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Shop... Eat...Stay! Aug. 1:
Black Squirrel Triathlon
Aug. 1 & 2:
Sweet Corn Festival
Aug. 7 & 8:
Music Festival - Suffield
Aug. 18:
Ice Cream Social
Aug. 29:
Discover Downtown
Sept. 11-13:
Oktoberfest - Brimfield
Sept. 12:
International Festival
Sept. 12 & 13:
Art in the Park
Sept. 17-20:
Brimfest
Sept. 18:
‘Round Town Music Festival
Sept. 26:
Main Street Kent Oktoberfest
Oct. 3:
KSU Homecoming
Oct. 24:
Cider Festival
Oct. 30:
Family Friendly Halloween
Nov. 13:
Reggae Jam
Nov. 26:
Tree City Turkey Trot
Nov. 26:
Brunch Bunch
Nov. 29:
Brimfield Tree Lighting
Dec. 5:
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Central Portage County is your destination to shop, eat and stay! There’s so much to see and do in the Brimfield/Kent & Rootstown area with great places to go, eat, shop and just visit. Look at the list of events planned -- there’s something for everyone. Make plans to visit Central Portage County and while you’re here, shop…eat…stay!
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Enjoy the sights and sounds and all there is to do in downtown Kent including restaurants, live music and events. At 175 E. Main St., the historic Kent Stage housed in an old theater hosts about 150 concerts a year and festivals including the Kent Folk Festival, Kent Blues Festival, Kent Reggae Fest, film festivals and movie premieres. Tom Simpson, co-owner of the Kent Stage, opened Kent Stage in 2002. “We have everything from bluegrass to hip-hop,” Simpson said. “We have a lot of Americana jam bands like Donna the Buffalo in the fall along with traditional blues, folk and a lot of people who are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.” Upcoming acts this fall are Shwayze, Rhiannon Giddens, Billy Bob Thornton, Randy and Mr. Lahey from The Trailer Park Boys, Sklar Brothers of Comedy Central, Forest Rangers from Sons of Anarchy, Tropidelic and Red Sun Rising. Kent Stage will also host the annual Ghost Walk in October. From date night to girls night, The Secret Cellar, 176 E. Main St., Kent’s speakeasy and jazz club, offers gourmet food and free live music three nights a week from
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the area’s top jazz bands, blues and acoustic singer-songwriters. The Water Street Tavern, 132 S. Water St. is a premier venue in Kent for food, drinks and fun, featuring a rooftop patio, private party room, HDTV’s, a stage with free live music and food from Mr. Zub’s. Larry Sterpka performs regularly on Monday, DanJo Jazz Orchestra on Tuesday and blues night on Wednesday with featured blues, rock and reggae bands Friday and Saturday. With two stages, The Outpost Concert Club, 4962 S.R. 43 in Brimfield, just south of Kent, presents all genre of music almost every night of the week from local up-and-comers and touring bands. Upcoming talents include Hawthorne Heights, Sebastian Bach, Texas Hippie Coalition, Saving Abel and Framing Hanley. The Dusty Armadillo, 3147 S.R. 44 in Rootstown, southeast of Kent, has line dancing and country concerts featuring rising country acts and touring Nasvhille stars from Granger Smith and Will Hoge to Josh Thompson and Florida Georgia Line. New this year is the Bike Rally with a live DJ and food trucks held every Sunday. Enjoy stand-up comedy at 8 p.m. every Monday night. at the
A mural on the side of the Water Street Tavern depicts rocker Joe Walsh, who got his start in Kent.
Stone Tavern, 110 E. Main St., with local host Anthony Savatt. Come see area comics and nationally touring acts. The Stone Tavern also offers free live music from local jazz artist Bob Niederriter and Indie, alternative, Americana and metal bands. Get acquainted with campus and meet new friends at the fall festivals on campus. Kick off the school year at the KSU Library’s biggest party of the year, Late Night at the Library. Hit
the dance floor with Rockwell “Rocky” K. Squirrel, the official spokes-squirrel of University Libraries or stop by for free pizza, games and more from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 28. Continue the tradition with Kent’s annual Black Squirrel Festival from noon to 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11 on the Student Green featuring student organizations, booths, live music and giveaways. The College of Art will host its annual Arts Festival from 4 p.m. to 7 on Thursday, Sept. 24 on the Risman Plaza. This year’s theme is Greekfest. Students will celebrate this cultural event with authentic cuisine, live entertainment and demonstrations. The event is free and open to everyone.
