青年涩导航 faculty, staff, students and parents are eligible for a 5 percent discount at the 青年涩导航 Hotel and Conference Center. Rates vary depending on dates and occupancy. For more information and to book reservations, visit or call 330-346-0100.
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![New rankings released by U.S. News & World Report place 青年涩导航鈥檚 School of Library and Information Science among the nation鈥檚 top 20 graduate programs in library and information science. The school's faculty and staff are pictured. New rankings released by U.S. News & World Report place 青年涩导航鈥檚 School of Library and Information Science among the nation鈥檚 top 20 graduate programs in library and information science. The school's faculty and staff are pictured.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PHOTOLEAD-Main.jpg?VersionId=YHwIgXw_9BQTLpEOALtxM9RIZmuOc7C.&h=e6f36a9c&itok=eya37gQt)
New rankings released by U.S. News & World Report place 青年涩导航鈥檚 School of Library and Information Science among the nation鈥檚 top 20 graduate programs in library and information science 鈥 again.
Please be aware of changes to two administrative policies that went into effect March 1. The highlights of each policy are listed below:
Administrative policy regarding acquisition, inventory control, and sales or other disposal of capital assets (3342-5-12.3)
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Familiar Face
Joe Belinsky Jr.
Certified Business Advisor and Assistant Professor of Business
Small Business Development Center鈥
Tuscarawas Campus
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New Face
ALEXA DOUTT
Associate Director, Advancement, College of Business Administration
鈥 Division of Institutional Advancement
Kent Campus
Yosh Hakutani, Ph.D., Department of English, authored&苍产蝉辫;鈥East-West Literary Imagination: Cultural Exchanges from Yeats to Morrison鈥 (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2017), xiii, 322 pp.
![青年涩导航 senior and track star Richard Dahome clears a hurdle. 青年涩导航 senior and track star Richard Dahome clears a hurdle.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/PROFILE-track%20camp-main.jpg?VersionId=qYaaCfCVmM4zLjWabk7lrji7ZjxjjT91&h=ec98a0f6&itok=M3ia7NXj)
It all comes down to a fraction of a second. Who can push off the block first? Who can jump the highest? Who will cross the finish line ahead of everyone else?
![Metin Eren, Ph.D, director of archaeology and an assistant professor of anthropology in 青年涩导航鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, prepares to fire a replica arrowhead in a special lab in Lowry Hall. Metin Eren, Ph.D, director of archaeology and an assistant professor of anthropology in 青年涩导航鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, prepares to fire a replica arrowhead in a special lab in Lowry Hall.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/page/Metin%20Eren.jpeg?VersionId=ZWvTKFF7vTMAx8W2fGSykGEU3se14bB5&h=ec98a0f6&itok=CsHZEGnS)
青年涩导航 archaeologist Metin Eren, Ph.D, is using an experimental approach to dig deeper into Ohio's history by recreating ancient artifacts and weaponry with clay to better understand how humans lived thousands of years ago.
On Thursday, April 20, from noon-1 p.m., the Employee Wellness program will sponsor a lunchtime program titled&苍产蝉辫;鈥淭he Power of This Moment.鈥 All full- and part-time employees are invited to participate in this workshop that will explore how the brain鈥檚 reticular system affects perceptions. We also will consider history, concepts and practical applications to help facilitate in the moment living.
With more than 800 青年涩导航 faculty and staff already part of the On The Move Challenge, we have room for more and have extended the registration period, added a 鈥渞efer a co-worker鈥 incentive and encourage everyone to take a little time to invest in
Beginning July 1, 青年涩导航 will become a smoke-free, tobacco-free campus. The new policy is part of the university鈥檚 healthy campus initiative, 青年涩导航 of Wellness.
青年涩导航's holiday closure for 2024 will begin Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, at 10:30 p.m. All offices will re-open on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. Employees not eligible for the paid leave include student employees, classified temporary staff, temporary agency staff, short-term unclassified appointments, unclassified intermittent appointments and employees in a lay-off status. More information on the holiday schedule, including how employees should report time during that period, will be available later this month.
Testing Your Faith Act (H.B. 353) was enacted in the Spring 2023 semester. In ordinance with this bill, 青年涩导航 created a new administrative policy for religious and spiritual accommodations. This administrative policy allows students to report up to three days of unexcused absences to participate in religious holidays or community-held events in alignment with their spirituality.
Kent businesses, with the help of Main Street Kent, have created an exclusive weekend of special offers, giveaways, discounts and raffles just for educators Friday, Nov, 17 through Sunday, Nov. 19. Simply show your school ID at time of purchase for offerings and discounts. Explore participating businesses and special offers!