����ɫ��ҹ

Making technology services and support more accessible to faculty, staff, and students is not an easy task, but it is one for which Information Services strives. This is why IS is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of a new service catalog, ticketing system, and updated website. Over the past year, IS analyzed how services were requested and identified which services are most relevant. The result will be an improved web presence that merges elements of the IS website, support.kent.edu, and a newly reimagined service catalog. The main goal of the redesign is to put the most relevant inf...

����ɫ��ҹ University has been awarded the 2017 Encouraging Environmental Excellence (E3) Silver-level award from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The award recognizes ����ɫ��ҹ as a leading university in environmental stewardship. Melanie Knowles, ����ɫ��ҹ’s manager for sustainability, received the award on behalf of the university. According to the Ohio EPA, the goal of environmental stewardship is to reduce the impact of business or organizational activities on the environment beyond measures required by any permit or rule, produce a better environment and conserve natu...

Students from all over the world are able to attend ����ɫ��ҹ thanks to one or more of the many academic accords and agreements which are shared between their home countries and the United States. One such notable agreement is the U.S. Department of State’s Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (UGRAD). Each year, thousands of students from around the world apply to the extremely competitive and prestigious UGRAD program, yet only a few hundred are eventually accepted. Each of the participating students are placed at a college or university within the United States and given the opportunity t...

The ����ɫ��ҹr, ����ɫ��ҹ University’s independent student newspaper, is the best student newspaper in the nation in its class, according to the College Media Association. The organization announced the annual Pinnacle Award winners at the National College Media Convention, held Oct. 25-29 in Dallas, Texas. The ����ɫ��ҹr beat out competition from Northwestern University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Pennsylvania to take the Pinnacle Award for Newspaper of the Year for 2016-17. “I am absolutely thrilled to see The Stater judged to be the best student ne...

Kent​ ​State​ ​University​ ​students​ ​recently used University Library elevators to compete in the fifth annual LaunchNET Elevator Pitch event. ​The​ ​event,​ ​hosted​ ​by​ ​LaunchNET​ ​Kent​ ​State,​ ​gives students​ ​90 seconds to​ ​pitch​ ​a​ ​business​ ​idea​ or their personal skills ​to​ ​a​ ​panel of​ ​judges​ ​for​ ​the​ ​chance​ ​to​ ​win​ ​prize​ ​money.  This event​ ​​has​ ​always​ ​been​ ​held​ ​in​ ​the​ ​library, but this​ ​was the first time that LaunchNET has occupied the building, having moved its offices there from the Kent Student Center earlier this year. ​ ​ Zaria​ ...

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to mark the official opening of the Seasoned Cafe on the Salem Campus. Representatives from ����ɫ��ҹ and Aramark planned a full morning of activities that included free samples, goodie bags, games, music and raffles.  In his remarks to students and staff, Dean David Dees noted that the opening of the café was the result of a promise made – and kept – by ����ɫ��ҹ President Beverly Warren to have food on the Salem Campus. “When President Warren was fist hired in 2014, she embarked on what was called a ‘Listening Tour,’ during which she visited all ...

����ɫ��ҹ University’s College of Business Administration has once again been named an outstanding business school, according to The Princeton Review. The college is one of 267 outstanding business schools to have its on-campus Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs profiled in The Princeton Review’s 2018 annual business school rankings. “We recommend the ����ɫ��ҹ College of Business Administration as one of the best to earn an MBA,” said Robert Franek, editor-in-chief at The Princeton Review. “We chose the 267 on-campus MBA programs schools on this list based on our high regar...

Have you been a victim of fake news? Do you find yourself gravitating to the news sources that confirm your beliefs? How does fake news affect a free press and a democracy? How does it affect the work of policy-makers? Learn how to evaluate your news sources with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Doug Oplinger at: Fake News Community Discussion Hudson Library and Historical Society  7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 Register online or call 330-653-6658 After 46 years at the Akron Beacon Journal, Oplinger joined the Your Voice Ohio statewide media collaborative of print, r...