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Downtown Kent is home to more than bars, tattoo parlors and pizza shops. Thanks to more than $110 million in redevelopment, Kent has been transformed into a vibrant hub, with more shops and restaurants than ever before. Many of the stores along Main, Water and Erie streets are geared towards the Kent State University student body — including incom-
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ing freshmen. From campus, students can walk along the Lester A. Lefton Esplanade into downtown, near East Erie and North DePeyster Streets. Those driving can park at the $20 million, 1,100-space Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority parking deck, which also serves as the Kent Central Gateway for the bus system. The center now hosts retail on the first
The top two floors feature luxury apartments, while the basement houses the 1920s-themed wine and jazz club, The Secret Cellar. Acorn Alley, which opened in 2009, includes restaurants and shops. Nearby Acorn Alley II, located along Erie Street, offers a wider variety of shops and eateries. Other stores are located in the street level of the building that houses headquarters for Ametek, Davey Tree and Smithers-Oasis. For those looking to move offcampus in the future, the downtown will soon offer housing options geared towards students. Micro apartments are being constructed in the downtown area, and the city of Kent recently sold its city hall building and annex to a developer who is building apartments at DePeyster and Summit streets. The old Kent courthouse still sits vacant along South Water Street, and there has been a lot of talk about what might eventually locate there.
The $16 million Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center is among the improvements to Kent’s downtown.
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floor. On-street parking is available, with parking meters on the streets. The $16 million KSU Hotel and Conference Center is near the parking deck, providing a place for visiting family members to stay. The hotel has 94 guest rooms, a restaurant, indoor pool, workout facility, business center and 5,000 square feet of event space with an executive boardroom. The structure, built in 2013, is the result of a partnership between the Kent State University foundation and the Pizzuti Companies of Columbus. The new hotel is located near the old Kent Hotel, which is at Main and DePeyster streets. Renamed Acorn Corner by developer and investor Ron Burbick, the 1920s-era landmark has undergone its own $5 million facelift that repurposed the building from a vacant eyesore to a bustling mix of new spaces. Buffalo Wild Wings occupies the building’s first and second floors,. Offices fill out the third.
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For many students coming to campus for the first time, the question must be asked — “Where will I fit in?” The Center for Student Involvement inside the Kent Student Center is there to help. Assistant Director Katie Goldring said the benefits to student involvement are many. “There’s been so much research in higher education that shows that a student who is involved in at least one or more organzitions is more likely to be retained and graduate, so that’s a benefit,” she said. “Plus there’s a lot of leadership positions in student organizations, so they’re developing real skills that their employers are looking for — problem solving, event planning
managing a budget, and different marketing skills — so there’s a lot of good that can come of that. As well as just networking for these students. Creating a closeknit group on a fairly large campus is a benefit to them as well.” But with more than 370 student organizations at Kent State University, it can be a difficult decision. “We definitely keep increasing, and this year we reached 374 groups,” she said. “I think we have such a diverse mix of groups that there’s a group for everybody, and our office does a good job of helping students reach out to them and determine which one is best for them.” Groups include Greek life, special interests, sports and recre-
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ation, as well as academic and cultural groups. “We’ll see our political groups increase and get more active as the presidential election gets closer, and we already have special groups for candidates, like ‘Ready for Hillary’ and others,” Goldring said. She said the political groups are pretty even between Republicans and Democrats and represent other groups well too. Socially, student groups orchestrate about half of the activity that takes place on campus, Goldring said. “Our student groups are responsible for putting on upward of 300 events a year,” she said. Those often welcome speakers and different educational groups.
“They create that rich culture for our campus, and have allocations set aside to help them do that.” If there isn’t already a group for a particular interest, Goldring said there aren’t many obstacles to forming a new one. “It’s fairly easy, and we have an open registration at the beginning of each semester,” she said. “Basically they need at least five members, a faculty or staff member to be their adviser, and a constitution defining their purpose.” The center for student involvement is very visible, Goldring said, to make sure students know how to find them and how to get involved. “We present ourselves at summer orientation, our office is visible there, and we do a back to school blast off where we promote at our different events, and the office is right in the student center, and we’re active on social media.” Students with questions can contact the office at 330-672-2480.
