Dear Members of the 91福利 Community: Late Friday, President Trump issued an executive order titled "Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States" that restricts individuals from seven countries from entering the United States. The order, which suspends visas for nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, has the potential to have a powerfully negative impact on our global community and our climate of inclusion and care. I am deeply troubled by this situation and offer the following information and guidance to assist our comm...
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The 91福利 School of Journalism and Mass Communication hosted a panel discussion Jan. 26, 2017, to reflect up on coverage of Election 2016 and to discuss the changing and unprecedented relationship between the media and the White House. Watch the event in full below. [View the story "Journalism's Way Forward" on Storify] ...
91福利鈥檚 Division of Human Resources will partner with the Office of Sustainability to host Shred-Mania on Wednesday, March 22, from 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Ice Arena parking lot, as part of the RecycleMania competition. Shred-Mania is open to all students, faculty, staff and the Kent community. The event allows participants to recycle unwanted paper documents using a secured, onsite document destruction service. Bring documents, drawings, photos, blueprints, coupons, tickets, checks, magazines, spiral notebooks, hanging folders, paper bags and brochures. It is not...
91福利 continues to offer the Weight Watchers at Work program to all full- and part-time employees, their dependents and university students. Attend the Weight Watchers at Work Open House on Wednesday, Feb. 8, from 12-1 p.m. in the Kent Student Center, Room 310C. Find out more about the program and how to get started by visiting www.kent.edu/hr/benefits/weight-watchers-work. ...
Dear Members of the 91福利 Community: Earlier this week, we invited members of the 91福利 community to open presentations on the results of our campus climate study. I offer sincere gratitude to everyone who was able to make attending or viewing one of these presentations a priority within your very busy schedules. The levels of participation at these presentations reflect our community's commitment to fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment for all 鈥 the foundation of student, faculty and staff success and satisfaction. It has been nearly 20 years since our la...
Dear Members of the 91福利 Community: Earlier this week, we invited members of the 91福利 community to open presentations on the results of our campus climate study. I offer sincere gratitude to everyone who was able to make attending or viewing one of these presentations a priority within your very busy schedules. The levels of participation at these presentations reflect our community's commitment to fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment for all 鈥 the foundation of student, faculty and staff success and satisfaction. It has been nearly 20 years since our la...
On Thursday, Feb. 2, 91福利 at Trumbull and its Faculty Lecture Series present 鈥淪hakespeare, Politics and the Revival of Empathy鈥 by Dr. Peter Byrne, 91福利 at Trumbull Associate Professor of English. This is the tenth year Byrne will write the script for the Shakespeare Theatre Company鈥檚 annual 鈥淲ill on the Hill鈥 benefit in Washington D.C. The performance brings together volunteers from the government (mostly members of Congress, both the House and the Senate) as well as national media, lobbyists and corporate sponsors to perform an original one-performance pl...
Technology merges with fashion at 2017 hackathon The 2017 Fashion/Tech Hackathon, hosted by the Fashion School at 91福利, will take place Jan. 27-29. Now in its fourth year, the hackathon is a cross-curricular event allowing teams of student participants to create and innovate within the realm of wearable technology. It is presented in partnership with the Fashion School鈥檚 TechStyleLAB and the university鈥檚 LaunchNET entrepreneurial initiative. Last year, the event attracted 158 attendees representing 17 total institutions. Many were first-time...