LIVE VIRTUAL PRESENTATION – MARCH 8, 2022 The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law that provides certain employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per designated 12-month period. FMLA applies to all public agencies, including institutions of higher education. Recently, FMLA for °µÍø½ûÇø has gone through a LEAN process improvement. As a result, the HR Employee Benefits Office has: Developed this educational webinar to increase understanding regarding: How to apply for FMLA What conditions or circumstances may be eligible for FMLA ...
In February, EHHS and the Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education welcomed 18 international Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) in Media Literacy program participants to the Kent campus. The Fulbright educators represent the countries of Bulgaria, Estonia, Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Ukraine, North Macedonia, and Serbia. The participants are K12 educators in their home countries. This cohort will engage with content around Media Literacy teaching and learning and will return to home with resources to ...
New publication by Paul Johns and Jake Fontana of U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and Peter Palffy-Muhoray of Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute. ...
These upcoming Employee Wellness webinars are open to all °µÍø½ûÇø staff and faculty. Full-time, benefits-eligible employees participating in the wellness rewards program earn 10 Tier 2 points for each webinar. Click on the titles below to register. The Relationship Between Sleep and Weight, March 1, noon - 1 p.m. What goes into a good night's sleep? The amount of sleep we get daily can have a direct impact on our weight. Join Keith Zimcosky, exercise physiologist, as he reviews the health benefits associated with a good night's sleep and the steps we can take to ensure a goo...
Newly released findings from the Center for Public Policy and Health, Akron Children's Hospital, and the Pathways Community HUB Institute are now available through a research brief produced by the funders of the work --The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Georgia Health Policy Center. The brief can be downloaded HERE and is displayed below: ...