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The spring edition of HR News Flash, the Division of Human Resources’ quarterly newsletter, is available. Check it out for the latest news and information, including: A recap of the recent State of the State diversity conference Three new faces in the Office of Compliance Employee discount tickets for the performing arts Voluntary life insurance offerings Upcoming employee recognition programs, and more You can access the spring 2016 newsletter at www.kent.edu/hr/hr-newsletter-archive.  ...

Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 91�㽶��Ƶ University full-time employees will receive an additional tax form. The new tax form, called the 1095-C tax form, contains important information about medical coverage offered to our employees and their dependents.  The purpose of this 1095-C tax form is to report employer-provided health insurance coverage, or "proof of coverage" to the IRS. The Internal Revenue Service granted an extension on producing and filing the 1095-C tax form.  As such, this form was not required for full-time, benefit-eligible employees to file 2015 taxe...

Visit 91�㽶��Ƶ University’s Office of the General Counsel’s website at www.kent.edu/generalcounsel/records. Scroll to “Records” at the bottom of the page and click on the link titled Records Destruction. You will be prompted to login with your FlashLine username and password. Your phone number and email address should load automatically. After completing the form, click submit. Once your request is processed, you will be contacted with details about how and when to proceed with destroying your records. ...

91�㽶��Ƶ University’s fourth annual Neuroscience Symposium will cover the latest research findings on “The Neuroscience of The Social Brain” on April 7-8 at the 91�㽶��Ƶ University Hotel and Conference Center located in downtown Kent, Ohio. In a keynote address on April 7 at 7:15 p.m., Jacqueline N. Crawley, Ph.D., a world-renowned expert on the use of mouse models to investigate causes and potential treatments for autism from the University of California Davis School of Medicine, will present “Preclinical Discovery of Treatments for Autism.” A reception and poster session will follow. Al...

Senior applied communication studies student Megan Carrasco will be presenting her thesis work, “The Ideal Millennial Working Woman: A Thematic Analysis of How Professional Identity, Image and Career are Constructed Online,” at the upcoming National Honors Conference. The conference is scheduled for April 1-3 in in Richmond, Indiana at Indiana University East. The conference is an opportunity for Honors students from the Mid-East Honors region to share their research. For Carrasco, the presentation will be a result of work from the past two years. “I have been writing my thesis for the p...

Senior global communication studies student Rachel Morrell will be presenting her senior thesis “The Passion of Christ and the Anti-Vietnam War Movement at 91�㽶��Ƶ University: An application of Burke’s Guilt Redemption Cycle and Smelser’s Theory of Collective Behavior” at the Central States Communication Association Convention on Friday, April 15. This presentation will be a culmination of many months of hard work. “I started working on my senior thesis in the Spring 2015 semester because the Honors Senior Thesis Project is a three semester commitment,” Morrell said. “I worked over th...

Reduced tuition rate available for those who sign up by April 15 91�㽶��Ƶ University’s School of Visual Communication Design will host its annual pre-college design academy, Inspire, which explores all areas of graphic design, from June 20-24. During Inspire, students engage in projects combining basic research tactics, brainstorming and creative thinking, while they envision, innovate and experiment. Working in the disciplines of print design, three-dimensional design, interaction design, photography and illustration, attendees collaborate with other creative students. During this weeklon...

The College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Biological Sciences invites you to Wild Safari Night on April 5th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm in Cunningham Hall 101. Come learn about the newest study abroad field course in South Africa. We will discuss the course details and the field experience in South Africa, including costs and itinerary.  This course is an adventure into savanna ecology, and the phenomenal diversity of the Cape floral kingdom, designed to introduce students to many major issues in the field. Students will learn how to apply modern field- observatio...