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Two trying seasons have come and gone since the Kent State football team shocked the nation by vaulting into the Top 25 en route to a school-record 11-win campaign in 2012. The Golden Flashes are hoping to regain that magic in 2015, after winning just six of 23 games in their first two years under head coach Paul Haynes. Haynes, a former star defensive back at Kent State from 198791, believes he now has the horses on his favorite side of the football to wreak havoc on opposing offenses. The Flashes have their top 11 tacklers from a year ago returning, led by veteran safeties Jordan Italiano and Nate Holley. Italiano is a two-time Academic All-American senior from Canfield who has started since his freshman year, amassing 195 career tackles and forcing nine turnovers. He will start at strong safety, while Holley will man the free safety spot for the second straight
year after ranking third in the nation in tackles per game a season ago (12.5). Holley was named First Team All-Mid-American Conference in 2014. Other top returnees on defense include senior linebacker Matt Dellinger and senior tackle Nate Terhune, who led the team with six tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks last fall. Kent State will also feature one of the top punters in the country in senior Anthony Melchiori, a former Aurora High School star who was named First Team All-MAC after averaging a conference-best 44.3 yards per boot in ’14. The Flashes struggled offensively last year, averaging just 16 points and 82 yards rushing per contest. They’re hoping a new uptempo offense implemented by veteran Don Treadwell, in his first year as coordinator at KSU following successful stints at Cincinnati and Michigan State, will breathe some life into the unit.
Junior quarterback Colin Reardon will start for the third straight season. He’s had some great games but has struggled with consistency, throwing 26 touchdown passes and 25 interceptions. Reardon received little help from his running game last season, but that’s expected to change this year thanks to improvements on the line and in the backfield. The Flashes have been extremely young up front on offense for the past two years, but return four starting lineman along with 300-pound senior guard Anthony Pruitt (academically ineligible last year). A running game that struggled in short-yardage situations last year should also get a boost from the return of 250-pound senior Trayion Durham, KSU’s fifth-leading career rusher (2,756 yards), who missed all of last season due to a foot injury. Kent State managed just two
wins in 2014, but one was a lastminute 27-24 victory over rival Akron in its season finale. The Flashes hope to carry that momentum into the 2015 season, which will begin on Friday, Sept. 4, at Illinois. Their home opener is set for Sept. 12 against Delaware State.
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The Kent Central Gateway is a 1,100-space parking garage and hub for bus routes in the area.
With campus parking at a premium, many Kent State University students take the bus and leave the driving to PARTA. PARTA (the Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority) operates the Campus Bus Service as well as countywide routes and connections to other regional transit services. Have you been to Kent Central Gateway in downtown Kent? It offers some of the best parking in Kent. For only $175 students can park for the entire academic year. In addition, Kent Central Gateway, at the city end of the Esplanade, offers a central location to catch a
ride to almost all county routes in Portage County. Look for more information on PARTA’s updated website at www.partaonline.org.
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Having a place to park on campus remains an important question for students at Kent State University. The rules of the road for new or returning students are available on the KSU website at www.kent.edu/parking/student-parking The first rule is that parking on campus requires a permit and parking permits are only sold online on a first-come first-served basis according to class standing. Quantities are limited and certain permits do sell out.
For those who go against the rules, citations for parking violations also may be paid online. Larry Emling, Parking Services manager, said there are few if any changes for this year. The city will be doing some work along Summit Road but access will be maintained to all parking areas. “The lots on the eastern edge (of campus) will be accessible. You might want to change your route” during construction, Emling said. Summit Road will see major construction in 2016 that will affect several roads and lots.
• Student parking on main campus varies by the type of student — whether they are a commuter or live in an on-campus residence hall. • All lots are served by Campus Bus Service shuttles run by the Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority. Check PARTA online for schedules. • On-campus permits cost $105 per semester or $200 per year. Parking
• Parking illegally may result in a ticket, booting and/or towing of the vehicle. • Display the permit with the appropriate lot designation on the rear view mirror while parked on campus. Permit area and number must be clearly visible from the front of the vehicle to be valid. • Student permits are sold on a first-
come, first-served basis according to class standing. • Purchasing a permit does not guarantee that a convenient parking space will be provided. The driver is responsible for finding a legal parking space. • The registered permit holder is responsible for any ticket(s) issued to any vehicle displaying their permit.
