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Nov. 10, 2022
Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ State is required to have and maintain a Storm Water Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Phase II Storm Water permit. As part of that permit, Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ State is required to develop best management practices (bmps) under 7 Minimum Control…
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Nov. 10, 2022
Today, as part of Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ State’s Veterans Day commemoration, a group of volunteers along with University Facilities Management (UFM) staff gathered with shovels, buckets, bulbs and bone meal on the hill overlooking The Commons…
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Nov. 10, 2022
Today, as part of Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ State’s Veterans Day commemoration, a group of volunteers along with University Facilities Management (UFM) staff gathered with shovels, buckets, bulbs and bone meal on the hill overlooking The Commons…
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Nov. 8, 2022
Come help Flashes Fighting Hunger, Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ State’s student-powered response to food insecurity, and observe Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week (Nov. 14-19) by filling the truck with unperishable food and toiletry items!
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Nov. 8, 2022
Scenic design and earthworms don’t normally have a connection, but Kathalina Thorpe, Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ State scenic design graduate student, has connected the two to improve the environment.
At Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ State, Thorpe has been conducting…
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Oct. 22, 2022
Sheren Faraq, Ph.D. (second from right), is the director and assistant professor of the Horticulture Technology program at Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ at Salem. She has found that the woods, grounds and gardens in the 100-…
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Oct. 20, 2022
Students majoring in aerospace engineering, theater, physics, music and nursing were among the 90 presenters at the annual Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Student Fellow Presentations held this week in the…
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Oct. 4, 2022
The Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ State community planted more than 100 trees in the Climate Change Grove to help offset the university’s carbon footprint and provide a way to research the effects of climate change in our immediate environments.
Located behind…

Oct. 3, 2022
Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ State is proud to participate in Campus Sustainability Month throughout October. This annual event, hosted by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), celebrates higher education…
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IN A FLASH: THIS TREE ON CAMPUS IS OLDER THAN KENT STATE; Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ State Today; September 28, 2022
Sept. 28, 2022
This large and ancient, cutleaf beech tree, Fagus sylvatica 'Asplenifolia,' growing near the old carriage house by the Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ Women's Center, is older than Âé¶¹¶ÌÊÓÆµ State.
The tree has been dated to…