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The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Tuesday, Dec. 8. The Board is scheduled to convene at 2 p.m. in the Community Room, third floor of Akron Children’s Hospital, which is located at 215 West Bowery St., Akron, Ohio. Trustees will start the meeting in executive session from 7:45-9:15 a.m. in the Community 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 – 9:30-10:30 a.m. in the Community Room. Audit and Compliance...

World AIDS Day is celebrated on December 1 each year around the world. It has become one of the most recognized international health days and a key opportunity to raise awareness, commemorate those who have passed on, and celebrate victories such as increased access to treatment and prevention services. 2015 WORLD AIDS DAY ACTIVITIES KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AT STARK   Monday, Nov. 30 - Thursday, Dec. 3 Informative literature and free condoms in the Campus Center. "Bead for Life" Jewelry items on sale from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the Campus Center. Proceeds b...

The Kent State Salem Communiversity Choir will present its annual holiday concert on Thursday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. in the Kent State Salem City Center auditorium located at 230 North Lincoln Street Salem, OH 44460.  The free public concert will feature the blended voices of Kent State students, faculty and community members as they present “A Family Christmas,” under the direction of Mel Fucci, music instructor at Kent State Salem. The featured soloist this year is Marla Berg, assistant professor of voice and director of the Kent State University opera program. Following the con...

Following the recommendation of the Kent State University Foot and Ankle Clinic Board of Directors on Sept. 30, 2015, and the support of Kent State Provost Todd Diacon, Kent State President Beverly Warren has appointed Barbara Broome, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, dean of the College of Nursing, to the Board of Directors of the Kent State Foot and Ankle Clinic. ...

Theresa L. Sharp, Department of Mathematical Sciences, was presented with the Christofferson-Fawcett Award for “lifetime contribution to mathematics education. Steve Meiring, a retired Ohio Department of Education mathematics consultant, presented the award to Sharp at the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Oct. 15, 2015. Additional Comments: The Christofferson-Fawcett Award recognizes teaching excellence, service to the mathematics community and leadership within that community. The annual award, first presented in 1981 to Kenneth Cummins (now...

Marcia Lei Zeng, School of Library and Information Science, and Shu-jiun Chen authored "Alignment of Conceptual Structures in Controlled Vocabularies in the Domain of Chinese Art: A Discussion of Issues and Patterns" in International Journal on Digital Libraries, 2015. ...

Kent State University’s Office of Sustainability and the Child Development Center partnered to create a Green Apple Day of Service on Sept. 26 where volunteers gathered to construct an eco-friendly playhouse outside the Child Development Center.    Each year, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) asks local schools to submit proposals stating how they could use funding to support a service project centered on the environment.   According to the website of the Northeast Ohio Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council “The Green Apple Day of Service inspires volunteers to tran...

On Dec. 1, #KSUGives. Double your impact when you join Kent State University President Beverly Warren in giving to Kent State.      ...