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at Dix Stadium is cheaper. • All vehicles must have a valid Kent State parking permit displayed when parked on campus except in pay-topark visitor areas. • Parking permits are the property of Kent State University, issued exclusively by Parking Services and can be confiscated for misuse. • Parking permits may not be resold.
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Kent State University President Beverly J. Warren was officially welcomed to the university at a ceremony in May.
The 2015-2016 academic year will mark newly installed President Beverly J. Warren’s second full year as leader of Kent State University. Selected to replace outgoing president Dr. Lester Lefton in July 2014, Dr. Warren spent much of her first year as KSU’s president visiting the university’s regional campuses, meeting with alumni, faculty and student groups and building a vision of an extraordinary future for her new home. This meant Warren had plenty to reflect on by the time she was officially installed an inaugurated as KSU president May 1, when an audience of more than 750 gathered to formally welcome Warren to the Kent State community. Notable guests at the inauguration included Youngstown State University President Jim Tressel, Hiram College President Lori Varlotta, University of Akron President Scott Scarborough, State Sen. John Eklund, State Rep. Kathleen Clyde and many more. During her inauguration, Warren took time to share her dreams of what KSU can become as it grows and changes with the world of higher education. A key point in Warren’s leadership approach is student success, a priority she emphasized in her inaugural address. “At Kent State, student success means much more than academic success,” Warren said. “It also means providing opportunities to build the selfknowledge, self-confidence and selfless spirit that lead to a good living and a good life. With that goal in mind, we will provide every students with well-defined, high-impact learning experiences.” Warren also championed a spirit of inclusion, an academic atmosphere that encourages and empowers research and efforts to share “the story of KSU” as other crucial goals of her administration. Before being selected by KSU’s presidential search committee last year, Warren served as provost and senior vice president of Virginia Commonwealth University. She holds two doctorates in higher education administration and exercise physiology.
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Kent prides itself on having a number of city parks and recreational areas open to the public, with access to the Cuyahoga River and ballfields for recreation and intramural sports or pick-up games. Kent Parks and Recreation’s website, www.kentparksandrec.com, lists numerous upcoming events, locations of city parks and ballfields and other important information.
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Everyone needs a motivational push now and then, especially when it comes to working out and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Now, more than ever, students feel like they have no time or determination to get a workout in. Of course there is also that dreaded “freshmen fifteen,” but there is no need worry! There are plenty of good tips and tricks to mo-
Crooked River Adventures, an offshoot of Kent State University Recreation Services located at Tannery Park, 100 Stow St., Kent, offers trips along the Cuyahoga River to three destinations, all with easy-to-navigate routes. Destinations include: Brust Park, a 4.5-mile trip. Waterworks Park, a 6.5-mile trip Middlebury Road, a 2-mile trip. Participants must complete a 30 minute safety briefing prior to any trip. Return transportation to Tannery Park will be provided.
tivate you to become happy and healthy this school year. Start off by setting a specific goal you want to achieve by a certain date. This could be a month down the road or even at the end of the semester. You could even buy a journal and write down all of your workouts so you look forward to getting stronger and faster. This
For additional charge, participants can have a bike delivered to their paddling destination to make the return trip to Tannery Park. In addition to its three paddling options, Crooked River Adventures also offers tubing. Participants will walk upriver to Heritage Park and float downstream to Tannery Park. Proper footwear is required to rent tubes; flip flops are not permitted. Crooked River Adventures also offers bicycle rentals for use along local trails at a fee of $5 per hour. All bikes must be
will even allow you to look back at how much you have accomplished along your journey. Finding a workout buddy is another way to help make you more accountable and gives you a way to share success while making new friends. You could even sign up for a workout class at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC). Your instructor and classmates are counting on you to be there which could give you that extra push
to attend, not to mention you will learn something new. If you are not sure where to get started, Pinterest could be a good tool for inspiration and motivation. Pinterest has a lot of tips for all levels of exercise as well as healthy recipes. There is an unlimited amount of pins for workouts and food. Last but not least, remember to treat yourself! After your workout you could relax by sitting in the hot tub or sauna at the SRWC.
returned by 7 p.m. During the week, rentals are only offered on a reservation basis. On the weekends, Crooked River Adventures will be open to patrons on a drop-in basis until 2:30 p.m., in addition to accepting reservations. For reservations or more information about hours and costs, call (330) 541-7467 or visit www.kent.edu/recservices/crooked-river-adventures.
