Jon Jivan, '08, Electronic Media, is a stickler for paying attention to detail. At least when it comes to the family car. In his case, a Tesla Model 3. As senior coordinator, videography, for Â鶹ӰԺ's Division of University Communications and Marketing (UCM), Jivan's expertise lives in telling the stories of the university community. As his ownership of a Tesla recently reached a milestone, Jivan took to Facebook to share his story of Tesla ownership and what it's really like to trust an electronic vehicle to transport his family every day. Here's his revi...
Advancing the legacy of May 4, 1970, a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard fired on Â鶹ӰԺ students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students, wounding nine students and forever changing the lives of countless others, the university will hold its annual commemoration May 3-4. Â鶹ӰԺ State will hold the Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 3. The lecture and luncheon will take place in the Â鶹ӰԺ Student Center Ballroom and feature Erica Eckert, Ph.D., assistant professor, Higher Education Administration. Eckert ...
Summer is the perfect time to learn a new skill or supplement your current interests. Workshops are flexible, offered 100% online and offer 1, 2, or 3-credit options. Both undergraduate and graduate offerings are available. The summer workshop listing includes courses on classroom management, controlling stress, designing websites and so much more! Check it out today. Questions? Email pd@kent.edu ...
Â鶹ӰԺ State Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) is pleased to announce two opportunities to receive the 10-hour OSHA certification this summer. Registration is now open for two sessions of the OSHA 10-hour general industry course. This 10-hour safety course helps workers identify, avoid and correct on-the-job hazards. Session One: June 12 and 13 (8 a.m. - 3 p.m. both days) Session Two: July 27 and 31 (8 a.m. - 3 p.m. both days) Attendees must be present for all 10 hours of the course to receive the OSHA 10-hour card. The class will be capped at 20 s...
Join us the evening of Monday, April 10th as we kick off our departmental Honors Week with the 9th annual Honors Week Poster Session! The event begins at 5:30pm in the Integrated Sciences Building, and will include undergraduate and graduate student posters featuring chemistry and chemistry-related research. Various departments throughout Â鶹ӰԺ, as well as area institutions, will be represented. Presenters have the chance to win a $200 prize for best poster! Judging sessions will run from 6:00-7:00pm, and from 7:00-8:00pm. There will be refreshments as well as the opportunit...
Celebrate Honors Week with the Department, as we host our annual Celebration of Student Achievement! The event is scheduled for Thursday, April 13, and includes a plenary lecture by Dr. Peng Chen (Cornell University) at 2:30pm in the KIVA, and our awards and scholarship recognition at 4:15pm in the Integrated Sciences Building. Refreshments will be provided at both portions of the event.
On Wednesday, March 15th, the College of Aeronautics and Engineering hosted their biggest Career Fair to date. Over 40 companies attended, talking to students about possible career opportunities and internships. The fair, which is held each semester, featured companies from both the engineering and aeronautics sectors to cater to all College of Aeronautics and Engineering students and alumni. Company tables spanned the entire Aeronautics and Technology Building second floor atrium, hallways, and into one of the computer lab classrooms. In the first floor atrium, representatives from Career Exp...
We’re making our way into the final quarter of the fiscal year, which means it’s Performance Evaluation season. Evaluations for classified and unclassified employees will be open from Apr. 3 through Jun. 16, 2023. Why do we have performance evaluations? Continual dialogue between an employee and their supervisor is a critical element in successful performance management and the annual performance evaluation is an opportunity for this dialogue to be impactful. Some of the key objectives of the performance evaluation process include: Align employee performance with unit, dep...
Across the College of Podiatric Medicine’s (CPM) over one-hundred-year-old history you will find a remarkable roster of women serving as clinicians, educators, researchers and staff working to make the college what it is today. In honor of Women’s History Month, meet just some of the brilliant women of CPM shaping and supporting the doctors of yesterday, today and tomorrow: Edweana Robinson, MD, MPH, Adjunct faculty in the Division of Podiatric & General Medicine - Dr. Robinson is well-respected as a giant in her field. CPM has been lucky to have Dr. Robinson for 39 years,...
As of 2021, the fashion industry was responsible for 10% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, according to research done by the Columbia Climate School. The industry is also responsible for a significant loss of trees each year to produce fabrics like rayon and viscose. There is a clear need for sustainable efforts to be implemented into the world of fashion, and Â鶹ӰԺ is on the cutting edge of that initiative. Four Â鶹ӰԺ State professors in the School of Fashion were recently awarded funding provided by Cotton Incorporated through the Cotton in the Curriculum Grant...
