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Eastway Dining Hall.

Campus dining halls work to limit food waste

Quintin Page, Reporter May 22, 2024

Every day hundreds of students, faculty and visitors eat at Kent State's dining halls. At the end of each day, the dish returns and food serving trays are filled with uneaten food. What happens to all...

Valoree Vargo will serve as Kent State's vice president for philanthropy and alumni engagement starting on Sept. 1 and as the executive director of the Kent State University Foundation following the appointment of its board of directors. April 31, 2021.

University announces annual ‘Giving Tuesdays’ fundraiser

Jimmy Oswald Sports Editor November 1, 2021

Kent State University announced Monday its annual 'Giving Tuesdays' campaign that will take place throughout the month of November. The initiative, which is in its eighth year, has raised almost $7 million...

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Haymaker Farmers’ Market starts its’ summer season for the 29th year

Brynne Mann Reporter May 15, 2021

The Haymaker Farmers’ Market is kicking off is 29th year in downtown Kent with its summer season on Franklin Avenue every Saturday. The summer season features a wide variety of vendors with fresh produce,...

Students in the Conservation of Natural Resources class take waste and weigh it in Eastway Fresh Food Co. on Feb. 1.

Kent State takes initiative to reduce waste

Jada Miles February 9, 2019

Kent State students are weighing food waste at Eastway Fresh Food Company to try to spark a change in students' waste habits.Dining Services partnered with the Department of Geography to reduce food waste...

The Feeding 500 planning team

From scraps to supper: Feeding the 500 event to take place on campus

Madeline Scalzi April 10, 2018

Imagine not knowing where your next meal will come from. For one-in-eight Americans and 103 million people worldwide, food insecurity is an everyday threat, according to Feeding America and the FAO.For...