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No matter what you’re craving, you can find it at one of Kent State University’s many main campus dining locations. From the cozy cafes and convenient markets in several residence hall complexes to the bustling, vibrant sprawl of the Kent Student Center, students and visitors alike have a wide array of options for taming their cravings. Campus dining venues include:
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The FLASHcard is accepted at these locations on KSU campuses: • All Dining Services locations. KSU also has been named one of the most veganfriendly campuses in the U.S. several times. Gluten-free, vegetarian, and Mindful options are labeled on all menus, and staff are helpful if you have dietary restrictions. Visit www.kent.edu/dining for more information or follow @KSUDining on Twitter.
• All Food Court merchants • Campus vending machines • Copiers and printers across all campuses • The Tech Spot • University libraries • Food 4 Thought Cafe, 213 White Hall • The KSU Golf Course • The Deweese Health Center • Recreational Services • Starbucks at the Library • Parking Services • The Schwebel Room • University Bookstores • Performing Arts Center at Kent State Tuscarawas
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Also, you can link your FLASHcard to a Huntington Bank checking account, create a debit account, and use “FLASHcash” on and off campus. It can also be used to pay financial aid at the Bursar’s office, 138 Schwartz Center. For more information, check out www.kent.edu/flashcard, call 330-672-2273 or send an email to flashcard@kent.edu.
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At top, the streets are packed at Discover Kent, one of several fall events this year. Above, the Homecoming court rides in the parade.
In the fall, Kent State University campus will be bustling with free activities and events from August through October. Students will move into their residence halls and attend their first hall meeting, meet new friends and get to know their way around Kent’s campus. This year’s events include Weekend of Welcome, Kent’s annual Black Squirrel Festival, The College of Arts annual Arts Festival, homecoming and more. Join The Department of PanAfrican Studies for a reception and cookout for all new students from 5 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 28 on the green in front of Oscar Ritchie Hall during the universitywide Weekend of Welcome. From 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., stop by the library’s biggest party of the year, Late Night at the Library. Hit the dance floor with Rockwell “Rocky” K. Squirrel, the official “spokes-squirrel” of University Libraries, or stop by for free pizza, games and more.
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alumni, faculty and staff represent many different cultures, ethnicities and religions from around the world. On Oct. 2, experience and celebrate them all at the Homecoming international festival at 7 p.m. at the Kent Student Center Ballroom. There will be music, cultural demonstrations and more. Light snacks and refreshments will be served. This event is free to attend but registration is required in advance. Visit www. ksualumni.org to register. Join Hillel for Friday night Shabbat services and dinner at 5 p.m. at Cohn Jewish Student Center, 613 E Summit St. at the corner of Terrace Ave. All are welcome for a warm and festive evening. Social hour begins at 5 p.m., followed by services and dinner. On Oct. 3, KSU band alumni Homecoming events take place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Center for Performing Arts and Dix Stadium. Kick-off Homecoming morning at the alumni hospitality
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Another tradition at Kent State is Kent’s annual Black Squirrel Festival. Kent State student organizations and community groups will set up booths to welcome students to campus. Enjoy live music, food, freebies and other events. This year’s festival will take place from noon to 6 p.m. on Sept. 11 on the student green. Every year, the College of Arts hosts a free Arts Festival open to students and the community. Join in on the festivities from 4 to 7 p.m. in Risman Plaza on Sept. 24. This year’s theme will be Greekfest. Students will celebrate this unique festival with authentic cuisine, live entertainment and demonstrations. Don’t miss this year’s Homecoming festivities as the Golden Flashes take on the Miami Redhawks. Activities throughout the weekend include the Homecoming parade and hospitality tent at the Williamson Alumni Center. Kent State University students,
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There’s a pretty good chance that incoming freshmen at Kent State University will soon be asked to explain events that took place long before they were born. The events of May 4, 1970 became a defining moment at KSU, said Mindy Farmer, director of the May 4 Visitors Center on campus. “It’s one of the most identifying things about Kent State,” Farmer said. “We want students to be comfortable re-telling the story, because they’re going to be asked, and we want to make sure they have good information.” On that dark day, the Ohio National Guard, called to quell on-campus protesting, fired into a crowd of unarmed people, killing four people and wounding nine others. The protesters were demonstrating against a plan to send American forces into Cambodia during the Vietnam War. The May 4 Visitors Center is located in Taylor Hall, near the area of campus where the events took place. The center opened in October 2012 and was dedicated the following May 4. “It’s hard to come here and not be moved,” Farmer said. The center is comprised of three main galleries. The first, with signs and sounds of the late 1960s, provides context of events leading up to May 4. The second gallery is vis-
