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Faculty, staff, students and visitors to �鶹��ý will no longer have to deal with orange barrels, detours and traffic delays on Summit Street. After more than two years of construction, the Summit Street: Building a Better Way Improvement Project is scheduled to be completed in time for the start of fall classes.    Two-way traffic is scheduled to resume in the construction area on Aug. 15, weather permitting.  The project, which was managed by the city of Kent, began in the spring of 2016 and made improvements to a one-mile stretch of roadway between Lincoln...

KSU Kickoff, �鶹��ý’s four-day new student orientation, will take place from Aug. 19-22. Students can select from more than 50 different events from Sunday to Wednesday. KSU Kickoff helps students transition into the university community and learn about academic and social opportunities at Kent State. “KSU Kickoff is a great name for this start-of-school event, as our goal is to get students connected and plugged into our campus community right away,” says Josh Perkins, Kent State’s assistant director for Student Success Programs. “The KSU Kickoff event provides many dif...

The �鶹��ý alumni network will again grow its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes get their degrees. �鶹��ý will hold its Summer 2018 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). The Kent Campus will confer 1,325 degrees, including 834 bachelor’s degrees, 410 master’s degrees, 68 doctoral degrees and 13 educational specialist degrees. Across the university’s eight-campus system, 1,487 students will graduate from Kent State this summer, including those recei...

The �鶹��ý alumni network will again grow its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes get their degrees. �鶹��ý will hold its Summer 2018 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). The Kent Campus will confer 1,325 degrees, including 834 bachelor’s degrees, 410 master’s degrees, 68 doctoral degrees and 13 educational specialist degrees.  Across the university’s eight-campus system, 1,487 students will graduate from Kent State this summer, including those rec...

The Heart Walk is the American Heart Association's premiere event for raising funds to save lives from the number one and number five causes of death in the United States: heart disease and stroke. �鶹��ý faculty, staff, students, friends, family and community members are invited to join Team Kent State on Saturday, Sept. 15, from 8:30 to 11 a.m. for the Akron Heart Walk at the University of Akron Stile Athletics Field House, 384 Carroll St., in Akron. Designed to promote physical activity and heart-healthy living, the Heart Walk creates an environment that is fu...

The Employee Wellness office is pleased to feature our �鶹��ý faculty for the fall employee wellness speaker series, “The Science of Healthy.” This speaker series covers happiness and sleep, brain health and exercise, and the science of healthy eating. These interactive sessions will take place Sept. 18, Oct. 3 and Oct. 15. All full- and part-time employees are welcome to take advantage of the entire three-part series. However, if this is not possible, please plan to attend any session that your schedule may permit. Time has been built into each session so that attendees will...

Join us on Monday, Aug. 20, (rescheduled from Aug. 7) from noon to 1 p.m. when Beth Michel, recreation program officer with the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, will explain how to get the most out of your walk as we tour the Kent Campus.   The meeting location to begin the walk is at the black squirrel statue between the University Library and the Kent Student Center on the Kent Campus. Meet at noon with a departure time of 12:10 p.m. and return just before 1 p.m.  All full- and part-time employees are invited to join us for the walk. Employees participating in the Welln...

Academic advisors who go above and beyond in their roles help define students’ success, from enrollment to graduation. One such advisor is Courtney Miller, an academic advisor at �鶹��ý’s Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg. Ms. Miller was recently honored with the Dr. Terry Kuhn Distinguished Undergraduate Advising Award, which recognizes the outstanding contributions of an academic or faculty advisor who demonstrates a commitment to student success inside and outside the classroom. The award recognizes a distinguished advisor as one who fosters an empowering advising relatio...

From Michigan to Florida, Paris to Rome and more, �鶹��ý employees captured memories of some of the most interesting places, people and things from their local and international trips. e-Inside is sharing some of their photos in this final feature for 2018. Please note that photo submissions are no longer being accepted.    Pratim Datta, Ph.D., College of Business Administration, shot this photo in Masai Mara, Kenya. He says, "A lion pride had just made a kill in the African savannah and the feeding was frenzied.  Unable to secure a bite after some...