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Don’t Forget to Register Your Homecoming Open House or Event!

Register your event for Kent State's Homecoming.

Kent State University’s Homecoming Week is Sept. 28-Oct. 2! Be a part of the Homecoming celebration by planning an event or open house hosted by your college, school or organization.

Please complete the Homecoming event registration form online at www.ksualumni.org/eventregistrationform. By completing this form, the alumni association will be able to help promote your event or open house on the Homecoming website at www.ksualumni.org/homecoming.

Questions about Homecoming? Contact Joy Wesoloski, assistant director for alumni relations, at 330-672-5368 or jforema3@kent.edu.

Fifth Annual Let’s Take a Ride/Walk Event Planned for Sept. 10

Kent State University students, faculty and staff stop for
a photo under the arch on the Lefton Esplanade before
heading to lunch provided by Kent State's Sustainability
Task Force and the Miracle on Main Street (M.O.M.S.)
office.

Kent State University faculty, staff and students are invited to ride a bicycle or walk along the Lefton Esplanade for the fifth annual “Let’s Take a Ride/Walk” event on Thursday, Sept. 10. “Let’s Take a Ride/Walk” is a free event that encourages the Kent State community to adopt walking and biking as part of a healthy lifestyle and enjoy the dining and shopping opportunities in the city of Kent as part of the Town-Gown initiative.

Participants must register before Tuesday, Sept. 1, as the event is limited to the first 150 registrants. Registered participants will meet in the Kent Student Center Kiva lobby at 11:30 a.m. and walk or bike to the Kent State Hotel and Conference Center via the Lefton Esplanade. Those who would prefer to ride a bicycle can either bring their own or rent one from Flashfleet, a free bicycle rental service operated by the university.

When the walkers and bikers arrive at the Kent State Hotel and Conference Center, they will be served a free lunch, compliments of Miracle on Main Street (M.O.M.S.), a source for office furniture and supplies. At the event, participants also will have the chance to learn about upcoming changes and new opportunities on campus. Kent State’s Office of the University Architect will present and describe the new Summit Street Improvement Project, along with available alternative transportation options. Kent State’s Office of Sustainability will address progress on campus and the expansion of Zipcars on campus, a car-sharing network for students.

Participants also will receive gift bags filled with promotional items and coupons to Kent restaurants and businesses. Students who participate will earn 300 FLASHperks reward points.

Marty Mundy, a Kent State’s facilities planner and co-chair of the event committee, says she sees “Let’s Take a Ride/Walk” as a way to continually inform the Kent State community about the current opportunities the city has to offer.

“My hope is that even more Kent State faculty and staff will have lunch and spend after-work time and weekends in downtown Kent, shopping, dining and attending special events,” Mundy says.

Seating at the table and checking participants in for the
"Let's Take a Ride/Walk" event are Marty Mundy,
facilities planner at Kent State and event co-chair, and
Melanie Knowles, Kent State's sustainability manager.

University Wellness Coordinator Laura Kenney also is looking forward to the event and sees it as a chance to bridge campus to downtown.

“We view this event as a way to continue the growth of the town-gown relationship,” Kenney says. “With the close proximity of the university to the town, faculty, staff and students have the opportunity to visit the many eating establishments, shops and businesses.”

“Let’s Take a Ride/Walk” was created in 2010 and was a result of a Kent State Sustainability Task Force that sought an environmentally friendly way to encourage the Kent State community to connect with downtown.

“With the construction of the new Esplanade a few years ago, we felt that this physical link needed to have an event that actually brought people from campus to downtown Kent,” says Alex Piteo, president of M.O.M.S. and co-chair of the event. “We wanted it to be a low-environmental impact event and promote the idea of taking a walk or riding a bike downtown for lunch or to do some quick shopping. It feels good to get out and take a refreshing break on a regular basis rather than just sit at your desk.”

To register for “Let’s Take a Ride/Walk,” visit http://tinyurl.com/KSURideWalk2015.

For more information about Flashfleet, visit www.kent.edu/recservices/commonly-asked-questions-0.

For more information about “Let’s Take a Ride/Walk,” contact Mundy at 330-672-9618 or Piteo at 330-673-6115.

Kent State Tuscarawas 5K Returns to Harry Clever Field for Second Year

Registrations are being accepted for the 2015 Geib Glowway Run 5K, sponsored by the Kent State University at Tuscarawas Alumni Association. Open to the public, the 5K run and 1.5 mile Fun Run/Walk will be held Sept. 12 at Harry Clever Field in New Philadelphia. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. and the race at 7:30 p.m.

“This is the second year we will hold the race at Harry Clever field,” says Chad Conrad, director of advancement at Kent State Tuscarawas and a member of the alumni association. “To add more interest to the race, we have changed the course. I encourage everyone to participate and get their glow on to make the future brighter for some local, hardworking individuals!”

Proceeds from the 5K and Fun Run/Walk go to the Kent State Tuscarawas Alumni Scholarship Fund.

“Join us in some highflying fun, and help change lives here in the Tuscarawas Valley,” Conrad adds.

Pre-registration fee is $20, and $15 for students and alumni members. Entry fee the day of the race is $25. Preregistration deadline is Aug. 21. The first 100 entrants will receive a free T-shirt. Trophies will be awarded to the top three male and female runners overall, and medals for top three finishers in each male and female age group. Refreshments will be served at the end of the race.

Registration forms are available at www.tuscalum.com. For information or directions, call Kim Sweitzer at 330-308-7454.

Kent State Stark Music Department Announces Auditions for Concert Band

The Kent State University at Stark Concert Band performs
at an event. The band will conduct auditions on Aug. 24,
26 and 31.

The Kent State University at Stark Music Department announces auditions for the Kent State Stark Concert Band. Three audition dates are scheduled to be held on:

• Monday, Aug. 24, from 6-8 p.m. in 101 Fine Arts Building
• Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 6-8 p.m. in 101 Fine Arts Building
• Monday, Aug. 31, from 6-8 p.m. in 119 Fine Arts Building
  

Auditions will take place in the Fine Arts Building on the Kent State Stark Campus, 6000 Frank Avenue NW in Jackson Township.

To schedule an audition, please email Thomas Holliday, concert band director, at thollid3@kent.edu.

The Kent State Stark Concert Band is a 30-year-old, award-winning ensemble, composed of Kent State Stark students, Kent State Stark Campus faculty, community musicians, students from neighboring universities and talented high school students.

Applicants with wind instruments are expected to perform major scales as per OMEA Solo and Ensemble Event Class B requirements for your instrument, from memory, and a chromatic scale starting on lowest-comfortable note and ascending to most comfortable upper note. A solo from Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) Class A or B List OR 2 contrasting etudes (1 fast/ 1 slow) selected from a level-appropriate method book (ex. Rubank Advanced Studies book I or II, Rubank Selected Studies Book I or II or similar) that demonstrates both technical and musical ability. Sight-reading also is required during the audition.

Percussion applicants will be interviewed during their scheduled audition time. The performance audition will take place at the first rehearsal. The applicants must demonstrate their ability on various percussion instruments. At the conclusion of the rehearsal, applicants will be notified if they have been accepted into the Kent State Stark Concert Band.