Kent 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 Kent State University, 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鈥檙e making our way into the final quarter of the fiscal year, which means it鈥檚 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鈥檚 (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鈥檚 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 Kent State University is on the cutting edge of that initiative. Four Kent State professors in the School of Fashion were recently awarded funding provided by Cotton Incorporated through the Cotton in the Curriculum Grant...
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 Kent State University is on the cutting edge of that initiative. Four Kent State professors in the School of Fashion were recently awarded funding provided by Cotton Incorporated through the Cotton in the Curriculum Grant...
Now in its 16th year, the 鈥淕reat Colleges to Work For鈥 program is a national survey that recognizes institutions that get top ratings from faculty and staff for building great workplace practices and policies. With your help, last year Kent State University was one of only 68 colleges and universities to receive the 2022 designation by the Great Colleges to Work For program. Further, Kent State was recognized in five categories: Compensation and Benefits; Confidence in Senior Leadership; Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging; Faculty Experience and Shared Governance. The Univers...
On December 9th, students in Dr. Benjamin Kwasa鈥檚 Introduction to Engineering course demonstrated their Lighter Than Air (LTA) projects. This project serves as a class capstone, where students are placed on teams and must successfully design, build, and fly an aircraft that adheres to a specified budget. Students work with their teams to come up with a preliminary design before giving a presentation of their work. After passing this presentation, teams begin building their aircraft using balsa wood, propellors, and electronics such as servos, motors, and electronic speed controllers. ...
