The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, Dec. 5. The Board is scheduled to convene at 2:30 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the University Library. Trustees will retire into executive session from 8-11:45 a.m. in the Urban Conference Room to consider specific topics as provided for under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.” Board committees will meet as follows: Academic Excellence and Student Success Committee – 12-12:45 p.m. in the Urban Conference Ro...
The Peace Basket Project, gearing up for its 22nd year, continues with the support of members of the Kent State University community by providing gift bags, baskets and boxes filled with “little things” for the King Kennedy Community Center. Last year, more than 115 baskets were filled and shared at the center's holiday party. Members of the Kent State community can get involved in several ways: As a Santa Shopper: Donate items that will be used to fill the baskets. Suggestions include toiletries, personal grooming products, small toys, books and other childre...
Kent State University faculty and staff are encouraged to submit nominations for the Diversity Trailblazer, Unity Award for Diversity and the new Student Diversity awards, which will be announced during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, at 3:30 p.m. The Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes diversity pioneers associated with Kent State. The Unity Award for Diversity recognizes the contributions of any Kent State unit that demonstrates significant contributions in the areas of diversity, equity and/or incl...
Mackenzie Bailey faced the typical challenges during the start of her academic career, including choosing a major and getting good grades. But that all paled in comparison her sophomore year when she received devastating news: Her father had terminal cancer. “When I was home for winter break, he ended up passing away,” Ms. Bailey says. The emotional toll left her with some difficult choices to make. Should she leave Kent State University? Should she stay with her family in Toledo and commute? Or should she honor her father’s wishes and return to campus, despite ...
Faculty members are being asked to remind students to complete their Flash Survey course evaluations for all online courses. Kent State University is committed to ensuring the quality of its academic programs, teaching, and the learning experiences of its students. Student feedback on courses and instructors is pivotal for helping design courses and curriculum. Flash Survey is the end-of-course student survey at Kent State for online and hybrid courses. Students should be reminded to visit www.kent.edu/FlashSurvey and click on Complete Your Survey Today. Questions?...
Students from the Occupational Therapy Assistant Technology program presented for the first time at the Ohio Occupational Therapy Association (OOTA) Annual Conference. Two faculty members and three students represented Kent State University at Ashtabula’s Occupational Therapy Assistant Technology program on Saturday, Oct. 13. The presenting group included lecturers and occupational therapists Janine Ricketts, OTR/L, and Megan Shumaker, OT/L, along with students Laura Bradford, Alexis Stein and Shannon Wilson, all second-year occupational therapy assistant technology majors. &...
Trevor Watkins, University Libraries, presented the poster “Black Squirrel GNU/Linux: The World’s First Operating System Designed for Libraries, Museums and Archives” at IFLA WLIC 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Transform Libraries, Transform Societies – on Oct. 26, 2018. ...
Peggy Nzomo and Paul Ferhmann, University Libraries, co-presented “Advocacy in Everyday Life: The Role of Information Literacy Skills” at the European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL) in Oulu, Finland, on Sept. 27, 2018. ...
Virginia Dressler, assistant professor, University Libraries, and Cindy Kristof, associate professor, University Libraries, co-authored “The Right to Be Forgotten and Implications on Digital Collections: A Survey of ARL Member Institutions on Practice and Policy” in the journal College and Research Libraries, Vol. 79, Issue 7 (2018) 972-990. ...
Mark Whitmore Ph.D., an assistant professor of management and information systems at Kent State University's College of Business Administration, shared his expertise on how the public comprehends fake news in today’s society with the investment research firm Morningstar. Fake news is often associated with social media, causing users to find news which conforms to their own beliefs, and Dr. Whitmore explained how the brain receives this information. "At its core is the need for the brain to receive confirming information that harmonizes with an individual's existing views and beliefs,” Dr. Wh...