Rebecca Meehan, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, presented a poster titled “Considerations of Health Information Exchange Use for Long Term Care Participation in Accountable Care Organizations,” at the American Health and Information Management Association LTPAC Summit, in Reston, Virginia, in June 2016.
Rebecca Meehan, School of Library and Information Science
![A new roundabout at Summit Street, which passes through the Kent Campus, now features HAWK beacons, which make it safer for pedestrians to cross the street. A new roundabout at Summit Street, which passes through the Kent Campus, now features HAWK beacons, which make it safer for pedestrians to cross the street.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/video-HAWK.jpg?VersionId=bt9bRmCNoeYBTan5xDV41fbkYojybc5d&h=e6f36a9c&itok=Sg8IrEAn)
A new roundabout, at the intersection of Campus Center Drive and Risman Drive, has multiple lanes and HAWK Beacons.
Steven R. Brown, Professor Emeritus, Evaluation and Measurement, presented “Subjectivity in the Social Sciences” at the 13th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences in Granada, Spain, on July 27, 2018.
Steven R. Brown, Professor Emeritus, Evaluation and Measurement, authored “Autobiography and Problem Selection” in Operant Subjectivity, Vol. 39, Issue 1-2 (2017) 82-97.
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With a new semester fast approaching, Kent State University community members are focusing on new projects and initiatives, and welcoming and nurturing our new students, as well as already resetting to foster and strengthen recruiting efforts for the incoming 2019 class.
Faculty, staff, students and visitors to Kent State University will no longer have to deal with orange barrels, detours and traffic delays on Summit Street. After more than two years of construction, the Summit Street: Building a Better Way Improvement Project is scheduled to be completed in time for the start of fall classes.
KSU Kickoff, Kent State University’s four-day new student orientation, will take place from Aug. 19-22. Students can select from more than 50 different events from Sunday to Wednesday. KSU Kickoff helps students transition into the university community and learn about academic and social opportunities at Kent State.
More than 1,100 volunteers from the Kent State University community will welcome and assist new students as they move into their residence halls on freshman move-in day, Sunday, Aug. 19. The annual service program, known as Movers and Groovers, is coordinated by Kent Interhall Council, the student government of the Kent Campus residence halls.
Online final grading for Summer 2018 Summer Full Term (1: 5/21/2018 – 8/18/2018), Second 7 Weeks (W2: 7/2/2018 – 8/18/2018), Summer 3 (S3: 7/16/2018 – 8/18/2018) begins Thursday, Aug. 16, via FlashFAST. Grading is also now available for any summer 2018 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is midnight on Sunday, Aug. 19. Any final grades for summer 2018 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow.
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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