Lala Hajibayova, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, received a fellowship (about $2,000) from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST), to attend the Summer Research Institute for the Science of Socio-Technical Systems, June 27–July 1, 2016, in Stevenson, Washington.
Lala Hajibayova, School of Library and Information Science
In the spring of 2015, Victoria Scarborough, program director of the External Technology Global Resource Team for Fortune 500 Company Sherwin Williams, expressed interest in sponsoring an event at Kent State University that could capture some of the creativity that she had witnessed as a judge at the Fashion/Tech Hackathon.
“Mothers, Mentors and Muses” is the Women’s Center’s signature event that recognizes Kent State University female-identifying faculty or staff who have made a significant difference in the life of a student or colleague. More than 300 women across the university have received this honor.
Honorees will be celebrated at the “Mothers, Mentors and Muses” Women’s Center’s annual scholarship fundraiser on Tuesday, March 8. The keynote speaker is Kent State University President Emerita Carol Cartwright, Ph.D.
Kent State University is one of more than 200 universities and colleges across the country that signed the American Campuses Act on Climate Pledge to show support for strong climate action.
Online final grading for fall 2015 Full Term (1: 8/31/2015 - 12/13/2015), Third Five Weeks (F3: 11/9/2015 - 12/13/2015), Second Half Semester (H2: 10/22/2015 - 12/13/2015) or Second Seven Weeks (W2: 10/26/2015 - 12/13/2015) parts of terms began Friday, Dec. 11, via FlashFAST. Grading also is now available for any fall 2015 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is midnight on Tuesday, Dec. 22. Any final grades not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow.
The e-Inside newsletter will take a break between semesters. The Dec. 14 issue is the last one for the Fall 2015 Semester, and e-Inside will return on Jan. 18. Copy submissions for this issue should be emailed to einside@kent.edu by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 12.
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An Irish Christmas will be on stage at the Kent State University at Tuscarawas Performing Arts Center on Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m. The show is co-sponsored by Mix 94.1 Radio.
Kent State University is one of 17 colleges and universities nationwide being honored by University Business magazine, a leading publication for senior managers at colleges and universities throughout the United States, in its winter 2015 Models of Excellence recognition program.
Kent State University will confer 2,154 degrees at its Fall Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Friday, Dec. 18, and Saturday, Dec. 19.
If you were previously employed by Kent State University, the state of Ohio, or any political subdivision of the state of Ohio, your prior service time may be creditable toward your vacation entitlement* per administrative policy 6-11.7(C)(1).
Jennifer Cunningham, Department of English, Kent State University at Stark, presented "African American Language: What It Is, Why That Is, and Where We Go From Here" at the Day of Dialogue: Living (In)Equality at Hofstra University, Long Island, New York, on Oct. 28, 2015.
The Kent State University Board of Trustees today established a comprehensive, national search to recruit and select the university’s 13th president.
The events of May 4, 1970, placed Kent State University in an international spotlight after a student protest against the Vietnam War and the presence of the Ohio National Guard ended in tragedy with four students losing their lives and nine others being wounded. From a perspective of nearly 50 years, Kent State remembers the tragedy and leads a contemporary discussion and understanding of how the community, nation and world can benefit from understanding the profound impact of the event.