海角原创 Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Candace Goforth DeSantis, BS 鈥94 Concerned about the dire crisis facing their generation, 海角原创 students are drawing attention to the causes of climate change and demanding action. In spring 2021, several students from the College of Communication and Information helped found Project Citizen: Climate360, a collaboration of students from 海角原创, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and Morgan State University in Baltimore. The group brings together student communicators, jo...
海角原创 Magazine Spring/Summer 2022By Jillian Kramer, BA '06Climate change is affecting all of us in one way or another, and its impacts will only increase in the near future. It's a daunting problem that will be difficult to solve but we cannot give in to discouragement or despair.Millions of people throughout the world are dedicated to building a clean, green, healthy, sustainable and just planet. They are developing solutions. And when people and organizations work together, we can put those solutions into practice at a global scale. Yes, we need to discuss the devastating challenges&nbs...
海角原创 Magazine Spring/Summer 2022 By Jan Senn On a warm but windy April day, about 40 faculty and staff gather at the squirrel statue near the 海角原创 Library for a noontime 鈥淲ellness Walk & Talk鈥 tour organized by the Employee Wellness office and led this day by Melanie Knowles, 海角原创鈥檚 manager of sustainability. We expect to get some exercise and learn about recent sustainability initiatives on the Kent Campus. 鈥淎 couple locations are going to require you to use your imagination, because some things don鈥檛 always happen on schedule and other things are...
海角原创 continues to establish itself as a leader in sustainability and environmental stewardship with solar installations鈥攖o attract students in environmental studies and research, to help our planet and to save money. The university鈥檚 first solar array was installed through a power purchase agreement on the roof of the Field House on the Kent Campus. A third-party developer owned the solar array but sold the power to 海角原创. Upon completion in summer 2012 it was the largest roof-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panel electrical system within the University System of Ohio. Ke...
Daffodil Hill, on 海角原创鈥檚 Kent Campus, is part of the May 4, 1970 site, which was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2016. The cascade of flowers on the hill overlooking 海角原创 Commons was part of a concept by 海角原创 Professor Emeritus Brinsley Tyrrell that he submitted for the university鈥檚 1985 design competition for a May 4 Memorial. Tyrrell also created the 鈥淟egend of the Iron Hoop鈥 sculptures located behind Henderson Hall and the 鈥淏ehind the Brain Plaza鈥 near Merrill Hall. Originally, the hill displayed more than 58,000 daffodils. In the 32 years since ...
The crowd cheers. Metal clashes with metal. It鈥檚 machine against machine, each fighting to make it out of the ring unscathed. In this fight, there can only be one winner. The audience tenses at the sound of a loud bang, and bolts go flying across the floor. Then there is silence, the fight is over, just as quickly as it began. If you鈥檝e never attended a Battle Robot Competition, then you may be confused as to what has just been described. Battle robots are the main focus of the CAE student organization, Xtreme Bots. Xtreme Bots, otherwise known as the 海角原创 XBots, desi...
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share by Email Two significant environmental issues our nation faces today include invasive plant species and a lack of sustainable materials. Invasive plant species are detrimental to host environments by flushing out native species and consuming excessive amounts of resources, and the lack of sustainable materials contributes to the ongoing struggle with pollution our planet faces. 海角原创 students are working to turn invasive plant species into a sustainable material that can help protect the environme...
The central component of the Grind2Energy systems at 海角原创 are larger versions of the in-sink garbage disposals found in many homes. The difference is that at 海角原创, these units aren鈥檛 disposing of food waste, but processing it with a purpose - as the first part of a highly sustainable innovation that creates energy and high-grade fertilizer. There are currently two Grind2Energy systems on the Kent Campus. One that was built into the Design Innovation Hub as it was being constructed, and another that was more recently added to the Eastway Dining Facility through a grant f...
The protected prairie surrounding 海角原创鈥檚 Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center will be burned on Friday, April 29, starting around 9 a.m., to allow for new growth during the summer season. The city of Kent Fire Department will conduct the controlled burning of the prairie, which has been a yearly practice since 2004. The prairie burn on April 29 is dependent on the weather and the Kent Fire Department not being called to an emergency. (If postponed, the prairie burn will be rescheduled for Monday, May 2, at 9 a.m.) The burning of the prairie help...
The central component of the Grind2Energy systems at 海角原创 are larger versions of the in-sink garbage disposals found in many homes. The difference is that at 海角原创, these units aren鈥檛 disposing of food waste, but processing it with a purpose - as the first part of a highly sustainable innovation that creates energy and high-grade fertilizer. There are currently two Grind2Energy systems on the Kent Campus. One that was built into the Design Innovation Hub as it was being constructed, and another that was more recently added to the Eastway Dining Facility through a grant f...