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Weight Watcher's at Work welcomes all �鶹��ý employees, family members and students to an open house on Wednesday, Feb. 21, from noon-1 p.m. in Room 303 in the Kent Student Center.  The open house is a perfect opportunity to learn more or try out a meeting with no obligation to join. As part of Weight Watcher’s Inspire, anyone who attends a meeting, including this open house, and purchases a Weight Watcher’s membership between Feb. 5-23 will be eligible for a free starter kit, valued at $70. Kent State’s Weight Watcher's at Work mee...

Throughout the year, representatives from Human Resources and other departments will hold employee appreciation day visits at all Regional Campus locations. “KSU Appreciates You” enhances connections with faculty and staff on the Regional Campuses and facilitates institutional knowledge sharing. Each visit will take place from approximately 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and includes a mix of food, fun and games. Dates are as follows: Feb. 7, �鶹��ý at Stark April 11, �鶹��ý at Trumbull April 17, �鶹��ý at Tuscarawas June TBD, College of P...

Several athletes have been incorporating probiotics for its many benefits in boosting their workout routines. �鶹��ý faculty and students are also now looking at how probiotics can help combat heat-caused complications during exercise, such as heat stroke and heat exhaustion. To help with this area of research, the university’s Exercise Science/Physiology Program was awarded a $248,000 grant by i-Health Inc. The grant will be used to conduct a study relating to the use of probiotics and physical exercise. Under the direction of Ellen Glickman, Ph.D., and Adam Jajtner, Ph.D., ...

�鶹��ý fashion design and merchandising students are taking their floral-inspired fabrics to the Cleveland Botanical Garden during this year’s Orchid Mania exhibition that is open now through March 11. The display is part of an annual school-sponsored competition, which is directed toward junior-level design students. Students are charged with conceiving of fabric and garment designs that are inspired by the exquisite flora, the orchid. Kent State faculty member Betsy Carr coordinates the event. The students, through the use of photographic images of orchids, manipulate ...

WKSU is delving into a yearlong examination of entrepreneurship in Northeast Ohio that will profile local entrepreneurs as they navigate the challenges of starting a new business and promote an innovative idea or product, thus humanizing business creation statistics.   A grant from the Burton D. Morgan Foundation enabled the WKSU newsroom to hire two �鶹��ý interns to work with Jeff St. Clair, reporter and local host of NPR’s All Things Considered, on stories that focus on business creation in the region. Kellie Nock, senior journalism major with a women’s studie...

Online midterm grading for all spring 2018 lower-division undergraduate courses (levels 00000, 10000, 20000) meeting in the full term (Jan. 16, 2018, through May 6, 2018) begins Feb. 5 via FlashFAST. Please remember that midterm grading applies ONLY to courses that meet for the full semester.     The deadline for midterm grade submission is midnight on Tuesday, March 6. Midterm grades may not be reported after the deadline. The Grade Change workflow cannot be used to report or change midterm grades after the deadline, and the Office of the University Registrar will not accommo...