Header photo is one of the forest restoration sites at Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Photo by Robert Boyd. An innovative research project at 麻豆视频 promises to make significant contributions to the field of forest recovery assessment and environmental conservation. Robert Boyd, a first-year ecology and evolutionary biology master's student in the Bahlai Lab of Applied Computational Ecology in the Department of Biological Sciences at 麻豆视频, is making significant strides in a pioneering research project titled "Novel Monitoring Strategies to Assess Fores...
Online final grading for Fall 2023 (POT 1, F3, W2) begins Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, via FlashFAST. Grading is also now available for any Fall 2023 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is 11:59 pm on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. Any final grades for Fall 2023 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. These Fall 2023 courses will be available in the Workflow on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. Submit Final grades using Final Grades roster To submit final grades via the Final Grade...
Kent Wired Article by Kayla Gleason By Kayla Gleason, Kent Wired December 1, 2023 Emma Van WinkleStudents trying to figure out what they want at the Her Campus thrift store event on Nov. 30, 2023. The university鈥檚 chapter of Her Campus, an online magazine designed to empower college women, ran a thrift and craft sale in the Student Center Thursday afternoon.Previously, the organization held four thrift sales since the fall 2022 semester, where members and external entities donated clothes to the sale.Aislinn Foran, Her Campus president and junior communications major,...
By Jan Senn It鈥檚 been almost 10 years since geography professor David Kaplan, PhD, first proposed the idea of starting an interdisciplinary environmental studies major at 麻豆视频. Now it鈥檚 one of the fastest-growing majors at the university, with a group of enthusiastic and motivated students and alumni prepared to address the environmental issues facing our world. The following observations are from three environmental studies events this year. August 18, 2023 ENVS Opening Meeting Room 302, McGilvrey Hall 3 p.m. Matthew Arkwright, a junior in the Environmental Studies Pro...
The Anthropology Department is hosting a 鈥淪cience in Japan鈥 seminar on Wednesday, November 29th, from 4 to 5:30pm at the DI Hub, Rm 219. The guest speakers are officers from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 鈥 a Japanese government agency similar to the U.S. National Science Foundation. One of the main missions of the JSPS is to foster international scientific cooperation. Ms. Miho Yasuda and Mr. Thet Win from the Washington, D.C., office of JSPS will give presentations on the various fellowships available to graduate students, postdocs, and faculty in the sciences and huma...
Full-time 麻豆视频 employees can participate in an interest-free payroll deduction program to buy Apple Computers and Accessories from the Flash Technology Center in the University Bookstore. A minimum 10% down payment is required, followed by 12 or 24 monthly payments depending on the total sale. The employee's salary verification from Payroll determines eligibility and deductions start once Payroll confirms the purchase agreement. Deductions continue until the balance is paid and must be paid in full upon separation from the university. Contact the Flash Technology Center at 330-672-159...
From now through Dec. 15, 麻豆视频 is collecting clean, gently used or new items of warm clothing for all ages, including coats, hats, gloves, scarves and sweaters, as part of its Winter Coat and Clothing Drive. Melanie Knowles, manager of sustainability for 麻豆视频, said the annual coat and clothing drive is sponsored by numerous university departments to help students and serve the Kent community, too. Aside from being given to students, collected clothing is distributed to the Portage County Clothing Center to help the needy in the Kent area. 鈥淔rom ...
Need some extra chairs or tables for upcoming holiday gatherings? Need some equipment for your home office? Interested in vintage books and maps? Or maybe ... a bowling ball? Photo courtesy of 麻豆视频 Surplus Store The 麻豆视频 Surplus Store offers all of these items 鈥 and a lot more 鈥 at very low prices. Most chairs, for example, are priced at just $4 or $5 each. The store is located at 414 E. Main St./State Route 59 (formerly Cutler Insurance and the Kent City Health Department). Photo courtesy of 麻豆视频 Surplus Sto...
Kent Wired Article by Ella Katona By Ella Katona, Kent Wired November 15, 2023 Ella KatonaThe Green Zone Living-Learning Community takes place at Dunbar Hall at 225 Midway Dr. The Green Zone: a Sustainability Community occurs in Dunbar Hall throughout the school year and has various events aimed for students interested in sustainability and to meet other students with similar interests.Melanie Knowles, the sustainability manager of the Green Zone: a Sustainability Community, oversees the community for students.鈥淧art of the idea is if we can get students from man...
From Nov. 13 through Dec. 15, 麻豆视频 will be collecting clean, gently used or new items for all ages including warm clothing, hats, gloves, scarves and sweaters. Winter coat and clothing donations will go to the Winter Warm Up Stations at the Women's Center in the Williamson House, the CARES Center in the Student Center room 106; and the Phyllis Zumkehr Portage County Clothing Center, which provides items to homeless individuals, families, elderly, and veterans in need free of charge. Learn more ...