Marianne Martens, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, published a book titled Publishers, Readers, and Digital Engagement (Palgrave McMillan, 2016).
Marianne Martens, School of Library and Information Science
![Pictured is the buried woodshed at the Kent Campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/SPECIALFEATURE-Woodshed1H.jpg?VersionId=HZjE4Epdmts3m_K4RMY0eRRG0OWbwjtQ&h=ec98a0f6&itok=SUYE0VSg)
What was once an old, abandoned woodshed on the Kent Campus from the early 1900s eventually evolved into a controversial and well-known piece of art.
Denise A. Seachrist, Ph.D., of Rootstown, Ohio, has been selected to serve as dean and chief administrative officer of Â鶹´«Ã½ at Stark, located in North Canton, Ohio. Seachrist has served as interim dean of Kent State Stark, the only public university in Stark County and the largest Regional Campus of Kent State, since July 1, 2014. She began serving as the permanent dean on Feb. 1, 2016.
Â鶹´«Ã½ is introducing a Cooperative Education program for students of all majors at all Kent State campuses.
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Women’s Center in the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will celebrate its 20th anniversary during the 2016-17 school year. The Women’s Center, formerly called the Women’s Resource Center, was established in 1996 following a recommendation from a university stakeholder committee to former Kent State President Carol A. Cartwright.
Join the Homecoming Committee
Do you have school spirit? The Â鶹´«Ã½ Alumni Association is looking for motivated and enthusiastic faculty and staff members from every campus to serve on the 2016 Homecoming Committee.
The 10th annual Main Street Kent Art and Wine Festival will take place Saturday, June 4, from noon-10 p.m. in downtown Kent. Proceeds will benefit Main Street Kent, the nonprofit organization dedicated to the revitalization of downtown Kent. The Art and Wine Festival features local artists, live entertainment and wineries from all over Ohio.
![Graduating students at Kent State get seated for the university's Commencement ceremony.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PHOTOLEAD-DegreeCompletion1.jpg?VersionId=H58SmwSYfU2NUIxWv5A0nnAqB.0LVHeX&h=ec98a0f6&itok=jOeQ52rc)
From getting deployed to Afghanistan to being unable to pay for classes, starting a family and even accepting a job at a winery in southern Germany. The reasons for leaving Â鶹´«Ã½ before completing a bachelor’s degree fall across a wide spectrum for some students.
![Kevin Dilley](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Dilley%2C%20Kevin.jpg?VersionId=.dXytwS5_0ZvXUdD.wGJZryhkMbZY88o&h=8a019425&itok=dpk1hNqN)
New Face
kevin dilley
Director of Student Media
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Kent Campus
![Jill Lahrmer, assistant professor in Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s College of Architecture and Environmental Design, was conferred with a 2015 Outstanding Teaching Award.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/ProfileLahrmer1.jpg?VersionId=JfM3HFPVwMq8FeG5QZeJ6sit71SBZfvJ&h=ec98a0f6&itok=b1CAsfXF)
Since 2008, Jill Lahrmer, assistant professor in Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s College of Architecture and Environmental Design, has consistently shared her passion for interior design with her students.
![Kent State Held its 2016 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 28.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/MLK.jpg?VersionId=jGOZLdvEb16ELL7sGtYmA7xvZgAXHeMU&h=ec98a0f6&itok=PPNLmd-u)
Â鶹´«Ã½ held its 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 28 in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. The keynote speaker for the event was Joy-Ann Reid, national correspondent for MSNBC. The commemorative event also recognized the 2016 recipients of Kent State’s Diversity Trailblazer Award, which honors diversity pioneers associated with Kent State, and Unity Award for Diversity, which recognizes the contributions of any Kent State unit that demonstrates significant contributions in the areas of diversity, equity, and/or inclusion.
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Board of Trustees today established a comprehensive, national search to recruit and select the university’s 13th president.
The events of May 4, 1970, placed Â鶹´«Ã½ in an international spotlight after a student protest against the Vietnam War and the presence of the Ohio National Guard ended in tragedy with four students losing their lives and nine others being wounded. From a perspective of nearly 50 years, Kent State remembers the tragedy and leads a contemporary discussion and understanding of how the community, nation and world can benefit from understanding the profound impact of the event.
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