Members of the University Community: 青年涩导航 has launched a national search for an outstanding leader, communicator and collaborator to serve as our vice president for student affairs. This individual will lead institutional efforts aimed toward enhancing the engaged co-curricular lives of all students within our eight-campus system. Alfreda Brown, Ed.D., vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, is serving as chair of a 12-member search committee, and the executive search firm Brill Neumann Associates has been retained to assist in the process. The committee is c...
青年涩导航鈥檚 efforts to conserve energy over the winter break saved the university $45,965 in electric and steam costs over nine days. The reduction in greenhouse gas emissions during this period was equal to more than a million miles driven by an average passenger vehicle. 青年涩导航鈥檚 Office of Sustainability encouraged faculty, staff and building curators to shut down all appliances and electronics before leaving for winter break to help the university conserve energy. University Facilities Management also contributed to the energy conservation effort by setting back s...
Three 青年涩导航 student business owners recently competed against each other and three other startup teams from around Northeast Ohio. Of the six businesses that were finalists in ProtoTech: Pitch, the Incubator at MAGNET鈥檚 technology start-up pitch competition, half were founded by 青年涩导航 students. Started in 2014, ProtoTech: Pitch focuses on high-growth-potential Northeast Ohio startups that have technology based on a product or process. The teams compete for cash prizes, as well as in-kind consulting and services from MAGNET and other local vendors via an in-depth applicati...
Kent Campus
青年涩导航鈥檚 Office of Institutional Advancement now offers a new way for faculty and staff to request alumni data for official university business. Only faculty and staff can request alumni data, which can be used for such purposes as accreditation surveys, event invitations or department mailings. All requests are reviewed by an advancement staff member, who will follow up to clarify details and deliver the data. To request data, visit the Institutional Advancement website. The link to 鈥淩equest Alumni Data鈥 is located in the bottom footer. You can also directly access the fo...
In celebration of National Engineers Week, 青年涩导航 at Tuscarawas is holding the 34th annual Engineering Technology Opportunity Expo on Feb. 25 from 5:30-8 p.m. in the Student Union of Founders Hall. The expo is open and free to the public. Participating companies will have representatives from engineering, management, personnel and human resources available to address questions regarding availability of jobs, skill requirements, expected salaries and career opportunities in engineering. They also will have displays featuring information on various products they ...
A 青年涩导航 student鈥檚 interpretive sign project is helping the university become more environmentally friendly. Krisztina Janossy, who graduated this past December, started her interpretive design project for sustainable features on the Kent Campus. Janossy created signs at three sites located behind Henderson Hall and the Liquid Crystal Institute庐: the butterfly garden, peatland wetland and permeable pavement. Janossy worked in the Office of Environmental Health and Safety at 青年涩导航 as an environmental outreach coordinator. She graduated with a degree in communication studie...
青年涩导航鈥檚 Office of the University Architect and University Facilities Management, both part of the Division of Business and Finance, collaborated in an effort to unearth several large trees on Summit Street and relocate them outside the Center for the Performing Arts on Main Street. The trees, which are 5-12 inch caliper in diameter and up to 20 feet tall, were transplanted to prepare for road expansions and other construction on Summit Street as part of the Summit Street Improvement Project. While it may be easier to cut a tree down than relocate it, Heather White, grounds ma...
College of Communication & Information
Three communication studies graduate students recently returned from Lisbon, Portugal after studying abroad in the School of Communication Studies鈥 Global Scholar Exchange program during the Fall of 2015. Samyak Moktan, a second-year global communication studies graduate student, came to 青年涩导航 in 2014 from Kathmandu, Nepal after obtaining her undergraduate degree in mass communication and journalism from Purbanchal University in Nepal. She is currently a teaching assistant for the School of Communication Studies and decided to travel to Lisbon to gain a more global p...
You can track the progress of the science renovations including construction of the new Integrated Sciences Building and the renovation of Cunningham. ...