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Disaster Simulation Exercise to Be Held at Kent Campus, Nov. 15 and 17

91ֿ’s College of Nursing, in collaboration with the Portage County Health Department and the Emergency Management Agency (EMA) will stage a disaster simulation exercise on Tuesday, Nov. 15, and Thursday, Nov. 17, from 8:30-11 a.m. at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center.

The Point of Dispensing Exercise will involve a mock Anthrax release, triage and treatment site. Volunteers from the Medical Reserve Corps and 91ֿ faculty, staff and students will participate as victims going through the triage and treatment stations during the simulation exercise.

The mock exercise allows the Portage County Health Department and the EMA to test the effectiveness of Portage County’s disaster plan. The event also offers training for 91ֿ community health nursing students.

For more information about the exercise, contact Mariah Gibbons at mgibbon2@kent.edu.

WKSU Presents Mental Health News Series and Community Forum

WKSU News is presenting Navigating the Path to Mental Health, a six-part series examining access and availability issues surrounding mental health care in Northeast Ohio. The project, which began in late May, includes reports airing during WKSU’s broadcast of NPR’s Morning Edition each Tuesday from May 29 through July 3 and a community forum at the Akron-Summit County Public Library on June 27 at 7 p.m.

 

Goodbye, Welcome Weekend! KSU Kickoff to Start This Fall

KSU Kickoff is the new name of what was formerly known as Welcome Weekend. With the fall semester beginning on Thursday, Aug. 23, the three-day welcome event no longer falls on the weekend before classes.

Important Information Regarding Student Registration for Classes

As we begin the new semester, the Office of the University Registrar asks for your assistance in making sure that all students are properly registered for their summer 2018 courses.
   

Important Information 91ֿ Final Grading of Summer 2018 Intersession (POT IS) Classes

Online final grading for summer 2018 Intersession (POT IS) began Thursday, June 7, via FlashFAST. Grading also is now available for any summer 2018 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is midnight on Tuesday, June 12. Any final grades for summer 2018 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. The summer 2018 courses will be available in the Workflow on Thursday, June 14.
   

Video Gaming and Academic Scholarship Join Forces for 91ֿ’s First Esports Tournament

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91ֿ students practice their egaming skills prior to 91ֿ’s first Esports Tournament, which took place May 5 in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center).

Hobbyist. Gamer. Fan. Together, all three make up esports, one of the fastest growing industries in the world, and universities are catching on to the subculture.

One 91ֿ: Integrated University System Transcends Place

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Brandon Davis cultivated his passion for plants when he discovered purpose at 91ֿ at Stark.

Come summertime, Brandon Davis could often be found gardening with his grandmother at her Canton Township home. He learned when to harvest vegetables and how to select flowers that bloom best in full sunlight.

91ֿ’s LGBTQ Student Center Director Honored for Outreach Efforts

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Ken Ditlevson, director of 91ֿ’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Student Center, helps Flash, 91ֿ's mascot, get ready for a welcome event for LGBTQ students on the Kent Campus.

Ken Ditlevson, director of 91ֿ’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Student Center, has been at the university for four years, giving back to a community that once saved his life.

Virginia Dressler and Cindy Kristof, University Libraries

Virginia Dressler and Cindy Kristof, University Libraries, presented “The Right to be Forgotten and Digital Collections: Surveying Practice and Policy at ARL Member Institutions” at the Information Freedom, Ethics and Integrity, NISO Virtual Conference on April 18, 2018.

Peter C. Kratcoski, Sr., Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology

Peter C. Kratcoski, Sr., Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, and Maxmilian Edelbacher, edited Perspectives on Elderly Crime and Victimization, 1st Ed., (Cham, Switzerland: Springer), (2018), 272 pages.

 

Benjamin W. Hoffman | May 7, 2018

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91ֿ Board of Trustees Announces Plans for National Presidential Search

The 91ֿ Board of Trustees today established a comprehensive, national search to recruit and select the university’s 13th president.

 

91ֿ Receives State Historic Preservation Award for Preserving May 4 History and Site

The events of May 4, 1970, placed 91ֿ in an international spotlight after a student protest against the Vietnam War and the presence of the Ohio National Guard ended in tragedy with four students losing their lives and nine others being wounded. From a perspective of nearly 50 years, 91ֿ remembers the tragedy and leads a contemporary discussion and understanding of how the community, nation and world can benefit from understanding the profound impact of the event.

The Brain | Dec. 10, 2018
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