Work in Progress: Phoenix air valve replacement in the Annex research labs continues per schedule. Continuing the chilled water piping in the 3rd floor east mechanical room. Continuing the demolition of AHU#3. Looking forward: Complete the demolition of AHU#3 in the 3rd floor west mechanical room. Mobilize the mason the week of 3/7/2016. Continue Phoenix air valve replacement in the Annex. Continue chilled water piping in the 3rd floor east mechanical room. Steel submittals and manufacturing in progress. Start tele/data duct bank layout. Start excavation for fo...
Work in progress: Augercast pile installation continues in the SE corner of the site. Currently 315 piles have been installed and 30 remain. Pile cap and grade beam forming and installation has begun. Basement retaining walls forming to begin 2/25/16. Elevator #1 (North) concrete hoistway walls to begin 2/25/16. Looking Forward: Complete augercast pile installation on 2/29/16. Continue with pile caps and grade beams along column line 'A' (West side). Continue with forming and placement of elevator #1 hoistway walls. Continue with basement retaining walls foll...
The ѿappUniversity Alumni Association is revealing the Homecoming date with a bang – a special aerial announcement. And you can be a part of it! Between 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on March 1 on the Kent Campus, take a break, go outside and keep your eyes to the sky to spot the 2016 Homecoming date. The next step is to smile and snap a fun selfie with the Homecoming date in the background and post it on Instagram or Twitter with #KENTHC. All participants who post a selfie will randomly be entered into a drawing to win a ѿappprize pack. Don’t miss out on this exciting announcemen...
University College is pleased to announce the launch of the Office of Alternative Credit and Articulation Agreements, formerly known as Dual Enrollment Programs. The office will continue to be responsible for coordinating all aspects of the College Credit Plus program and will assume the additional roles of overseeing and coordinating domestic articulation in support of student degree completion. In collaboration with academic departments, the office will coordinate other alternative credit opportunities at ѿappUniversity, such as prior learning assessment, transfer credit, Credit ...
Fellowship to focus on open textbooks and affordable education Assistant Professor Feng-Ru Sheu, Ph.D., of ѿappUniversity Libraries, is one of 22 researchers nationwide who has been selected to be an Open Education Resources Research Fellow, a competitive research fellowship sponsored by the Open Education Group and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The Open Education Resources research fellowship program investigates the impact of open educational resources on the cost of education, student success outcomes, use and perceptions of open education resources. Open educatio...
ѿappUniversity’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Student Center received a $5,000 grant from the Gay Community Endowment fund, organized through the Akron Community Foundation, to create a mentor program for LGBTQ and ally students at Kent State. Ken Ditlevson, director of the LGBTQ Student Center, says this is the first grant for the center. “We knew that it was the perfect target grant because it serves the gay, lesbian and trans community, and is for this county, as well,” Ditlevson says. The center recruited more than 25 adult mentors who are colle...
The Oak Ridge Boys are bringing their Celebration Tour to ѿappTuscarawas for two shows at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on March 5. This will be their third engagement at the Performing Arts Center. The shows are co-sponsored by WTUZ Radio and Carpenter Heating and Cooling. Tickets range in price from $39-$58 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center Box Office, online at www.kent.edu/tusc/pac or by calling 330-308-6400. The box office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free parking is available for all shows. Theirs is one of ...
ѿappUniversity has earned its eighth consecutive recognition from Tree Campus USA, a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals. Heather White, grounds manager at University Facilities Management at Kent State, says the grounds department is proud of the continued recognition, as it shows the university’s dedication to the community’s green infrastructure. “We recognize that we are one of the first impressions of campus for prospecti...
Aeronautics Program to receive a Cessna aircraft and an internship opportunity for a ѿappstudent ѿappUniversity’s Aeronautics Program in the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology is one of four universities nationwide to be selected as a partner school for Cessna’s 2016 Top Hawk program. The program encourages the pursuit of careers in aviation and provides students access to industry-leading aircraft. The program also offers an internship opportunity for a ѿappstudent in the summer of 2016. “This is a great opportunity for the ѿappAeronaut...
ѿappUniversity has earned its eighth consecutive recognition from Tree Campus USA, a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals. Heather White, grounds manager at University Facilities Management at Kent State, says the grounds department is proud of the continued recognition, as it shows the university’s dedication to the community’s green infrastructure. “We recognize that we are one of the first impressions of campus for prospec...