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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & TV2

KentWired

The independent news website of The Kent Stater & TV2

KentWired

Kent provides mental health training for faculty

Rachel Hale August 25, 2019

The College of Public Health received a three-year $306,000 federal grant to provide mental health awareness training to Kent State faculty and staff.The Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant...

Faculty union asks members to vote to authorize a strike

Rachel Hale December 5, 2018

Kent State’s faculty union asked its members to authorize a strike over lack of progress in contract negotiations.Ballots were sent to tenure-track faculty members on Tuesday, and they can vote through...

Megan Stanard works on a project inside Effat University in Saudi Arabia.

Life on the other side of the world

Rachel Hale November 28, 2018

Before Megan Stanard got off the plane to start her semester in Saudi Arabia, she worried about showing her hair or being dressed modestly enough. She quickly pulled out a winter scarf and wrapped it around...

President Beverly Warren receives a standing ovation following her State of the University Address on November 7, 2018. Warren quotes her favorite Broadway Musical regarding her sentiment about her presidency at Kent State University for the last four years, Who can say if Ive been changed for the better, but because I knew you, I have been changed for good.

President Warren looks to transformation in her last State of the University address

Rachel Hale and Morgan Hallam November 7, 2018

President Beverly Warren reflected on her last full year at Kent State and looked toward the future in her last State of the University address Wednesday.The Kent State community filled the KIVA to hear...

One Stop for Student Services provides help to Kent State students with matters such as financial aid, tuition payments and student records. 

OneStop works to lessen wait times, but says services have improved

Rachel Hale October 3, 2018

Students and administrators said they are receiving better answers at OneStop for Student Services, but both agree wait times are still lengthy.OneStop opened two years ago and combined Student Financial...

Members of the Faculty Senate listen to opening remarks from Chair Pamela Grimm during the meeting Monday Sep. 10, 2018.

Enrollment decreases at Kent while freshman class grows

Rachel Hale September 10, 2018

Fall Kent campus enrollment dropped 800 students from a year ago, Kent State's President Beverly Warren told Faculty Senate Monday, about 200 more than Kent State initially expected.Even with the decrease...

President Bev Warren delivers her remarks at the Faculty Senate meeting on Sep. 10, 2018.

Warren says she opposes guns, but says rally can go on if it follows university policy

Rachel Hale September 10, 2018

President Beverly Warren told Faculty Senate Monday that while she personally thinks carrying guns won’t make society safer, a planned event sponsored by a May Kent State graduate could go ahead if it...

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