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Come join the first "walk and talk" of the season on Friday, April 15. Group leaders for this fun and informative walk are Chris John and Jennifer Giles from the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. Participants will learn about the "pollinators" as they get some of 10,000 steps for the day. This is a great way to learn about and enjoy the beautiful Kent Campus, enjoy time with colleagues and get some exercise.   We will meet at the black squirrel located between the Kent Student Center and University Library at noon with departure at 12:10 p.m. Participants will circle around campu...

AFLAC currently offers a comprehensive list of group and individual life insurance plans for �������� employees and their families, including Accidental, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Specified Health and more. For a complete list of plans, visit AFLAC’s newly created website, designed specifically for �������� employees, at www.aflac.com/kentstate. And be sure to check out the video while you’re there. Got questions? Contact Derrick Fellows, ��������’s AFLAC customer service representative, at 216-382-9500 or email derrick_fellows@us.aflac.com. ...

The School of Communication Studies’ Communication Graduate Student Association (CGSA) will be participating in this year’s Relay for Life event held at the �������� Field House. The fundraising event begins Friday, April 29 at 6 p.m. and continues throughout the night until 12 p.m. on Saturday, April 30. “Relay for Life is fighting a disease that everyone in CGSA has been affected by at one point or another,” Nicolle Kovacs, co-captain of the CGSA Relay for Life team, said. “Relay for Life is a big event on campus so we are also looking forward to getting to know the other groups involve...

Members of the University Community, I am grateful for the sense of community and mission that we have shaped over the last 22 months and appreciate the honest and open communication that has guided our actions. It is in that spirit that I am writing to share some personal health news. During a recent physical examination, I learned that I have breast cancer that will require surgery. My outstanding medical team at the Cleveland Clinic has assured me that the cancer is in a very early stage and that there is high expectation for a full recovery. Thank you all for the outstanding work and...

��������’s School of Communication Studies hosted its Global Issues Forum on Human Trafficking: A Global and Local Epidemic on April 6 in the Moulton Ballroom. The forum brought together more than 100 faculty, staff, students and community members to hear from a panel of professionals who have encountered human trafficking in their careers. The panelists for the evening include: •Kathleen Chandler. Currently serving on the Board of County Commissioners. She was elected in 2005 to the Ohio House of Representatives where she crafted legislation to make human trafficking a crim...

Work in Progress: Forming lift 3 on elevator #1. Working on retaining wall progressing south to column line A7. Pile caps and foundations for elevator #2 are complete. Looking forward: Pour lift #3 on elevator #1 on 4/8/2016. Steel delivery and erection begins for sequence #1 on 4/11/2016 (North side – column line 0). Continue with retaining wall south from column line A7 and turn east. Start forming elevator #2 (south). ...

Work in Progress: Pulling wire throughout for branch circuits. Installing duct on 1st floor. Complete domestic water rough-in on the 2nd floor. Sanitary piping rough-in has been completed on the 3rd floor. Completing remaining framing throughout. Starting door frame installation. Drywall delivery scheduled for 4/8/2016. Steel delivery was 4/6/2016 and columns have been erected. Looking forward: Continue with steel erection. HVAC unit curb delivery will follow steel erection. Continue with HVAC duct on first floor. Drywall hanging and taping to begin. Door...

The Center for the Visual Arts, the new facility and home of the �������� School of Art, will celebrate its grand opening on May 6, 2016. The festivities begin at 3 p.m. with a short program, immediately followed by building tours, live entertainment, student exhibitions and refreshments. Concluding the grand opening events, a lecture by distinguished visiting artist Mel Chin will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Room 165. The opening program and events, as well as the keynote lecture, are free and open to the public. RSVPs are appreciated. The Center for the Visual Arts unites all Sch...

Three �������� faculty members were honored with the 2016 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards at a ceremony that took place on April 5 in the University Library. This year’s recipients were selected from a large number of nominees by the University Research Council chaired by Françoise Messardier-Kenney, Ph.D., director of ��������’s Institute for Applied Linguistics. The recipients are Richard Ferdig, Ph.D., instructional technology professor; Joel Hughes, Ph.D., psychology professor; and Polycarp A. Ikuenobe, Ph.D., philosophy professor. “We’re very proud of the ...