Marianne Martens, School of Library and Information Science

Richard Feinberg, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, delivered a presentation titled “Behaviorist Ethics in Polynesia: Anuta, Solomon Islands” at the Central States Anthropological Society in Lincoln, Nebraska, on April 8, 2017. In addition to this paper, Feinberg was a presenter in a roundtable dealing with ethical conundrums in anthropology, chaired a session on gender and performance, served as discussant on a panel dealing with the globalization of food, contributed to the society’s Executive Board meeting and reported to its business meeting on developments at the national level in the American Anthropological Association.

David Dees, Ph.D., of Guilford Lake, Ohio, has been selected to serve as dean and chief administrative officer of the Kent State University Columbiana County campuses. He will provide overall leadership of Kent State University at East Liverpool and Kent State University at Salem, two of the Regional Campuses in the university’s eight-campus system. Dees currently serves as interim dean of the Columbiana County campuses, a position he has held since July 1, 2016. He began serving as the permanent dean on June 1, 2017.

Lower Great Lakes Emmy Awards will be held June 17 at the Cleveland Hilton

With a goal of becoming one of the nation’s top public universities in aeronautics and engineering education and research, the Kent State University Board of Trustees approved changing the name of the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology to the College of Aeronautics and Engineering. 

The change better reflects the expansion of the college’s programs and accentuates its highly trained and sought-after graduates who go on to work for commercial airlines, corporate flight departments, the military and the Federal Aviation Administration.

Kent State University’s Division of Human Resources is accepting applications for the Institute for Excellence (I4E) until June 15. The Institute for Excellence is Kent State University’s premier leadership program. According to the Human Resources LEAD Awards, the university’s Institute for Excellence program ranks eighth in the nation in the category of certificate programs with emphasis on leadership and organizational development.
   

Although Homecoming Week will not take place until Oct. 8-14, it is not too early to start planning your Homecoming events and activities. Many Homecoming activities are already being scheduled, including the Bowman Cup 5K Race, Kiss on the K, the parade and more!

Based on faculty feedback, the Office of the University Registrar has created a new Final Grading History page to provide faculty members with access to review grading history for prior terms. This new page allows you to view your students’ historical final grades once final grades processing has been completed.

Highlights:

As we begin the new semester, the Office of the University Registrar asks for your assistance in making sure that all students are properly registered for their Summer I, II or III 2017 courses.