ibly darker and features a video recapping the events of May 4, 1970. The third gallery has symbols and imagery surrounding American public opinions of the Vietnam War, the shooting of college students and President Richard Nixon’s reactions. A “wall of words” features newspaper headlines from across the nation, printed in the wake of the events. Farmer said outdoor walking tours of landmarks such as the Victory Bell and the sculpture that still contains a bullet hole, as well as markers and memorials, also help provide context to the events. The center is open to the public and welcomes visitors from all walks of life, but Farmer said the biggest group is students who want to know what happened. “That’s a big part of our mission,” she said. The center is located in Room 101 of Taylor Hall, 300 Midway Drive. Its hours are seasonal, with the center opened from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and noon to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. Admission is free. The center is closed most holidays. For details on special programs or other information, call 330-672-4660 or visit www.kent.edu/may4.
At left, candlelight vigil participants march across campus during 2014 May 4 commemoriation activities. Above, Caitlin Chappelle writes in the Prentice Hall parking lot.
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we haven’t been able to launch any of those things yet.” Euclide said the project will be done in phases starting at WKSU, and the work plan includes maintaining traffic to all campus and community parking lots and driveways along the construction route at all times. “The contractor may have short temporary closures to get a trench across or something like that, but then it will be reopened, so we will always have access to our buildings and parking lots,” he said. He said the engineer’s office has assured him that once traffic is reduced to one lane, it will always move west to east to allow emergency vehicles coming from the central fire department to be able to get to the campus and beyond quickly, without going the long way around. As everything proceeds, Euclide said they’ll have guidance on the website. “We’ve prepared a video to show the phases of the work and how the improvements will benefit the university, and we’ll have a detour video also that we’ll put on the web, showing the different ways you can get around campus.” In the end, Euclide said, the trouble will be worth it. “The other benefit the university will receive is that the improvements are going to transform that corridor through campus and to campus,” he said. “It will be dramatic improvement, with a boulevard roadway and bike lanes on both sides, good lighting and good pedestrian ways to get into campus as well as across the road for events.”
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Newcomers to campus and returning students this fall will be greeted with orange barrels along Summit Street, and they won’t be going away anytime soon. A two- to three-year construction project begins this year, and while the fall brings only light work, the project will get bigger before it ends. Tom Euclide, the university’s associate vice president of facilities, planning and management, said students still need to be careful along Summit Street, because there’s a good reason for the project. “The biggest thing is that this section of roadway is the most accident prone and the most congested in the Summit and Portage County area,” he said. “It’s on (the Ohio Department of Transportation’s) list and has been on ODOT’s list as the worst section of roadway for accidents and congestion for a number of years, so the result will be reduced congestion and reduced accidents, and just a much safer roadway.” Parking and traffic shouldn’t be heavily disrupted just yet, but Euclide said university officials have plans to help students get around when the going gets tougher. “The university has been working with the City of Kent engineer’s office to find ways to minimize the disruption to campus operations,” he said. “We have lots of plans in place, including communications on ways of finding directions through university channels, that will be launched as soon as we understand the schedule. With not having the contract awarded right now, though,
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From new academic centers to revamped living spaces, there’s almost always something being built or rebuilt at Kent State University’s main campus, with several big projects underway in the 2015-16 school year. Large-scale construction efforts are under way along Lincoln Street, adjacent to campus. Along the Lester A. Lefton Esplanade and just across from the recently dedicated Wick Poetry Center, the upcoming Center for Architecture and Environmental Design is being built. Nearby, at the intersection of Lincoln and Summit streets, the Institutional Advancement Building is also beginning to take shape. This structure will house personnel of the Kent State University Foundation, administrative services and the KSU Alumni Association under one roof. In the heart of campus, another new building is coming together that will combine several disciplines and groups of students that are currently spread throughout multiple buildings. The upcoming Center for the Visual Arts will connect the existing structures of Van Deusen Hall and the Art Annex, bringing all visual arts programs and disciplines under one roof for the first time since 1960. The architecture building, which will house the entire College of Architecture and Environmental Design, is expected to be complete by the start of the 2016 fall semester and costs a rough total of about $47 million to construct. The institutional advancement building is expected to be finished by the end of 2015 and carries an overall project cost of approximately $20 million. The Center for the Visual Arts is expected to be complete sometime in Spring 2016 and will cost roughly $34 million.
