Events
The Office of Sustainability is involved in various events throughout the year.
- Campus Sustainability Month: October
- National Solar Tour: October
- Bra Recycling Drive: October
- Game Day Challenge: Fall Semester
- Winter Coat and Clothing Drive: November/December
- Campus Race to Zero Waste: Spring Semester
- E-Cycle Drive: March
- Earth Month Events: April
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°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ is required to have and maintain a Storm Water Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Phase II Storm Water permit. As part of that permit, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ is required to develop best management practices (bmps) under 7 Minimum Control Measures (MCM).
STORM WATER ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE; °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Today; November 20, 2022
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ is required to have and maintain a Storm Water Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Phase II Storm Water permit. As part of that permit, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ is required to develop best management practices (bmps) under 7 Minimum Control Measures (MCM).Image
Today, as part of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s Veterans Day commemoration, a group of volunteers along with University Facilities Management (UFM) staff gathered with shovels, buckets, bulbs and bone meal on the hill overlooking The Commons near Taylor Hall.
Just a few…
PLANTING THE SEEDS (OR BULBS) OF REMEMBRANCE ON KENT STATE’S DAFFODIL HILL; °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Today; November 10, 2022
Today, as part of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s Veterans Day commemoration, a group of volunteers along with University Facilities Management (UFM) staff gathered with shovels, buckets, bulbs and bone meal on the hill overlooking The Commons near Taylor Hall. Just a few…Image
Today, as part of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s Veterans Day commemoration, a group of volunteers along with University Facilities Management (UFM) staff gathered with shovels, buckets, bulbs and bone meal on the hill overlooking The Commons near Taylor Hall.
Just a few…
PLANTING THE SEEDS (OR BULBS) OF REMEMBRANCE ON KENT STATE’S DAFFODIL HILL; °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Today; November 10, 2022
Today, as part of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s Veterans Day commemoration, a group of volunteers along with University Facilities Management (UFM) staff gathered with shovels, buckets, bulbs and bone meal on the hill overlooking The Commons near Taylor Hall. Just a few…Image
Come help Flashes Fighting Hunger, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s student-powered response to food insecurity, and observe Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week (Nov. 14-19) by filling the truck with unperishable…
SUPPORT THE "STUFF THE TRUCK" FOOD DRIVE; °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Today; November 8, 2022
Come help Flashes Fighting Hunger, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s student-powered response to food insecurity, and observe Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week (Nov. 14-19) by filling the truck with unperishable…Image
Scenic design and earthworms don’t normally have a connection, but Kathalina Thorpe, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ scenic design graduate student, has connected the two to improve the environment.
At °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ, Thorpe has been conducting research on using earthworms to compost…
EARTHWORMS ARE THE STARS OF THE SHOW IN GRADUATE STUDENT’S RESEARCH ON COMPOSTING; °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Today; November 8, 2022
Scenic design and earthworms don’t normally have a connection, but Kathalina Thorpe, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ scenic design graduate student, has connected the two to improve the environment. At °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ, Thorpe has been conducting research on using earthworms to compost…Image
Sheren Faraq, Ph.D. (second from right), is the director and assistant professor of the Horticulture Technology program at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ…
IN A FLASH: THE CAMPUS IS HER CLASSROOM; °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Today; October 27, 2022
Sheren Faraq, Ph.D. (second from right), is the director and assistant professor of the Horticulture Technology program at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ…Image
Students majoring in aerospace engineering, theater, physics, music and nursing were among the 90 presenters at the annual ³§³Ü³¾³¾±ð°ù…
SURE FELLOWS DEMONSTRATE KENT STATE'S R1 STATUS IN ACTION; °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Today; October 20, 2022
Students majoring in aerospace engineering, theater, physics, music and nursing were among the 90 presenters at the annual ³§³Ü³¾³¾±ð°ù…Image
The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ community planted more than 100 trees in the Climate Change Grove to help offset the university’s carbon footprint and provide a way to research the effects of climate change in our immediate environments.
Located behind the Warren Student Recreation and Wellness…
PLANTING TODAY MEANS 'TREES FOR THE FUTURE'; °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Today; October 4, 2022
The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ community planted more than 100 trees in the Climate Change Grove to help offset the university’s carbon footprint and provide a way to research the effects of climate change in our immediate environments. Located behind the Warren Student Recreation and Wellness…°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ is proud to participate in Campus Sustainability Month throughout October.
Campus Sustainability Month; HR Faculty/Staff News; October 3, 2022
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ is proud to participate in Campus Sustainability Month throughout October.Image
This large and ancient, cutleaf beech tree, Fagus sylvatica 'Asplenifolia,' growing near the old carriage house by the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Women's Center, is older than °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ.
The tree has been dated to be at least 200 years old by a …