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
![Members of the Kent State University at Salem community gathered to celebrate the opening of the new Seasoned Café on the campus. Kent State Salem Dean David Dees (third from left) led the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Members of the Kent State University at Salem community gathered to celebrate the opening of the new Seasoned Café on the campus. Kent State Salem Dean David Dees (third from left) led the ribbon-cutting ceremony.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/REGIONAL-SalemCafe.jpg?VersionId=G7jRL4Lj2Rk4vkJzJLJi9di5JcRcj4VI&h=e6f36a9c&itok=2dXJVhsU)
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was recently held to mark the official opening of the Seasoned Café at Kent State University at Salem.
![Kids at Kent State University's Child Development Center explored a variety of grounds vehicles during the annual Meet the Trucks event. Kids at Kent State University's Child Development Center explored a variety of grounds vehicles during the annual Meet the Trucks event.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/SPECIALFEATURE-Trucks1.jpg?VersionId=v.iPIgqtW3A4fyhSMttatXhtdypHlOAY&h=e6f36a9c&itok=Iap4Lb2d)
Children at Kent State University's Child Development Center interacted with a variety of construction and grounds vehicles used by University Facilities Management during the annual Meet the Trucks event.
![Kent State University employees work out at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. Kent State University employees work out at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PROFILES-Wellness1.jpg?VersionId=YMqvsE4v8l7DF3ZC.2Mt75lvWAk8DyHD&h=e6f36a9c&itok=UpUjJ9YJ)
Obtaining and maintaining work-life balance is no easy task, and that is why Kent State University offers numerous options in its employee wellness program to help faculty and staff achieve this balance.
![Kent State University mascot Flash and the University of Akron's mascot Zippy share a handshake. Kent State University mascot Flash and the University of Akron's mascot Zippy share a handshake.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Video-wagonwheel.jpg?VersionId=RJnH8FvuCspWKVxh7eqgmfHdX4TpL2Fl&h=e6f36a9c&itok=RslvHxQR)
Last February, you saw how Zippy betrayed our beloved Flash. Little did we know that the rivalry goes back much further, at least according to Zippy and Flash. Help us win back the Wagon Wheel by cheering on Kent State Football on Nov. 21 at the University of Akron!
Jeanne R. Smith, director of the Kent State University Writing Commons, traveled with Writing Commons’ tutors from a variety of academic disciplines to make presentations at the International Writing Centers Association’s annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, from Nov. 10-13, 2017. This year's conference theme was “Tutor, Writer, Director, Spy.”
Virginia Dressler and Cindy Kristof, University Libraries, presented “The Right to be Forgotten in Digital Collections: A Survey of Practice and Policy at ARL Institutions” at the Digital Library Federation Forum 2017 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 24, 2017.
Read more to see the steps that you need to take to make a pledge or payroll deduction.
The November issue of HR News Flash, the Division of Human Resources’ quarterly newsletter, is available.
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Familiar Face
oleg d. lavrentovich
Trustees Research Professor
Liquid Crystal Institute® and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
Kent Campus
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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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