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Previous visitors to KSU may notice some new sights upon returning this academic year. The Center for Undergraduate Excellence, built onto the ground floor of the Olsen/Lake hall residence hall complex, finished construction this past spring and now offers coordinated academic advising for undergraduate students and organizes advising services around campus. The newly opened home of the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology on the Science Mall entered operation early this year and presented a step into the 21st century for the college. At about 55,000 square feet, the building was constructed with a budget of around $17.7 million. Thomas Euclide, associate vice president of facilities planning and operations, said campus will see several other projects in the coming months, including: Additions to Cunningham Hall and Smith Hall that will install updated entry ways and bathrooms that are more accessible for people with disabilities. An integrated science building project, costing roughly $37 million, that will add onto Williams Hall. “Facelifts” and mechanical upgrades to the Beall and McDowell residence halls, as well as assorted improvements to Dunbar and Prentice halls.
At top is the Center for Undergraduate Excellence, recently added to the Lake and Olsen hall complex. Above is the Tri-Towers residence hall complex, which recently received a facelift.
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Enjoy cycling or just need to get out for a stroll? Head to the Portage Hike and Bike Trail. The Portage Hike and Bike Trail serves as an east-west link between the major trail systems in Northeastern Ohio. It was developed through a partnership between Portage Park District, Portage County, Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad, City of Kent, Kent State University, Franklin and Ravenna townships, and the city of Ravenna. Direct and indirect connections to adjacent regional trails, such as Metroparks, Serving Summit County’s Bike and Hike Trail, encourage a variety of short and long trail rides to local neighborhoods and towns
to Cleveland, Akron and the Cuyahoga Valley Towpath Trail. Kent State University’s Esplanade, the pedestrian avenue that connects campus with downtown Kent, is part of the trail. Also, you can pick up the trail at Tannery Park, 100 Stow St., or Franklin Mills Riveredge Park, 497 Middlebury Road, near downtown Kent. Historically used as a transportation
• Acme Fresh Market in Stow • Acme Fresh Market store No. #7 in Kent • Arby’s, 1630 East Main St. in Kent • Azur Tan 297 N. Main St. in Munroe Falls • Bistro on Main • Belleria Pizza and Italian Restaurant • Buffalo Wild Wings • Burger King locations, East Main and South Water streets, Kent • Campus BP, 1434 E. Main St. Kent • Campus Book & Supply • Chipotle Mexican Grill (Kent location only) • Circle K (East Main and North Mantua streets, Kent) • CVS Pharmacy on South Water Street in Kent • Convenient Marketplace, 3011 S.R. 59, Ravenna • Dave’s Cosmic Subs, 215 S Water St, Kent • Denny’s (Stark Campus) • Discount Drug Mart (1763 E. Main St. in Kent only) • Domino’s Pizza •Dunkin’ Donuts • Eddy’s Deli & Restaurant, 4581 Kent Road, Stow • Eldorado’s Pizza Pie • EMPIRE • EuroGyro • Famous Hair in the Acme Plaza in Kent • Five Guys Burgers and Fries • Flynn’s Tire & Auto Service • Fresco Mexican Grill and Salsa Bar • Gaming Grounds • Georgio’s Oven Fresh Pizza • Giant Eagle in Stow • Guy’s Pizza • Hungry Howie’s Pizza • Insomnia Cookies
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route by Native Americans, with Standing Rock nearby, the Portage is also located along the historic Erie rail line, with a portion of it running alongside a still-active railroad operated by the Akron Barberton Cluster Railway. Portions of the trail travel along the Cuyahoga River, remnants of the P&O Canal, the historic Kent Railyards, Towner’s Woods, and Chestnut Hills Park.
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