Gretchen Dworznik, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, will present her research on Friday, April 20, as part of the Spring 2018 College of Communication and Information (CCI) Research Colloquium.   Dworznik will present her research titled, “Hurricane Harvey: PTSD in Journalists” at 2:15 p.m. in Rm. 158 Taylor Hall. She will discuss her study of posttraumatic stress (PTSD) and depression in journalists who covered Hurricane Harvey, which hit southeast Texas in September of last year. The hurricane was devastating, not because...

Lae'l Hughes-Watkins, University Libraries, presented “Archives of Change” at the National Forum on Ethics in Web Archiving in New York on March 23, 2018. Summary: The presentation provided a discourse on the challenges and ethical dilemmas of documenting and archiving born-digital records of traditionally vulnerable student populations and their on- and off-campus activism. Web link: https://eaw.rhizome.org Additional comments: The National Forum on Ethics and Archiving the Web is organized by Rhizome and hosted at the New Museum, in collaboration with the University of California at...

Richard (Rick) Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, authored, “The Future of a Polynesian Chiefdom in a Globalising World” in Change and Continuity in the Pacific: Revisiting the Region, 1st ed., (London and New York: Routledge) John Connell and Helen Lee (Eds.), (2018), 136-150. Author’s summary: Anuta is a Polynesian outpost in the southeastern Solomon Islands. For more than 15 generations, its people have been ruled by hereditary chiefs, and that system of chiefly authority has been a central feature of Anutan cultural identity. Today, the chieftainship remains a lynchpin of the islande...

Familiar Face Tami Cindea Bongiorni Marketing Coordinator School of Journalism and Mass Communication Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Oversee a student staff of account executives that coordinate all advertising and marketing for Kent State Student Media. I teach FYE for incoming freshmen.  WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 2007 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Malone Advertising LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: That everyone has a place here. ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: The commitment to higher education and inc...

New Face Christian Hightower Assistant Director, Student Leadership Development Center for Student Involvement Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Assist in the development and management of comprehensive student leadership programs. Coordinate workshops, conferences and other co-curricular leadership development services. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 2017 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Assistant Resident Director, Loyola University Chicago LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Vibrant, welcoming community ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS A...

On April 12, future generations of business leaders got a first look at design concepts from several firms competing to develop Kent State University’s new College of Business Administration building.   Hundreds of students, faculty, business leaders and community members gathered Thursday evening in the Kent Student Center Ballroom for the first public presentation of potential design/build options for the transformational project. In an era of shrinking resources, Kent State is pursuing an innovative approach to transforming its campus without issuing debt. Development teams prese...