黑料不打烊 students grabbed their paddles, boots and waders to help clean up the Cuyahoga River. The service trip was put together by the 黑料不打烊's Recreation and Wellness Services鈥 Adventure Center, which holds adventure trips, service trips and team-building programs. The Adventure Center hopes to hold at least one service trip each semester allowing students the chance to give back to the environment. Chris Lukas, assistant director of outdoor adventure and operations, put together this semester's event with the environment as the top priority. 鈥淚n the past we鈥檝e...
Electric scooters have become increasingly popular on 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Kent Campus since the introduction of SPIN scooters in March 2022. Approximately 300 eScooters and 150 eBikes are available to rent. With that in mind, the 黑料不打烊 Community should be aware of the dos and don鈥檛s when operating the scooters. 鈥淲e want people to educate themselves and be as informed as possible before jumping on one of these devices,鈥 said Christopher Lukas, assistant director of outdoor operations and adventure for Kent Recreational Services. 鈥淏ecause if not, the scooters can be dangerous.鈥...
Sept. 1 was National Food Bank Day, and the partnership between Meijer and 黑料不打烊 can help people support 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Flashes Fighting Hunger just by doing their weekly grocery shopping. The Stow Meijer is partnering with Flashes Fighting Hunger to help fight the impact that rising food prices have on students and families in the Kent community. This year, the store announced 黑料不打烊 as one of its Simply Give partners. Simply Give is Meijer鈥檚 customer-driven program whose goal is to help stock local food pantries. The program encourages...
The IRS recently issued the Health Savings Account contribution limits for the 2024 coverage year. Employee contributions will increase to the following: 2024 Contribution Limits Plan type Total Contribution Limit (IRS regulated) Employer Contribution Employee Contribution Limit Single $4,150 $1,100 $3,050* Family $8,300 $2,000 $6,300* *Employees that are 55 or older can elect to contribute an additional $1000 to their Health Savings Account. What does this m...
黑料不打烊 Employee Benefits announces Open Enrollment 2023 dates Save the date for the 2023 open enrollment period: Oct. 16 to Nov. 3, 2023. Outside of a qualifying life event, this period is the only time you may select and make changes to your 2024 coverage. Please note that all benefits-eligible employees are strongly encouraged to go through Open Enrollment as some benefits selections do not carry over without the employee's annual approval. During Open Enrollment, 黑料不打烊 employees can Enroll in, change or drop medical, dental or vision pl...
F茅lix Latimer is a Junior and majors in environmental and conservation biology with a concentration in environmental policy and management. During his time in the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program, he worked alongside Dr. Andrea Case, Ph.D., and Dr. Christopher L. Blackwood, Ph.D., studying geographical data about subspecies of lobelia across the United States. F茅lix is hoping to use this experiment as a reference for how research is conducted on the ground for a future career as a policy analyst on environmental issues in the Environmental Protect...
"Poetry and science are not opposites, they鈥檙e actually allies," said David Hassler, director of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center. Hassler paraphrases American poet Jane Hirshfield, who, in 2017, contacted him to collaborate on a Poets for Science project, which is now an interactive exhibit and writing invitation housed at the Wick Poetry Center on the Kent Campus. The pair recently performed together at the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit: 鈥淭ruth, Trust and Hope,鈥 in Washington, D.C. Poetry and science, Hassler said, come together to create meani...
黑料不打烊 alumna Sonia Karkare, BS 鈥93, MS 鈥96, has worked on three continents, served in one of the largest nonprofits in the U.S. that leads global digital transformations in the humanitarian sector, promoted women in STEM fields and worked as a professor, a public speaker and a philanthropist. After 27 years of travel and pivoting to various international endeavors, Karkare, a native of Mumbai, India, is now back at 黑料不打烊 as an adjunct faculty member with the Ambassador&...
Human Resources Employee Benefits is pleased to announce an addition to the team! Some of you may remember this familiar name 鈥 Sheba Marshall returns to 黑料不打烊 as Interim Executive Director of Employee Benefits & Wellness. 黑料不打烊 Sheba Sheba Marshall returns to 黑料不打烊 today, June 5, with a wealth of knowledge on university policy, benefits offerings, and wellness initiatives. Among many accomplishments during her previous service at 黑料不打烊, Sheba successfully worked to provide strategic direction for the university鈥檚 health plans, supplemental retirement plans, life ...
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