WKSU reporter/host Amanda Rabinowitz has been recognized by the Radio-Television-Digital News Association (RTDNA) with a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Writing. The Murrow Awards are considered among the most-prestigious broadcast media awards. WKSU competes in the Large Market division against public and commercial radio stations in major cities in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. Rabinowitz’s entry now moves on automatically to the national RTDNA contest where it will compete with other first-place winners from large-market radio stations across the country. The winning entry to...

Virginia Dressler, University Libraries, presented “Digitally Archiving History: A Game Plan for Large, Unruly Archival Collections with Limited Staffing” at the Archiving 2016 Conference at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2016. ...

Catherine L. Smith, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, presented a paper titled "Process-learning as a Factor in Evaluation" at the First International Workshop on System And User-Centered Evaluation Approaches in Interactive Information Retrieval (SAUCE) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in March 2016. ...

Rebecca Meehan, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, published an article titled “Improving Continuity of Care in Long Term Care: Impact of Health Information Exchange” in the fall 2015 issue of Journal of Health Information Management (JHIM). ...

Familiar Face Stephanie Snyder Assistant Director of Web and Creative Services College of Arts and Sciences Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I work on the College of Arts and Sciences’ marketing team as the lead graphic designer and Web/creative professional. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: December 2010 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: None (straight out of college) LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: I love the environment – the beautiful campus, downtown, the community and events. ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Easily the bigg...

New Face Mike Collura Manager, University Library Systems University Libraries Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Coordinates configuration and management of Kent State Libraries’ ILS and specialty systems for services, including online reserves, interlibrary loan, discovery services, institutional repository, and digital collections Coordinates the creation and maintenance of locally developed workflow applications Supports the libraries’ websites by coordinating the management of local servers and applications, and coordinating interconnections with the university’s conte...

When it comes to compensation, we often think just of the dollars and cents we see in our paychecks. While we do not want to undervalue the importance of our salary, it is only part of the commitment the university makes to each of us. That commitment also comes in the form of health and welfare benefits, vacation benefits, tuition opportunities and retirement benefits. Total Compensation statements for calendar year 2015 are now available in FlashLine for all full-time employees hired on or before Jan. 1, 2015. This annual statement provides faculty and staff with a complete pict...

On Friday, April 15, the Division of Human Resources launched its spring/summer walk-and-talk series. The subject matter of the day was “pollinators.” The pollinator walk was led by zoology major Jen Giles. Roughly 40 faculty and staff members attended the lunchtime walk, which included a visit to the campus greenhouse, monarch butterfly garden and discussion about the different types of daffodils in bloom during the walk. In addition, faculty and staff got the inside scoop on the various types of trees on campus and their peak blooming periods. Many of the employees participating...

The summer edition of HR News Flash, the Division of Human Resources’ quarterly newsletter, is available. Check it out for the latest news and information, including: The President’s Excellence Awards New faces in the Division of Human Resources The WELCOA On the Move Corporate Challenge Institute for Excellence graduates College of Podiatric Medicine’s centennial celebration Office Support Staff Luncheon recap Employee Appreciation Day photos, and much more You can access the summer 2016 newsletter at www.kent.edu/hr/newsletter-archive.  ...