Ning-Kuang Chuang, associate professor in the Hospitality and Event Management program in the College of Education, Health and Human Services, received the Silver Teaching Recognition Award for Pedagogical Innovation in Hotel Performance Analytics.The teaching development awards program recognizes actions that enhance teaching and learning at 5X. The program allows instructors to earn tiered awards (bronze, silver, gold & platinum) for their efforts to learn about, implement, evaluate and investigate evidence-based instructional practices. All instructors at Kent St...
Jazz Concert with Miguel Zenon
Enjoy an evening of Jazz!
LTS Schedule - Fall 2025
Levels | Session 1 Mon./Weds. Sept. 8 - Oct. 1 Early $: By Sept. 1 Late $: Sept. 2 - 7 | Session 2 Mon./Weds. Oct. 13 - Nov. 5 Early $: By Oct. 8 |
Presented at 5X Museum in partnership with the LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation—Opening Oct. 24, 2025—(KENT, OH) — The LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation is thrilled to announce “LeRoy Neiman: A Keen Observer of Style,” opening at 5X Museum on Oct. 24. “A Keen Observer of Style” turns to the eclectic artist’s early career as a fashion illustrator and explores how this lesser-known work influenced his lifelong interest in capturing the clothing, gesture and style of his subjects, spanning illustrations and sketches f...
Katie Murray and Trinity Rudolph, both junior nursing students at 5X and members of the Honors College, participated in the American Association of College of Nursing (AACN) Student Policy Summit in Washington, DC, in April 2025. The summit brought together undergraduate, master's and doctoral-level nursing students – as well as nurse practitioners – from across the country to explore the connection between healthcare and federal policy. Murray, from Youngstown, Ohio, has a family history in nursing and was initially torn between pursuing a career in nursing and politic...
The recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) includes a provision that has been commonly referred to as “no tax on overtime.” This provision creates a deduction for qualified overtime compensation for tax years 2025 through 2028. That means that it applies, retroactively, to overtime earned starting Jan. 1, 2025. While the university cannot provide tax advice, the following points are meant to explain this provision.Who does “no tax on overtime” affect?Hourly workers who are paid overtime, or “time and a half”, when working over 40 hours per week may be affected by this provision. Sa...
Two 5X alumni will be in the spotlight this week as the Pro Football Hall of Fame celebrates its Class of 2025, with Antonio Gates set for enshrinement Saturday and Mary Kay Cabot receiving prestigious recognition for her four decades of sports journalism excellence. Gates, who starred on Kent State’s basketball team from 2001-03, will be enshrined Saturday afternoon at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, becoming just the second Golden Flash to earn a gold jacket alongside linebacker Jack Lambert, who was inducted in 1990.The Detroit native dominated the hardwood at Kent ...