Dear Colleagues:  I am pleased to announce that three candidates for Dean of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design will be on campus over the next several weeks. As part of the interview process, each candidate will hold a public presentation at which they will discuss the following: Brief biography/background. Challenges facing higher education today and examples of how the candidate has faced these challenges in his or her current or previous positions. Opportunities and challenges of a College of Architecture and Environmental Design. Experience/examples of intera...

Jennifer L. Rice and Cindy Kristof, University Libraries, presented "Selling the Stream: Getting the Word Out on Digital Media" at the 2015 Academic Library Association of Ohio Annual Conference in Lewis Center, Ohio on Nov. 11, 2015. Summary: The presentation was a discussion on publicizing and providing access to streaming media in an academic library and the challenges and successes our library has faced while implementing this format into our collection. Additional Comments: Rice also was the winner of the ALAO Support Staff Presenter Grant for this conference. ...

Congratulations to Daisy Arokiasamy, Tracy Wallach and Siu Lam Leung for achieving the highest-ever student passing rate of 93 percent in the ALEKS classes they taught in fall 2015. ALEKS started in 2011 at Kent State.  ...

Meghan Harper, School of Library and Information Science, and Liz Deskins authored "Using Action Research to Assess and Advocate for Innovative School Library Design" in Knowledge Quest: Journal of the American Association of School Librarians, November/December Issue, (2015). ...

Peter C. Kratcoski, Sr., Department of Sociology, authored "Police, Academic, Professional, Community Collaboration: Past, Present, and Future" in Collaborative Policing: Police, Academics, Professionals, and Communities Working Together for Education, Training, and Program Implementation, Edition 1, (Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group) Peter C. Kratcoski and Maximilian Edelbacher, Eds. (2016), 293-305. ...

The FlashFit Winter MOVChallenge is open to all full- and part-time faculty and staff, and it is designed as our 29-day (Leap Year) Challenge, beginning Feb. 1.   Our goals for this challenge are to simply keep moving and have fun! We will have plenty of opportunities to win prizes as we "move" along. This challenge is broken down into four achievable goals for our challengers: Week 1 Goal - Move 5,000 moves per day Week 2 Goal - Move 7,000 moves per day Week 3 Goal - Move 9,000 moves per day Week 4 Goal - Move 10,000 moves per day To register for the challenge, visit ...

Effective Jan. 1, 2016, Kent State University has improved its vision benefit coverage. Employees can now receive exams, eyeglasses or contact lenses on a calendar year basis (Jan. 1-Dec. 31). EyeMed is the employee vision care provider and is automatic when you elect medical coverage with Medical Mutual or Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield. With EyeMed, you have access to more than 37,000 independent practitioners and optical retail providers at more than 17,000 locations nationwide. Retail locations include LensCrafters, Pearle Optical, Sears Optical, Target Optical and JC Penney Optical. ...

Familiar Face Amy Royer Library Associate Kent State University at Trumbull Library Kent State Trumbull JOB DESCRIPTION: Perform complex library activities on a regular basis (e.g., copy cataloging, bibliographic searching, etc.) requiring extensive knowledge of machine readable formats, database searching strategies and acceptable catalog copy; assists library patrons in locating information, requiring knowledge of basic reference sources; and/or supervises senior library assistants or library assistants, engaged in routine library activities. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: J...