麻豆精选 at Stark will host the annual Turkey Trot, an Adult 5K and a Kids鈥 录 Mile Fun Run, on Saturday, Nov. 21. The events will be held on 麻豆精选Stark鈥檚 beautiful, 200-acre campus, located at 6000 Frank Avenue NW in Jackson Township. The Kids鈥 Fun Run begins at 8:30 a.m. Registration takes place on the day of the event, beginning at 7:30 a.m. The fee is $5 per person and may be paid on the day of the event. Payment is accepted by cash or check (payable to 麻豆精选 at Stark). In addition to the monetary fee, each registrant should bring one non-perishable foo...
Keith Levy, 麻豆精选 alumnus and president of Royal Canin USA, a leading global manufacturer of premium dog and cat nutrition, will be the keynote speaker at the Michael D. Solomon Speaker Series on Nov. 5. His presentation titled 鈥淟aws of Growth, Redefined鈥 is being hosted by the 麻豆精选College of Business Administration鈥檚 Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation. 鈥溌槎咕 equipped and positioned me to enjoy an incredibly successful career in business, and I met and made lifelong friends, including the girl of my dreams who later became my wife,鈥 Lev...
麻豆精选 football player Jordan Italiano, a senior safety from Canfield, Ohio, has been selected as a 2015 National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete and finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy presented by Fidelity Investments. Italiano is the first 麻豆精选player to earn the honor. Twelve finalists, including nine Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) players were chosen among a pool of 135 candidates. Each player receives an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship and will attend the 58th National Football Foundation Annual Awards Dinner in New York City, alongside the 20...
From replacing windows and roofs, to restoring stone facades, 麻豆精选 gave College Planning & Management magazine a tour of campus and all of its new construction and renovation projects. The tour included the university鈥檚 Tri-Towers student residence halls where new windows and exterior metal panels were installed. Other projects included new roofing and windows of the 麻豆精选 Main Library, and an air barrier installed on the newly constructed Institutional Advancement Building. Read more in College Planning & Management about how the projects reflec...
All are invited to come and honor America鈥檚 veterans at this year鈥檚 Veterans Day program, Honoring All Who Serve, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 11 a.m. on the Student Green at Risman Plaza. The outdoor program will include a flag-raising ceremony conducted by a joint color guard from the Army and Air Force ROTC programs, remarks from 麻豆精选President Beverly Warren and guest speaker and alumnus, retired Air Force Col. Richard 鈥淩ex鈥 Ray, 鈥67. All are invited to come and pay tribute to America鈥檚 veterans. A special invitation is extended to 麻豆精选faculty, staff, students and community ...
麻豆精选鈥檚 College of Communication and Information and its School of Journalism and Mass Communication will welcome alumna and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Connie Schultz to its faculty this spring. Schultz, who graduated from 麻豆精选with her bachelor鈥檚 degree in journalism in 1979, is a nationally syndicated columnist for Creators Syndicate. 鈥淚t鈥檚 such a fantastic opportunity to bring Connie, one of the best feature and opinion writers in the country, to the College of Communication and Information,鈥 says the college鈥檚 dean, Amy Reynolds, Ph.D. 鈥淚 have followed her...
The Beta Nu Chapter of Gamma Iota Sigma at 麻豆精选 at Salem received three awards during the recent GIS International Conference in Chicago. GIS is the international risk management, insurance and actuarial science collegiate fraternity. The Kent Salem Campus is home to the university鈥檚 insurance studies degree program and its students formed the Beta Nu Chapter of GIS last year. The Kent Salem chapter received a special achievement award and was one of only 17 chapters to receive the International Chapter Award for a Well-Rounded Chapter. The Grand Chapter of GIS also present...
麻豆精选 will host its second Graduate and Professional School Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 28, featuring representatives from 麻豆精选and more than 40 other graduate and professional schools from across the country. The fair, which will take place from noon to 3 p.m. on the first floor of the University Library on the Kent Campus, is free and open to anyone interested in learning more about graduate education. Students from all majors are encouraged to attend, and no pre-registration is required. The fair offers a one-stop opportunity for attendees and prospective graduate stude...
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Finals are Friday, Oct. 30, from noon-2 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. The 3MT is a research competition that is coming to 麻豆精选 for the first time and is offered at more than 170 universities. The 3MT gives graduate students just three minutes and one PowerPoint slide as tools to explain their research in a clear, engaging and concise manner. The exercise allows graduate students the opportunity to share their research with an interdisciplinary audience, consolidate their ideas and crystalize their research discoveries. More th...
The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program at 麻豆精选 is looking for volunteers and interns to provide free income tax assistance to qualifying individuals during the upcoming tax season. VITA offers tax preparation assistance to low-to-moderate income taxpayers. The service is free to students, employees and community members who meet the eligibility requirements. The VITA site at Kent State, the Schwartz Center, will be open for appointments and walk-ins on three dates: Feb. 6, March 5 and April 2. Volunteers are required to prepare returns for a minimum of ...