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Life’s best moments include food—don’t miss out! Our partner, WeightWatchers®, helps you improve your relationship with food so you can eat what you love and still lose weight.  Dine out (or drive through) with ease. WW’s award-winning app has a restaurant database with more than 450 popular spots.  Share meals—without feeling left out. Discover over 12,500 recipes that your whole family will enjoy. Celebrate what makes life fun. Learn how to plan ahead for date nights, vacations, and whatever else brings you joy.  WeightWatchers members tell it best. Stefanie D. ...

The amount of federal income tax withheld from your paycheck is determined by the information that you provide on Federal Form W-4. �������� is unable to assist you in completing your W-4. However, the IRS provides a tax withholding estimator on its website. To review your W-4, go to Top Employee Resources within FlashLine, choose Tax Forms, and then W-4 Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate. To make changes to your W-4, click the Update link at the bottom of the page. Read and complete each section carefully before clicking the Certify Changes button to save your work. ...

Kent State Employee Wellness is excited to host Teladoc representative, Beau Cobb. He is coming to Kent Campus to provide an overview of the free Livongo (through Teladoc Health) programming available to benefits-eligible Kent State employees. In-person events are available June 12 and virtual sessions are now available June 15. Wellness sessions eligible for 10 Tier 2 wellness points. Beau will be hosting a variety of health and wellness activities throughout the day June 12 and presenting information about Livongo (through Teladoc Health) benefits. Stop by Heer Hall on Kent...

Managers and supervisors should have received information from the Controller's Office regarding the cut-off dates for financial transactions for the current fiscal year, which ends on June 30. View the deadlines for receipt of information and other year-end announcements online at www.kent.edu/controller under the Fiscal Year End Cut-off Dates tab.  The Controller's Office appreciates timely submissions of documents to ensure that a timely year-end cut-off has occurred. The FY2023 year is scheduled to close the evening of July 14, 2023, and the final June Flashline reports should be a...

Pictured (left to right): Kent State President Todd Diacon and Kent City Manager Dave Ruller PARTNERSHIPS HAVE REDEFINED KENT STATE AND THE CITY OF KENT Kent City Manager Dave Ruller remembers the day he met ��������’s then-President Lester A. Lefton nearly two decades ago at the Franklin Square Deli to talk about Kent. Lefton didn’t mince words. He wanted to make Kent State great, he told Ruller, but he couldn’t do it with a deteriorating downtown, parts of which he pronounced “a piece of crap,” Ruller recalls. “I was like, ‘OK, put your money where your mout...

Justine Gallo, BA ’22, has combined her personal philosophy and fashion design degree to launch a new business in downtown Kent.  Sun in Leo is a boutique located in Acorn Alley that reuses—and responsibly sources—clothing, accessories, jewelry and  trinkets.  Gallo says the concept of circularity drives the store’s business model, which focuses on resource cycles such as reusing, repairing, refurbishing and upcycling to extend the life of products and waste as little as possible.  Sustainable fashion is a fundamental part of Kent State’s fashion...

Pictured (center): Julie Morris, sustainability coordinator, stands between her two supervisors. At left, Bridget Susel, community development director for the city of Kent; at right, Melanie Knowles, sustainability manager for ��������. WORKING TOGETHER TOWARD A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE This year, the city of Kent announced a climate action plan to reduce the city’s greenhouse gas emissions and address other environmental concerns. After the detailed plan was crafted, city officials realized something was missing. The plan includes transitioning municipal ligh...

As we near the end of the fiscal year (June 30, 2023), remember to complete your Beyond Compliance (BC) training. Two hours of BC training are required of all staff annually, and strongly encouraged for Tenure Track/Full-Time Non Tenure-Track faculty. One of your two annual BC hours should be a gender-based discrimination or harassment course (formerly known as Title IX Beyond Compliance). Why Beyond Compliance? Beyond Compliance provides annual training for Kent State faculty and staff to make sure they are fully up-to-date and aware of relevant laws and university polici...