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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Kent State's Fall Aviation Fair Moved to Spring

The air show is normally in the fall, but this year it has been moved to April because it will coincide with two alumni events.

Since Alumni will be in town in April, the Aviation Heritage Fair at the Kent Sate University Airport has been moved to the spring instead of this fall.  The annual event is normally in the fall, but to coincide with two events put on by Kent State's College of Technology and its Aeronatutics Program, the air show will be April 21, 2012.  "The new spring date allows Kent State alumni who will be attending the Richard Schwabe Golf Outing April 20, 2012, and the Vision 21 Banquet on April 21, 2012, to join community members to enjoy an all-day event of aviation activities, a pancake breakfast, airplane rides, music and entertainment, as well as meet aviation scholars, enthusiasts and industry professionals," according to a press release. The…

Sunday, January 16, 2011

KSU Airport Unaffected by Hiring Freeze

University owns property in Stow for airport.

Although a hiring freeze was recently instituted at Kent State University, the airport it owns on Kent Road in Stow is unlikely to feel the chill. The site of the annual Aviation Heritage Fair, Kent State University Airport currently has more than 90 faculty and staff, not all of whom are university employees. Operation of the airport is contracted out to Al Beckwith Leasing Co. and Commercial Aviation Corporation. In an e-mail last month to all university faculty and staff, Kent State President Lester Lefton stated that a projected shortfall in the state budget would lead to “serious budget reductions” for higher education, necessitating “contingency planning” that involved an immediate, university-wide hiring restrictions. “If there are …

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