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John Johnson, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent Campus  is among the finalists for the distinguished teaching award.  Ten faculty finalists were chosen from a group of more than 250 nominations for this year’s 47th Annual Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award. The three recipients of the award will receive a $1,500 cash prize and a crystal apple, and they will be honored at the University Teaching Council Conference luncheon on Friday, Oct 24. Each year, the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University Alumni Association recognizes Á½ÐÔÉ«Îçҹ’s outstanding faculty m...

BSCI Information Fair on Tuesday, October 21st, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center rooms 306A-C and 310. Learn about careers in biological sciences, including human and veterinary medicine, environmental and conservation management, research, zoological parks/aquaria and other allied health professions.This event will begin with a panel presentation covering potential majors, graduate programs and careers available to individuals interested in biological sciences. Speakers will share personal experience and advice to empower current undergraduate students to select programs...

Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University's Field House 463-kilowatt solar array is one of the sites on the 12th Annual Green Energy Ohio Tour on Oct. 3, 4 and 5. The statewide tour, part of the American Solar Energy Society National Solar Tour, is free and open to the public. Visitors can park in the Field House parking lot.Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ staff will be at the Field House to answer questions and to explain the project. On Friday, OcL 3, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., Robert Mlsbrener, project manager II in the Office of the University Architect, wlll be on site. Leah Graham, outreach recycllng coordinator in Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹'s Su...

The groundbreaking ror Kent state University's new Center ror Architecture and Environmental Design will be Oct 3 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. and Is free and open to the publlc. The building will serve as the new home of Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹'s College of Architecture and Environmental Design, bringing all of the programs of the college under one roof. The building will be located between South Lincoln and South WIiow streets,just south of the Lefton Esplanade and across the street from Franklin Hall. Construction on the $47.8 million building, including $3.8 million from donors and Kent state's Colleg...

Recycling saves money, resources and landfill space. Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University's Office of Sustainability is working to increase the campus recycling rate from 25 to 35 percent for 2014-15. "I just want everyone to get excited about recycllng," says Melanie Knowles, Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹'s sustalnability manager. More items in the university's waste stream can now be recycled. Previously, only No. 1 and No. 2 plastics were accepted. In January 2014, Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ started accepting No. 1 - No. 7 plastics as part of i1s recycling program. Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ is a single­s stream recycling campus: all recyclable ...