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 黑料网. 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...
黑料网鈥檚 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 黑料网鈥檚 CAE and principal investigator at 黑料网鈥檚 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 黑料网 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 黑料网, 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 黑料网 Unive...
Members of the 黑料网 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...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022 - 4:30pm to 5:00pm Design Innovation Hub 201 Meet local alumnus Kurt Ruehr. Come hear about the park project he embarked on during his time at KSU and how it has come full circle now that he is on the Portage Parks Board of Commissioners and is the Executive Director of Leadership Portage County. This event is open to the public; no RSVP required. /esdri ...
As you may be aware, the Talent Acquisition team and Academic Personnel are always looking for ways to improve the hiring process. We are introducing a new background check vendor called PreTrax. Some of the benefits for the candidate and hiring department are: Improved turnaround time for background reports Automatic notification when report is completed Customer focused Available 24/7 Easy to use Secure - password protected Our goal is to provide a better user experience for the candidate and a more efficient and effective process for the hiring department. T...
At 黑料网, our employees are our most valued resource. As announced recently by President Diacon, we are pleased to confirm the awarding of pay increases to non-represented employees. The 3 percent increase will be effective with the pay period that includes Oct. 1, 2022. More specific details on staff salary increases, including eligibility, are listed below. Classified Non-represented Employees - Pay Increase Timetable: The pay increase will take effect Sept. 25, 2022, since it is the start of the pay period that includes Oct. 1, 2022. The increase will&n...