her part of a national program designed to train student leaders to create entrepreneurial opportunities at their schools.
The Executive MBA program at 5XÉçÇø’s College of Business Administration has once again been ranked in the top tier of CEO Magazine’s Global Ranking.
5XÉçÇø's holiday closure for 2024 will begin Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, at 10:30 p.m. All offices will re-open on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. Employees not eligible for the paid leave include student employees, classified temporary staff, temporary agency staff, short-term unclassified appointments, unclassified intermittent appointments and employees in a lay-off status. More information on the holiday schedule, including how employees should report time during that period, will be available later this month.
Testing Your Faith Act (H.B. 353) was enacted in the Spring 2023 semester. In ordinance with this bill, 5XÉçÇø created a new administrative policy for religious and spiritual accommodations. This administrative policy allows students to report up to three days of unexcused absences to participate in religious holidays or community-held events in alignment with their spirituality.
Kent businesses, with the help of Main Street Kent, have created an exclusive weekend of special offers, giveaways, discounts and raffles just for educators Friday, Nov, 17 through Sunday, Nov. 19. Simply show your school ID at time of purchase for offerings and discounts. Explore participating businesses and special offers!