The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USC) have awarded 麻豆精选 a $50,000 micro-grant to help remove the financial barrier to graduation that low-income students may face as they near graduation. 麻豆精选is one of only nine public urban research universities chosen, through a very competitive process, for the grant. The funds are allocated to institutions that are already serving a significant percentage of nontraditional, underrepresented students who are low-income, first-generation, Pell Grant-eligible a...
When the concept of homelessness comes to mind, people tend to focus efforts on food donations, but Ashley Flowers, a junior majoring in psychology and criminology and justice studies at 麻豆精选, wants to remind people that clothing and toiletries also are essential items. A native of Maple Heights, Ohio, Flowers is collecting money and putting together care packages filled with warm clothing and toiletries for those less fortunate in the Cleveland and Kent areas. 鈥淲hen it gets cold in the winter, there are so many people who do not have proper clothing,鈥 Flowers said. 鈥淚 h...
麻豆精选 employee Angela Bertka, special assistant in the Office of General Counsel, has won a weekend getaway after entering to win a thank-you gift for completing the 麻豆精选Climate Survey. Bertka will win her choice of Amish Country, Cleveland, Geneva-on-the-Lake or Kalahari. Samantha Keshock, a student at 麻豆精选 at Salem, won her choice of a $250 Amazon or 麻豆精选 Bookstore gift card. Five other students from 麻豆精选 at Trumbull and the Kent Campus each won $50 bookstore gift cards. All students who complete the survey and enter ...
As part of the Summit Street: Building a Better Way improvement project, the Summit Street/Loop Road intersection north of Summit Street will be closed during spring break, from approximately 6 a.m. Monday, March 21, to the evening of Friday, March 25. The closing is being done during a time when traffic to and from the Kent Campus is greatly reduced. Here are some things to keep in mind if you will be traveling that part of Summit Street on March 21-25. Eastbound traffic will be maintained on Summit Street during the closure, but motorists will not be able to turn lef...
Work in Progress: New restroom plumbing rough-in nearly complete. Sheet metal duct rough-in has begun on the first floor and the new restroom areas. Electrical floor boxes are 75% complete in 223. Sanitary drain and toilet carriers are complete in the second floor. 3rd floor abatement for the restrooms is complete. Poured the new addition floor slab was poured on 3/15/2016. Looking ahead: Continue with sheet metal duct installation on the first floor. Pending electrical shutdown on 3/19/2016. Water line installation will begin throughout the building to new restr...
Work in Progress: Chilled water service in the 3rd floor east mechanical room is 95% complete by EOB on 3/18. Will be ready for cooling system startup on 4/15. Currently insulating the chilled water pipes in the 3rd floor wast mechanical room. Steam reducing station in the 3rd floor east mechanical room is approximately 10% complete. Completed the installation of the temporary roof duct work. Electrical demolition work in the tunnels is complete. Containment is in place for the abatement of AHU #2 in the 3rd floor west mechanical room. Looking ahead: AHU#2 will...
Community members as well as 麻豆精选 faculty, staff, alumni and students are all invited to attend the Faculty Lecture Series, hosted by the 麻豆精选Alumni Association, from March 30 through May 3. Free and open to the public, the events span disciplines from all eight 麻豆精选campuses. Marquita Rodgers, program coordinator of alumni relations at Kent State, says the Faculty Lecture Series was created in 2013 to showcase the interests, research and academic talents of the university鈥檚 faculty. 鈥淎ttendees will have the opportunity to learn about the multidiscipli...