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Sometimes employees have other insurance through their parents or a spouse/domestic partner. If you have other insurance, you are welcome to opt-out of university coverage, and you might even be eligible for opt-out incentive payments of $50 per pay ($100 per month, up to $1,200 per year). Remember that opting out means that you chose not to receive medical, vision, prescription, and dental benefits through ����ɫ��ҹ. To receive the cash incentive, your alternate coverage cannot be through ����ɫ��ҹ’s insurance, and you must submit an affidavit of alternate covera...

Actually, it was the 24th day of October, in 1973 that this photo appeared in The Daily ����ɫ��ҹr four days advance of Earth, Wind and Fire's concert at the Kent Student Center on Sunday, October 28. The group had been booked to replace Billy Preston, who was originally scheduled to perform, but had to cancel when his European tour with The Rolling Stones was extended through November.      ...

����ɫ��ҹ University’s support for its military-connected community continues to embody leadership and inclusivity as the Kent Campus has been named an official 2022-2023 Military Spouse Friendly® School by Viqtory. Viqtory uses data from its annual Military Friendly® Schools survey to indicate which campuses are considered the most supportive to military-connected students and their spouses. Out of 1,800 participating schools, ����ɫ��ҹ was one of 665 to receive the Military Friendly School designation in March, and the university is now one of 346 institutions to earn the Military Spous...

The U.S. The Department of Education describes Constitution Day as an American federal observance that commemorates the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787. For over 200 years, the constitution has been the law of our land.In celebration of the day, New York attorney and ����ɫ��ҹ University alumnus Lloyd De Vos presented “Equal Justice - Under Law - For All,” focusing on the U.S. Constitution’s impact on our government. Additionally, De Vos discussed his personal experience arguing a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.   “Overall, the rule of law r...

Members of the ����ɫ��ҹ University community can take great pride in their university’s hometown.  The city of Kent has been selected by Ohio Magazine as a 2022-2023 Best Hometown. The Best Hometown honor recognizes Kent as a great place to live, work and visit. The magazine’s editors chose Kent for its vibrant downtown, strong campus-community connection and focus on supporting residents and students alike. “We know that when students are considering where to go for college, they look at the campus environment and its location,” said Todd Diacon, president of ����ɫ��ҹ and a ...

“Dear Vaccine,” the interactive Global Vaccine Poem launched by ����ɫ��ҹ University’s Wick Poetry Center and the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center to promote the COVID-19 vaccine through art, will soon become a staged theatrical production.  The performance, titled “What We Learned While Alone: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic,’’ will have its opening night at 7 p.m. on Oct. 24, in the 700-seat auditorium of the National Academy of Science in Washington, D.C.  How the poetry project, which then became a book, headed to the stage is a series of serendipitous ...

Thousands of students and their families joined faculty, staff, alumni and others Sept. 16-18 in a weekend that had it all. Perfect temperatures and high energy greeted those who spent time enjoying the food trucks, giveaways and music on the Student Green and Risman Plaza for Black Squirrel Festival. The annual fall tradition invites student groups to interact with the student body in hopes of creating new activities for students to start the fall semester. Parents weekend invited visitors to many campus locations, including the May 4 Visitors Center, ����ɫ��ҹ University Museum ...

Freshman speech pathology and audiology major Jayla Hartmann Starks, of Cincinnati, tackled the climbing wall at the Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center on Monday evening. She only started climbing three weeks ago, but she's now certified. "I feel so much stronger. My mindset is so much better. I feel encouraged," Hartmann Starks said. Monday and Tuesday evenings from 5:30-8 p.m, through Dec. 13, the center offers a free Introduction to Climbing clinic. For more information, visit www.kent.edu/recwell/outdoor-skills-clinics.   ...

����ɫ��ҹ’s Student Multicultural Center (SMC) will be renamed the E. Timothy Moore Student Multicultural Center in honor of a beloved longtime member of the university community whose legacy left an enormous imprint on the university.  Moore, ’73, MA ’77, MFA ’83, Associate Dean Emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pan-African Studies, passed away unexpectedly in 2021.  The center is being renamed in recognition of a $50,000 gift from D’Andra Mull, Ph.D., a former student who graduated from ����ɫ��ҹ in 2002.  A...