91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University’s School of Communication Studies will host its Global Issues Forum on Human Trafficking: A Global and Local Epidemic at 7 p.m. on April 6 in the Moulton Hall Ballroom. The forum will feature a panel discussion on human trafficking and its global and local occurrence. The panelists for the evening include: Kathleen Chandler, who is currently serving on the Board of Portage County Commissioners. She was elected in 2005 to the Ohio House of Representatives where she crafted legislation to make human trafficking a crime. Eric Heisig, who is a federal cou...
Student helps bring UNCHAINED fashion show to campus on April 4 A project that began as part of a public relations course in 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication is now coming to fruition and raising awareness about human trafficking. Mackenzie Lunde, a senior fashion merchandising major and public relations minor, first created an event proposal for the UNCHAINED fashion show as part of her fall 2015 Public Relations Tactics course. UNCHAINED is a Columbus, Ohio-based company that uses fashion to bring awareness to human trafficking, one of the world’s fastest...
91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University is mourning the loss of a valued member of its family. Trustee Richard H. Marsh passed away March 24. Marsh was a devoted alumnus who joined the 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Board of Trustees on July 27, 2011, by appointment of Gov. John Kasich. He served as Secretary of the Board, and was an invaluable advisor through his service on the board’s Audit and Compliance Committee, Finance and Administration Committee, Investment Committee, and Governance Committee. Marsh was a leading force in ensuring the university’s strong financial performance and practices, and he was a board leader in d...
The University Benefits Department will host a series of educational seminars on financial wellness and planning for new employees of 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University who have been with the university 90 days or less. Come and learn more about: Financial Wellness and what that really means State of Ohio Retirement Systems (OPERS, STRS, ARP) Opportunities to increase your retirement earnings Social Security and the Windfall Elimination Provision Seminars will be held on the last Thursday of each month. The first meeting is Thursday, March 31, in Heer Hall, Room 102 from noon-1 p.m. Lun...
The evaluation process is occurring from March 21 through May 30, 2016. The following steps will allow you to complete a self-evaluation: Go to your evaluation homepage at https://videsktop.kent.edu/viEvalHomepage/login.aspx A login box will appear. You will be prompted to enter your kent.edu email address and password in the login box. This password is not synced to FlashLine. It is an independent password that each employee created. If this is your first time logging into the evaluation site, please refer to this training aid. If you need to recover the password you establis...
Work in Progress: Working on pile caps and grade beams. Plan to start column line 17 (Southern most column line) next week. Started working on forming elevator #2 (South). Pouring elevator #1 second lift (North) today. Continuing the installation of the basement concrete retaining wall along column line 'A' between A7 and A10. Currently 45% complete with pile caps. Looking forward: Complete auger cast piles on column line 0 (North). Steel erector mobilization to start on 3/28/2016. Steel bearing clips will begin on 3/28/2016 on concrete retaining walls. Pour ...
Work in Progress: First floor restroom and offices duct layout is complete with HVAC piping and duct installation has begun. Room 101 & 104 electrical rough-in is at 90% complete. Machine Shop electric panel installed and completed on Saturday 3/19. Room 223 electrical floor boxes are complete. Currently core drilling for drains and water lines throughout the building. Currently framing the 3rd floor restrooms and research lab. Looking Forward: Complete rough-in of all walls in 101, 104 and machine shop. Complete inspections of all trades prior to gypsum wa...
Work in Progress: Steam piping in the 3rd floor east mechanical room is 20% complete. Steam condensate lines for the steam station and AHU#1 are in progress. Started installation of piping and duct work from AHU#2 in the 3rd floor west mechanical room to the addition has begun. Tie-in from AHU#1 to AHU#4 is in progress now that abatement is complete. GMP C3 1st and 2nd floor ceiling tile removal is completed. Looking Ahead: Unit #2 shutdown schedule for 3/30 & 3/31 to make the tie-in for the duct work to the new addition. Make final connections to coils and insta...
Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., and his research group at 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University’s Liquid Crystal Institute®, in the College of Arts and Sciences, have published a research article in the March 17 issue of Nature that could lead to a variety of breakthrough device applications and other industrial opportunities. The publication is the result of close collaboration between Li’s team and his long-term collaborator Timothy J. Bunning, Ph.D., chief scientist of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Oh...