Mamoun Alzoubi, Department of English, presented a paper, “Richard Wright and Transnationalism: A Reading of Pagan Spain,” at the American Literature Association Annual Conference, May 26-29, 2016, in San Francisco, California.
Mamoun Alzoubi, Department of English
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Kent State University is pleased to announce the appointment of Susan Wadsworth-Booth as the director of the Kent State University Press.
Wadsworth-Booth, formerly the director of the Duquesne University Press in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, begins her duties on Sept. 11.
It is time for the 2017 Homecoming Decorating Contest! Kent State University’s Alumni Association would like to invite you and your office to show off your Kent State spirit and pride by decorating your office to this year’s decorating theme of “Fall for Kent.” To register your office, visit www.ksualumni.org/officecontest by Friday, Sept.
Kent State University’s College of Communication and Information Global Initiatives Office is launching World Class, a new podcast focused on fostering interesting global conversations within the College of Communication and Information and across the Kent State community.
School administrators from Shaker Heights, Painesville, Akron’s Firestone cluster and Westlake delved into understanding leadership through a contextual and cultural lens in a recent four-day Creating Global Mindedness Leadership Institute sponsored by Kent State University’s College of Education, Health and Human Services.
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The Kent State Faculty/Staff Bowling League is now accepting new teams, members and substitute bowlers. Bowlers compete weekly on Monday evenings at 6:20 p.m. at Spins Bowl Kent (formerly Bill White’s Twinstar Lanes) on state Rt. 59 in Kent.
The Faculty/Staff Bowling League is open to all full-time, part-time and retired employees, as well as their families and friends.
The 2017-2018 Kent State bowling season begins Sept. 18 and continues through April 9, 2018. The cost is $14 a week.
![Kent State students discuss over lunch at a campus dining location. A new study by Kent State researchers aims to help combat overeating habits using optical illusions on a specially designed plate. Kent State students discuss over lunch at a campus dining location. A new study by Kent State researchers aims to help combat overeating habits using optical illusions on a specially designed plate.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PHOTOLEAD-PortionPlate1.jpg?VersionId=qTtfYbdZdrqzy7cOAUL6NQkJ0xM0dHu6&h=e6f36a9c&itok=oJvzmQMr)
It’s that nagging question you ask yourself every Thanksgiving after you have piled the food sky-high on your plate and savored every last morsel: “What happened? Were my eyes bigger than my stomach?”
![This fall, Kent State Stark will host students in a newly designed classroom and Virtual Reality Room in Main Hall. This fall, Kent State Stark will host students in a newly designed classroom and Virtual Reality Room in Main Hall.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/REGIONAL-ComputerDesign.jpg?VersionId=uhSQpv1UxT5uS2cnLzO0AfH3JsfAhqFn&h=e6f36a9c&itok=UvMmfF4W)
Kent State University at Stark and Kent State University at Tuscarawas have partnered to expand the computer design, animation and game design program.
![Herb Page, Kent State’s director of golf and head men’s golf coach, has been selected to serve as one of the head coaches of the International team at the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup. Herb Page, Kent State’s director of golf and head men’s golf coach, has been selected to serve as one of the head coaches of the International team at the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/SPECIALFEATURE-HerbPage.jpg?VersionId=nF.xeARWWnj61FBJOUUDY.OjYRWa6AHD&h=e6f36a9c&itok=j6vJgIBW)
Herb Page, Kent State University’s director of golf and head men’s golf coach, has been selected to serve as one of the head coaches of the International team at the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup in France.
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