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
Sustainability improvements and increased weather observations are the focuses of two new grants the Kent State University Airport received this year to purchase one of their top wish-list items and replace another.
The airport received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant of $309,375 for a weather observation system reporting station and a $51,399 grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for new ground equipment.
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Most children get inspiration from their parents.
![The 2018 Giving Tuesday campaign is a monthlong event, providing an expanded timeframe for giving, additional giving options and more occasions to have gifts matched. The 2018 Giving Tuesday campaign is a monthlong event, providing an expanded timeframe for giving, additional giving options and more occasions to have gifts matched.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/SPECIAL%20FEATURE%20-%20Giving%20Tuesday%20eInside%20Photo.jpg?VersionId=mCBF04WjOIc6RJSUt71QMc_6oWHPwIVK&h=e6f36a9c&itok=NNMIv86z)
Like last year, Giving Tuesday 2018 is a monthlong event through November, providing an expanded timeframe for giving, additional giving options and more occasions to have gifts matched.
![President Beverly J. Warren delivers the 2018 State of the University Address. President Beverly J. Warren delivers the 2018 State of the University Address.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/State%20of%20the%20University.jpg?VersionId=wq2aaDaCJQ8GdA9oUShx47HxaNLkE1nR&h=e6f36a9c&itok=duN9_Uo3)
Kent State University President Beverly J. Warren delivers the 2018 State of the University Address.
![Flash's Professional Closet provides accessibility to fashion. Flash's Professional Closet provides accessibility to fashion.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/Mendi-%26-Rose.jpg?VersionId=K_pgfdmoViJEnixfC0TeZyp9DMzFlud5&h=e6f36a9c&itok=_qVQWYio)
Mendi Sample, who will graduate with her bachelor's degree from Kent State Stark in the spring, was born blind, but she still cares about fashion. And she knows that finding an accessible place for professional clothing gives her an edge come graduation day.
![In their new paper, Kent State Biology Professor David Ward and colleagues asked whether the encroachment of woody shrubs into grasslands in South Africa would increase or decrease the amount of carbon stored in the soil under the plants. In their new paper, Kent State Biology Professor David Ward and colleagues asked whether the encroachment of woody shrubs into grasslands in South Africa would increase or decrease the amount of carbon stored in the soil under the plants.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/African_grassland%202.jpg?VersionId=W2ipPIwkYF0WTD2ssE7DpsZ2CXKMJZMk&h=e6f36a9c&itok=WYXC5KSS)
Ecosystems in today's world are responding to a wide variety of environmental changes. What happens when these changes interact? That was the topic of a recent paper published by David Ward, Ph.D., the Art and Margaret Herrick Endowed Professor of Plant Biology in Kent State University's Department of Biological Sciences, and international colleagues and graduate students in the journal Scientific Reports.
![Coming from a difficult home life, Diamond Lauderdale had many challenges ahead of her in obtaining a college education. But through Kent State's EXCEL program, she has found academic success – and a new home. Coming from a difficult home life, Diamond Lauderdale had many challenges ahead of her in obtaining a college education. But through Kent State's EXCEL program, she has found academic success – and a new home.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/SPEC%20FEAT%20Photo%20of%20Diamond%20Lauderdale.jpg?VersionId=w8xf1jov756GcrSmq07pvunJy.fLOkrT&h=e6f36a9c&itok=RvSCl3JF)
![Kent State University President Beverly J. Warren recently presented 11 Kent State staff members with the President’s Award of Distinction. Here, Ken Ditlevson, director of Kent State's LGBTQ Student Center, is surprised with his award. Kent State University President Beverly J. Warren recently presented 11 Kent State staff members with the President’s Award of Distinction. Here, Ken Ditlevson, director of Kent State's LGBTQ Student Center, is surprised with his award.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PHOTO%20FEATURE%20-%20Presidents%20Awards.jpg%20MAIN.jpg?VersionId=V2SRJvVhmvbOSm2t3BGeBEm12ATlVYwX&h=e6f36a9c&itok=-xW_ZbvH)
Kent State University President Beverly J. Warren recently presented 11 Kent State staff members with the President’s Award of Distinction. President Warren made surprise visits to each recipient’s office with a hearty congratulations and a check for $1,500.
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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