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Creating a Student-Ready Campus
Kent State University Uplevels Efforts
Sommer KA Dunlevy, M.S.
Assistant Director of Marketing
Housing & Culinary Services
Kent State University
Alerie Martin
Marketing Intern
Housing & Culinary Services
Kent State University
What does a student-ready campus mean to you? To Kent state University,
this means providing students with warm meals and caring for students,
like george Lemons Jr. He has been with the university for nearly 20 years
and makes it his goal to connect with the students who visit his station. In
an interview, when asked about his favorite part of the job, he said it is the
students and families. On average, the dining halls are visited by over 4,000
students daily, and george enjoys creating meals for them.
Kent state University wanted to be more personal with the students at the
university and moved to a self-operating system
in July. Moving in this direction meant building the
program from the ground up and providing flexibility
and oversight of the overall culinary experience.
Kent state is facing some challenges including
maintaining hours of operations across all dining
locations (due to staffing), figuring out what the
students prefer (i.e., gluten-free options), and
accommodating healthy alternatives. By utilizing
data from focus groups, collaborating with campus
partners, properly training staff, and initiating followup
questions to our students, we believe we can
overcome these hurdles.
Kent state Culinary services plays a pivotal role in
the success of our overall sustainability program.
The goal is to implement ways for the campus to
be more sustainable with products, such as
grind2Energy™, in all-you-care-to-eat facilities on
campus. These systems make renewable energy and
return nutrients to Ohio farms.
What makes Kent state stand out compared to
other universities? We believe it is the effort and
care Culinary services gives to our students (like
george does), the guest experience provided, and
the " Flashes take care of Flashes " mentality that is
university-wide.
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