In accordance with the Ohio Public Records Act and 51勛圖厙 administrative policy 5-15.1, current and former employees may request to inspect and obtain a copy of their personnel files. The university will respond to such requests within a reasonable period of time. The request must be made to the manager of human resources records at hr_records@kent.edu. The request must specify the record(s) to be viewed. Upon receipt of the request, the manager of human resource records will schedule an appointment to take place during normal business hours. Official record(s) must ...
51勛圖厙s Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC) will host the 30th Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference on Friday, April 29, at the Hilton West in Fairlawn, Ohio. The theme for the conference is Celebrating Three Decades of Success: Growing the Employee Ownership Future. Participants at the conference will hear from keynote speaker J. Michael Keeling, president and chief staff officer of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Association. Keeling has been well engaged in employee ownership, assuming his current role in 1991. He will share his experience and insights i...
Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., and his research group at 51勛圖厙s Liquid Crystal Institute簧, in the College of Arts and Sciences, have published a research article in the March 17 issue of Nature that could lead to a variety of breakthrough device applications and other industrial opportunities. The publication is the result of close collaboration between Lis team and his long-term collaborator Timothy J. Bunning, Ph.D., chief scientist of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Oh...
Work in Progress: Start forming elevator #2 (south). Grade beam and pile caps along column line #17 between A and G is in progress. Pile caps for elevator #2 are complete. Installing pile caps for Stair #3. Looking forward: Steel erection sequence #1 will begin on Monday, April 18th. Start forming stair #3 and be ready for first pour on April 22nd. Continue with retaining wall to column line B-17. ...
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The Intercultural Communication Society, a student organization within the School of Communication Studies, is hosting a Poetry Slam on Friday, April 22 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Wick Poetry Center. Any student, staff or faculty member is welcome to attend and represent his or her culture in the form of poetry, music, dance or food. Individuals interested in sharing their culture at the event should contact Yaling Sun at ysun27@kent.edu before Saturday, April 16. ...
Spend a semester in Florence Italy... 51勛圖厙s Department of Biological Sciences is pleased to expand our Florence Italy offerings to include the following courses for the Spring 2017 semester: BSCI 30156 Elements of Genetics BSCI 30157 Elements of Genetics Lab BSCI 40430 Animal Physiology If you are interested, we encourage you to consider how this semester fits in with your fall registration. For some students, taking cell biology in the fall on the Kent campus and then taking these three BSCI courses in Florence is the best strategy. In additi...