A peer-reviewed article by Meghan Harper, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, titled “Using Literature to Help Students Who Hurt,” has been published in Ohio Media Spectrum – Journal of the Ohio Educational Library Media Association (OELMA), 68(1), 45-57.
Meghan Harper, School of Library and Information Science
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), essentially rubbers with liquid crystal properties, can do a number of fascinating things, especially in the fields of optics, photonics, telecommunications and medicine.
Kent State faculty, staff and students are invited to a celebration event on Monday, Feb. 1, at 4 p.m. at the Kent Student Center Ballroom, where Kent State President Beverly Warren will shed light on the university’s new brand.
Legendary musician Bob Dylan is having some of his visual arts output exhibited at Kent State University’s Downtown Gallery. “Face Value,” a collection of 12 large portraits drawn in pastel, runs now through March 5 at the Downtown Gallery, located at 141 E. Main St. in Kent.
Jarrod Tudor, Ph.D., of Burton, Ohio, has been selected as the new dean and chief administrative officer of Kent State University at Geauga, located in Burton, Ohio, and Kent State's Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg. Tudor has served as interim dean of Kent State Geauga since July 1, 2014. He will begin serving as the permanent dean on Feb. 1, 2016.
"I am so excited to be provided the opportunity to continue the momentum we've established at the Geauga Campus as we work to transform and improve the Regional Campuses," Tudor said.
Dear Colleagues:
I am pleased to announce that three candidates for Dean of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design will be on campus over the next several weeks. As part of the interview process, each candidate will hold a public presentation at which they will discuss the following:
Jennifer L. Rice and Cindy Kristof, University Libraries, presented "Selling the Stream: Getting the Word Out on Digital Media" at the 2015 Academic Library Association of Ohio Annual Conference in Lewis Center, Ohio on Nov. 11, 2015.
Congratulations to Daisy Arokiasamy, Tracy Wallach and Siu Lam Leung for achieving the highest-ever student passing rate of 93 percent in the ALEKS classes they taught in fall 2015. ALEKS started in 2011 at Kent State.
Meghan Harper, School of Library and Information Science, and Liz Deskins authored "Using Action Research to Assess and Advocate for Innovative School Library Design" in Knowledge Quest: Journal of the American Association of School Librarians, November/December Issue, (2015).
Peter C. Kratcoski, Sr., Department of Sociology, authored "Police, Academic, Professional, Community Collaboration: Past, Present, and Future" in Collaborative Policing: Police, Academics, Professionals, and Communities Working Together for Education, Training, and Program Implementation, Edition 1, (Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group) Peter C. Kratcoski and Maximilian Edelbacher, Eds. (2016), 293-305.
The FlashFit Winter MOVChallenge is open to all full- and part-time faculty and staff, and it is designed as our 29-day (Leap Year) Challenge, beginning Feb. 1.
Our goals for this challenge are to simply keep moving and have fun! We will have plenty of opportunities to win prizes as we "move" along. This challenge is broken down into four achievable goals for our challengers:
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.