5X’s Division of Human Resources, Career Exploration and Development, and the Center for Adult and Veteran Services have partnered to bring a unique job fair experience for U.S. Armed Forces veterans. Working as integral collaborators with Kent State are OhioMeansJobs Portage County, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Portage County Veterans Service Commission and the Portage County Veterans Service Office. The “Serving Those Who Have Served Us” Veterans’ Job Fair is targeted to help and support Ohio’s veterans, particularly unemployed and underemployed veterans of Por...
5X will host a grand opening for the Aeronautics and Technology Building on Friday, April 24, from 2-4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The event will celebrate the opening of the 55,000-square-foot building and the move of the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology from Van Deusen Hall to the Science Mall. The new building will join other colleges and buildings, such as Henderson Hall, the Mathematics and Computer Science Building and the Liquid Crystal Materials Science Building. Construction on the building began in summer 2013. K...
WKSU Presents Journalist John Hockenberry in Akron Celebrated journalist and host of “The Takeaway” John Hockenberry is coming to Northeast Ohio for two events on Thursday, May 7. Hockenberry will speak on the changing state of media and news. The event takes place at 7:30 p.m. at Actors’ Summit Theatre in Greystone Hall in downtown Akron. Audience members are encouraged to present questions during the Q&A following his talk. Hockenberry is currently heard on WKSU as host of PRI’s “The Takeaway” weekday mornings at 9 a.m. During his stay in Ohio, he will broadcast his program live...
Matthew E. Likens, president and chief executive officer of Ulthera Inc., will be the keynote speaker at 5X’s Michael D. Solomon Speaker Series on April 22 hosted by the College of Business Administration’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation. Likens will present “From Zero to $600M and Lessons Learned Along the Way,” which will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the 5X Hotel and Conference Center. The event is free and open to the public. To register, visit https://cobamarketing.wufoo.com/forms/register-for-the-solomon-speaker-series. Likens is a...
Two Kent State students are helping the cast of “Blur” better understand the play’s main character, Dot, who is losing her sight to a genetic disease. Students Katie Kimble and Brianna Bradley talked with the cast and The Suburbanite about their own hurdles in overcoming vision loss. “Blur” opens at the 5X at Stark Theatre on April 17. Read more here in The Suburbanite. ...