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KentWired

The independent news website of The Kent Stater & TV2

KentWired

KSU releases more details about three employees self-monitoring for Ebola

Audrey Fletcher October 16, 2014

The three Kent State employees who are self-monitoring at home after potential Ebola virus exposure are not faculty members and do not work in food service. While not naming them, Kent State spokesman...

This undated file image made available by the CDC shows the Ebola Virus.

Visit by Ebola victim shocks northeast Ohio

Katherine Schaeffer October 15, 2014

A nurse who cared for Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan at a Dallas Hospital was diagnosed with the virus after visiting relatives in Tallmadge over the weekend, three of whom are Kent State staff members....

Credit hour cap might revert to old policy

Tristan Buirley October 8, 2014

When the credit hour cap was implemented in 2012, many students and faculty protested, but after two years on campus, its days migh be numbered.Some university and government officials have insinuated...

Storify: Tornado warning in Kent forces students to take shelter

September 10, 2014

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Kent State begins search for new VP

Marissa Barnhart September 3, 2014

Kent State University has started the search to find its next fundraising and alumni relations leader.In a university-wide email, Kent State President Beverly Warren announced that a search committee has...

HUD charges KSU with housing discrimination over support animal

Emily Mills August 24, 2014

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Tuesday it has charged Kent State and four university employees with housing discrimination for refusing to allow a student with...

Governor appoints two members to Board of Trustees

Emily Mills August 6, 2014

Gov. John Kasich appointed two new members to Kent State’s Board of Trustees, the governing body of the university.Stephen A. Perry, former president and executive director of the Pro Football Hall of...

University spokesman Eric Mansfield prepares to give a press conference in Franklin Hall on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The press conference was held to update the media on the events unfolding on campus during the night of the campus lockdown.

KSU police, community reflect on emergency response

Katherine Schaeffer April 10, 2014

On Wednesday, April 2, Kent State ordered a campus-wide lockdown when a shot was fired in front of Bowman Hall. At first, the origin of the gunshot — fired during a heated domestic dispute — was unclear....

KSU nearly out of road salt

DKS Staff February 27, 2014

Kent State is running extremely low on road salt, university officials said Thursday.University spokesman Eric Mansfield said the university has about 150 tons of salt left. Kent State usually needs about...

Parents Tiffany and Jake Der take their three children Katie, 3, and one year old twins Madeline and Emily sledding in the fresh snow Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014.

Snow day struggles

Marissa Barnhart February 18, 2014

Sophomore fashion design major Elizabeth Henrich was excited yet disappointed after finding out her morning class was canceled Tuesday.Although she was happy to sleep more, Henrich said the lost time could...

Campus closes due to weather conditions

Katherine Schaeffer January 27, 2014

Kent State cancelled classes on the Kent campus today after temperatures, forecasted to plunge below zero, got the attention of university officials. Officials made the announcement Monday afternoon...

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