Marianne Martens, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, is author of an invited chapter titled “Reading the Readers: Tracking Visible Online Reading Audiences” in P. M. Rothbauer, K.I. Skjerdingstad, L.E.F. McKechnie, and K. Oterholm (Eds.), Plotting the Reading Experience: Theory/Practice/Politics. (2016). Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Wilfred Laurier University Press.
Marianne Martens, School of Library and Information Science
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Science teacher Richard Dudley of Coventry Local Schools’ Coventry High School is the $20,000 Ohio winner of the 2015-16 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest. Dudley and his STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) elective students designed an innovative STEM project that they are bringing to life through a video and website.
A search is underway to appoint an undergraduate student trustee to the Kent State University Board of Trustees. Applications from interested students for this two-year term position are being accepted now by the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs. Currently, Jennifer Bryant and PJ Kimmel are Kent State's Student Trustees, graduate and undergraduate, respectively. Kimmel is completing his term of office this year and will serve as chair of the Student Trustee Search Committee, as required by university policy.
Applications for the 2016-2017 Teaching Scholars program are now being accepted. Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6. All full-time faculty members of any rank are encouraged to apply. Visit http://tinyurl.com/TeachScholApp to apply.
Students to receive full tuition for one year, monthly stipend and iPad
Kent State University’s Special Education program seeks applicants for its 2016-17 Early Intervention Certificate Program to prepare individuals at the graduate level to work with infants and toddlers who have identified disabilities or delays and their families.
The Graduate Student Orientation (GSO) program seeks to employ high-achieving, energetic and engaged graduate students from a wide range of academic disciplines to assist with the planning and implementation of the Graduate Student Orientation. The fall 2016 orientation will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 23, and Wednesday, Aug.
The Division of Graduate Studies is pleased to announce that the 2016-2017 scholarship application process is now open. The Division of Graduate Studies has several scholarship opportunities for academically excellent graduate students currently enrolled at Kent State. The David B.
![Christopher Bell tutored nearly 40 students in pre-nursing science and nursing coursework at Kent State University at Stark during his time there.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/REGIONALStark1.jpg?VersionId=t3KLARNPxsXVmEier0BqROyraZGkSzkA&h=ec98a0f6&itok=6WzjgYff)
Christopher Bell is the 2015 recipient of the College Reading and Learning Association’s (CRLA) Outstanding Tutor Award — the first-ever recipient from an Ohio college or university.
![Kent State student Kelly Neiser (second from right) poses for pictures with her models after being announced as the Judges’ Choice and winner of a $2,500 scholarship. (Photo credit: Thomas Farmer Photography)](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Rock-Header.jpg?VersionId=6E2dfzJa4InnYyiJPEEbaJJK8_CgO3Lv&h=ec98a0f6&itok=dERHvYWU)
The talents of 18 Kent State University students were on display at Kent Student Center Programming’s 12th annual Rock the Runway fashion show, which took place March 5. Fashion was king on a night that featured the sights and sounds of this year’s theme, The Jacksons.
![Kent State University Professor David Fresco, Ph.D., is studying the brain waves of Tibetan monks to better understand their mental training exercises.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PHOTOLEADMonk1.jpg?VersionId=LGvpzckwsQBKLAcMbFkHwl09p1U27jJ_&h=ec98a0f6&itok=0VAxoivS)
Since the time of the early Buddhist kings, Tibetan monks have practiced analytic meditation – where they memorize a Buddhist text and then attempt to deepen their understanding of this material by joining in debate pits led by a senior monk, known as the challenger.
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.
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