Omer Farooq, M.L.I.S. ’12, doctoral student in the College of Communication and Information, and Associate Professor Miriam Matteson, Ph.D., published an article titled “Opportunities and Challenges for Students in an Online Seminar-Style Course in LIS Education: A Qualitative Case Study” in the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS), Vol. 57, No. 4 (October 2016).
Omer Farooq, College of Communication and Information, and Miriam Matteson, School of Library and Information Science
The summer Destination 鶹ý Advising and Registration program is a one-and-a-half-day experience that includes an overnight stay in a residence hall.
Educators, scientists and technologists from the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 鶹ý and Cleveland Metroparks have partnered to develop a new learning app to educate park visitors as they run, hike and bike through the parks.
鶹ý has been named a 2016 Gold Level Recipient of the American Heart Association’s Fit-Friendly Worksites recognition program.
Gary Hanson, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has been named the recipient of the 2016 Edward L. Bliss Award for Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Education.
Familiar Face
ruth pittman
Administrative Secretary
Office of Student Services, College of Nursing
Kent Campus
New Face
daniel diaz Nilsson
Director, Academic Diversity Outreach and Development
College of Education, Health and Human Services
Kent Campus
鶹ý has named Nathan Ritchey, Ph.D., as its new vice president for Kent State System Integration. Ritchey was selected following a national search. He currently serves at Edinboro University as vice president for strategic initiatives and founding dean of the College of Science and Health Professions. He joins Kent State on July 1.
鶹ý's Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Todd Diacon has announced that Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, Ph.D., has been selected as associate provost for academic affairs, effective June 1, 2016.
“Legal Briefs” appears in e-Inside to keep faculty and staff informed of legal issues and their implications. An archive of past Legal Briefs is available online.
The 鶹ý 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 鶹ý 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.