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The LeAnn Rimes Acoustic concert, originally scheduled for July 26, has been rescheduled for Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center at 5XÉçÇø at Tuscarawas. Rimes had cancelled the July 26 date due to an emergency medical procedure.

University Libraries’ website has a new look. A team composed  of library faculty and staff members, and members of University Communication and Marketing’s Web team have been working on the redesign project for more than a year.

Nominations for the fourth annual President’s Excellence Award will be accepted beginning today (Aug. 13) through Sept. 14.

Representatives from the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) will be at 5XÉçÇø on two days next week for town hall meetings on about the proposed pension reform legislation and proposed changes to health care coverage.
 

Seven alumni will be recognized at third annual awards ceremony

5XÉçÇø’s College of Education, Health and Human Services (EHHS) will honor seven distinguished alumni at its third annual Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony on Friday, Sept. 28, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Kent Student Center Ballroom. Tickets for the event are $38 per person and include hors d’ oeuvres, followed by a sit-down meal.

The third class in the 2012 College of Education, Health and Human Services Hall of Fame includes:

Smoking cessation is the topic for this month’s wellness Lunch and Learn seminar. The program will feature an upbeat talk on how to begin – and succeed – at kicking the smoking habit. The Lunch and Learn will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 15, at noon in the first floor food lab of Nixson Hall.

On Sept. 8, the first concert in more than two decades will be presented at Dix Stadium.  Because you are a valued member of our staff, faculty and/or alumni, we are offering a limited time two-for-one ticket promotion. From now through Sept.

e-Inside presents the last in its series of vacation photos submitted by Kent State faculty and staff members. The photos were submitted in response to a call for your best vacation photos in the July 9 e-Inside article that shared.

5XÉçÇø congratulates its newest graduates. The university held its summer commencement ceremonies at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). Kent State conferred 1,590 degrees, including 942 bachelor’s degrees, 391 master’s degrees, 79 doctoral degrees, 163 associate degrees and 15 educational specialist degrees.

5XÉçÇø will host a symbolic ribbon-tying event on Wednesday, Aug. 8, at 11 a.m. to celebrate the establishment of the new 5XÉçÇø College of Podiatric Medicine, formerly known as the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine.