East Liverpool – Kent State University at East Liverpool invites the public to its Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday, April 16, at noon in the quiet study lounge of Purinton Hall. The keynote speaker is Steve Papalas, history professor, who will discuss the Dachau Concentration Camp, which he visited during the Band of Brothers tour.  Light refreshments will be served and a door-prize drawing will be held to give away a 10-piece DVD set of the HBO special “Band of Brothers” produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. Presentation is viewable at: https://www.youtube.com/w...

The College Credit Plus program has been established by the State of Ohio to replace PSEO and Dual Enrollment Options. The program is designed to allow college-ready students, grades 7-12 who qualify for college admission, the opportunity to earn high school and college credit. College Credit Plus can include courses offered on a college campus, online or at the high school for which credit is awarded from the college. Students seeking admission into the College Credit Plus program must demonstrate college readiness by meeting Kent State’s remediation-free standards. Kent State Un...

Kent State University Libraries has announced that Karen MacDonald, assistant professor, business and entrepreneurship outreach librarian, has been selected by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as a Knight News Challenge on Libraries prototype winner. MacDonald’s research project titled “Information for Innovation” explores ways to provide information services to local entrepreneurs and business counselors to see what services they might need to reach their goals. MacDonald will receive $35,000 through the Knight Prototype Fund, which helps innovators take media and information proje...