Kent Wired Article Martin Harp April 24, 2014 Kent State celebrated Arbor Day and the university’s performance in Recyclemania, a national recycling competition, with a tree planting ceremony outside Centennial A and B on Thursday. Alan Siewert, regional urban forester from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, presented the Tree Campus USA award. The award is from the Arbor Day Foundation and recognizes campuses that carry on urban forestry, Siewert said, which is the care of trees and shrubs in a human environment. “As important as it is to have nice ...
CCI Director of Academic Advising Wins Impact Award
CCI Director of Academic Advising Ellie Hansen was recognized recently with the Advisor Impact Award, a quarterly recognition given to an outstanding academic advisor who has made a significant positive impact on the lives and academic success of students.
It was a childhood fascination with aviation that led alumna Linell Homentosky to choose 5X when it came time to pick a college. As she tells it, the interest was first sparked by her aunt, Judy, who was a flight attendant.“She would give my family buddy passes to fly, and when we would go on trips, the pilots always would show you the cockpit. I had a pilot tell me that I could fly the plane one day,” Homentosky said. “So, my love for aviation really started there and turned into my career.”When it came time to pick a college, Homentosky said she looked at several pro...
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