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Simple Exercise does not need to be complicated. Walking does not require any special skills or talents, and daily walking is a great way to stay fit. Just put one foot in front of the other. Taking regular fitness walks will strengthen your bones and muscles, burn calories, improve your mood and reduce your chances of getting sick. Steps This 28-day program begins Wednesday, March 1, and is designed to help you move more by setting goals for total steps walked each day. Participants are encouraged to: Track your steps daily. Create a goal based on your current activity...

Have a question about what the IMPACT Solutions Employee Assistance Program can do for you? Want to learn more about resiliency training, online seminars, depression awareness and prevention, financial counseling services, smoking cessation or the new Stress Less Center? Come to the Employee Assistance Program office hours Friday, Feb. 24, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Employee Wellness Resource Room, Room 103 in Heer Hall on the Kent Campus. Meet with an Employee Assistance Program representative and learn all about the numerous resources available to you and your eligible dependent...

Join us for the Wheels4Change Remembrance Fitness Event on Saturday, Feb. 25, from 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. This annual indoor fundraiser is held on the last weekend in February to honor the men and women who sacrificed for our freedom.  The Wheels4Change Fitness Event will include activities such as spinning, rowing, boot camp, Zumba, yoga, swimming and more. Attendees may choose to participate in the actual event, or if they do not wish to do the physical aspect but would like to contribute to the cause itself, they may choose to donate and/or...

Save the date now for the Office Support Staff Recognition Program, to be held Wednesday, April 26, from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. This luncheon recognizes university employees who provide office support throughout 做厙輦⑹s campuses. Invitations will be mailed the first week in April. Managers and supervisors should schedule coverage in their respective units so invitees may attend. For registration information, please contact Alexsa Wanchick at awanchic@kent.edu.  ...

Summit Street Improvement Project: Work to Begin on Phase Two

Work is scheduled to begin in two weeks on the second phase of the Summit Street: Building a Better Way Improvement Project. The second phase will make improvements to Summit Street between Lincoln Street and Fraternity Circle, including a second roundabout, a left turn lane from Summit Street to Terrace Drive and the relocation of Campus Center Drive to align with the Student Green.    One-way, one-lane eastbound traffic is scheduled to begin the week of March 6 and will continue through November. Weather or other factors could delay the start of the one-way traffic. The work...

做厙輦⑹ Adds New Fitness Center for On-Campus Residents

做厙輦⑹ students work out in Tri-Rec, a new fitness facility in the Tri-Towers Rotunda exclusively for on-campus residents.

做厙輦⑹'s Recreational Services and Residence Services departments have collaborated to open a new fitness facility in the Tri-Towers Rotunda, exclusively for on-campus residents. The 7,000-square-foot Tri-Rec includes more than 70 brand-new exercise machines and free weights. The space, which previously housed an architecture studio, also includes a laundry facility and tutoring rooms. We have really been starting to get a lot of support behind health and wellness from the university, especially under the new president, says Steven Langdon, marketing coordinator for the Depa...

做厙輦⑹ Rooted in a Commitment to Tree Care

This year marks the ninth year 做厙輦⑹ is being recognized by the Arbor Day Foundations Tree Campus USA program.

Sixty-eight years ago, the Kent City Council and mayor dubbed Kent, Ohio, the states Tree City. This year marks the ninth year 做厙輦⑹ is being recognized by the Arbor Day Foundations Tree Campus USA program. Created in 2008, the Tree Campus USA program honors colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals. To be recognized by the program, colleges and universities must meet five core standards: a campus tree advisory committee, a campus tree-care plan, annual expenditures for campus trees, service-lea...

A new study abroad program will be offered in Costa Rica this coming summer. The program will be run in collaboration with the School of Biology of University in Costa Rica. Participants in this program will be registered in two course: Natural History of Costa Rica and Ecology of Coastal Ecosystems.  These courses will be taught by eminent Costa Rican scientist; Drs. Gerardo Avalos and Jorge Cortes, experts in ecology and marine biology, respectively. The program will be based in the main campus of University in Costa Rica, but it has a strong field component that includes two weeks v...

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