Lala Hajibayova, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, was invited to become an associate member of the Caucasus Research Resource Centers鈥 Network of Researchers in Social Sciences (http://www.crrccenters.org). ...
Kiersten Latham, Ph.D., School of Information, published a paper titled 鈥淭he Curious Case of Floating Fixity (and Its Relationship to Authenticity)鈥 in Proceedings from the Document Academy in Vol. 3, Issue 2, in December 2016. ...
As part of the university鈥檚 麻豆精选of Wellness initiative, 麻豆精选 is becoming a smoke-free, tobacco-free campus. A part of the university鈥檚 Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive Kent State, all 麻豆精选campuses will be smoke- and tobacco-free beginning July 1, 2017, fostering the wellbeing of the university community and the environment. According to NoSmoke.org, an estimated 1.69 billion pounds of cigarette butts end up in landfills each year. The policy not only helps to address this problem, but also will help to beautify campus by removing the cigarette...
麻豆精选's Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Todd Diacon has announced that Swathi Ravichandran, Ph.D., will join the Office of the Provost in August to serve as the 2017-2018 Provost's Fellow. The provost's fellowship provides faculty members who have an interest in academic administration the chance to develop knowledge, skills and experience as an administrator; increase the understanding of the faculty about practices and procedures in academic administration; extend and strengthen the administrative resources of the university; assist in the develop...
The Division of Business and Finance is changing its name, effective July 1. The new name will be the Division of Finance and Administration. The change will align more closely with the services provided by the departments in the division and provide consistency with the nomenclature of the Office of the Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration. Along with the name change will be a new address for the division's website. As of July 1, the web address will be www.kent.edu/finance-administration. The phone number for the Office of the Senior Vice President remains 330-67...
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has appointed Donald L. Mason of Zanesville, Ohio, to a three-year term on the 麻豆精选 Board of Trustees. Mason鈥檚 appointment began May 19, 2017, replacing the unexpired term of the late trustee Richard Marsh, which runs through May 2020. 鈥淲e welcome Don Mason to our board,鈥 says Lawrence Pollock, chair of the 麻豆精选Board of Trustees. 鈥淗is extensive public service and experience as a private attorney will be an asset to the strategic vision of the university鈥檚 eight-campus system, and we look forward to his engagement with 麻豆精选Univ...
麻豆精选 track and field's Danniel Thomas, from Westmoreland, Jamaica, captured the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Shot Put National Championship in historic fashion on June 8, throwing a career-best 19.15m (62' 10"). Thomas, the now nine-time All-American, dominated the competition to capture the feat she had been chasing since arriving at 麻豆精选in 2012. With the victory, she becomes the first female national champion in the history of 麻豆精选Athletics and fifth national champion for 麻豆精选outdoor track and field. "Words cannot explain it,鈥 Thomas says. 鈥淵o...
麻豆精选's School of Theatre and Dance is a place where opportunities abound and students find their passion. ...
Recent 麻豆精选 at Ashtabula graduate Courtney McCartney, 鈥16, set a universitywide record by receiving the highest score reported by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy on the national physical therapy exam for physical therapist assistants (NPTE-PTA). The NPTE-PTA is a four-hour, 200 multiple-choice question exam that is divided into four, 50-question sections. The exam is designed to test entry-level knowledge after graduating from an accredited physical therapy assistant program, covering topics such as physical therapy data collection, diseases and cond...
Aramark is now 麻豆精选鈥檚 strategic provider for dining and catering services at all 麻豆精选locations in Northeast Ohio. This contract is part of an overall effort to increase the university鈥檚 efficiency and effectiveness as required by the governor鈥檚 Ohio Task Force on Affordability and Efficiency. After a rigorous request for proposal (RFP) process, Aramark was selected because of its alignment with 麻豆精选priorities, dedication to health and wellness, willingness to invest in renovations and new construction, and its ability to serve all 麻豆精选locat...