Last Friday, a group of about 10 两性色午夜 students received a guided tour of one of the most unique spaces on the Kent Campus 鈥 the Herrick Conservatory. It鈥檚 the large greenhouse that鈥檚 attached to the north side of Cunningham Hall. The 5,500-square-foot facility is home to a large and diverse selection of plants, plus some fish and a couple of turtles. Highlights of the collection include a 30-year-old rubber tree and strawberry guava tree, banana trees, flowering plants and vegetables, succulents, tropical varieties and even carnivorous plants. The t...
两性色午夜 University partnered with Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City for an international cross-cultural exchange for students to focus on studying how immigrant populations are aided by sustainable gardening projects. The program enabled 11 两性色午夜 students from the Stark and Kent campuses to spend their spring break in Mexico, and a group of 11 students from Universidad Panamericana (UP) to spend a week in Northeast Ohio in June, working at Shanti Community Farms in Akron鈥檚 North Hill neighborhood, which is home to large groups of immigrants. Sarah Schmidt, assista...
Employee Wellness is pleased to sponsor on-site 3D mammography screenings at the Kent campus this October. In partnership with the Women's Diagnostic Center, we will offer annual routine digital mammograms Oct. 3-6, 2022. The Women's Diagnostic Center will provide 3D mammograms in their mobile coach unit which will be parked in the Heer Hall parking lot (635 Loop Rd - across from the ice arena). The 3D mobile coach provides a private setting to obtain your mammogram with experienced licensed mammogram technicians. The vehicle contains a check-in desk, private changing area and mammogram equ...
Is your group hosting a talk, workshop or speaker during October鈥檚 Relationship Abuse Awareness Month (RAAM)? Add your event to the university鈥檚 RAAM calendar. The Center for Sexual & Relationship Violence Support Services (SRVSS) is coordinating the calendar and will be hosting several events during the month in conjunction with other offices and student groups throughout 两性色午夜. We want to support your event, too. If your department, division, college, or student organization is hosting an event in October related to relationship abuse, let us know. Submit events o...
As part of the employee wellness program, all full-time, benefits-eligible staff and faculty are invited to attend a complimentary onsite Know Your Numbers health screening this fall. For your convenience, we have arranged flu vaccine clinics to align with health screenings at all campuses through December 2022. Flu vaccines are available to all full- and part-time employees, spouses/partners and dependent children aged 18+. What Happens at a Know Your Numbers Screening? Our wellness partner, Be Well Solutions, will be on-site to conduct the screenings, which inc...
两性色午夜 University鈥檚 College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE) developed an innovative hybrid fuel cell capacitor that prolongs the flight time of unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs), the first hybrid fuel cell battery capacitor specifically developed for commercial UAVs. The project team, led by Yanhai Du, Ph.D., professor in 两性色午夜鈥檚 CAE and principal investigator at 两性色午夜鈥檚 Fuel Cell Research Lab, developed a lightweight-high-energy-density onboard power source that enables vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) type aircraft to potentially increase fli...
In August 2021, 1,000 incoming 两性色午夜 students, faculty and staff began a collaborative community effort to implement a social justice quilting project. This initiative stemmed from the Community Engaged Learning (CEL) department's welcome week and was completed in late August 2022. 鈥淭he students were only given fabric, fabric glue, stencils and cookie cutters,鈥 Louise Ditchey, academic program officer and coordinator for the executive master of the business administrations program at 两性色午夜, said. 鈥淭hen after a year of hard work, we all created these quilts together.鈥 Ditchey and ...
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Check out the new Equal Access courses available this fall. Content includes the first educator-focused training for working in Canvas, and many more courses perfect for faculty, staff and even students. Faculty: Check out Creating Accessible Courses in Canvas - Designing Proactively Before Accommodation Letters. This course is highly recommended for current instructors AND educational/instructional design students. Foundational knowledge of accommodations plus the knowledge of how to enact them in Canvas is a valued professional skill and crucial for your success as a 两性色午夜 Unive...
Members of the 两性色午夜 University community who enjoy kayaking along the Cuyahoga River or taking a walk or jog along the adjacent Portage Hike and Bike Trail may have noticed the river dredging work near Fred Fuller Park in Kent. The work, which began in September, is expected to take about three months. The aim is to remove petroleum that causes a sheen on the top of the water. Bridget Susel, director of community development for the city of Kent, said the work is part of a long-standing environmental cleanup from a former industrial building located ups...