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Kent State kicks off its 94th season of football this fall. The Golden Flashes will face North Carolina A&T State University for their home opener on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 6 p.m. at Dix Stadium. For more information, visit http://kentstatesports.com/schedule.aspx?path=football.     ...

High up on the 12th floor lies an historical wonderland of adventure, where one of the world’s largest Babar collections comes to life with the flick of a light switch.     The lovable elephant, with a multi-generational following since 1931, shares his human mannerisms through 3600 different items, including a 6-foot-tall plush Babar, dressed to perfection in his signature three-piece green suit. The life-sized pachyderm is one of the attention-grabbing artifacts in the Babar Collection of John L. Boonshaft at �鶹��ý’s Special Collections and Archives. ...

Members can now download upcoming Performance Itineraries through the Members Only page. Please contact us at mgf@kent.edu with any questions! ...

Familiar Face William P. Howell  Assistant Professor Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship  Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I work with undergraduate and graduate students. Depending on the need, I teach FYE – 10097; Marketing Applications - 35030; Personal Selling – 45046; and International Marketing (including web-based) – 45060. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: 2010 (worked part time from 1986-2010) EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: University of Mount Union LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Collegiality ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNI...

New Face Kelly Thomasson Administrative Secretary Department of Geology Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Department secretary WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: January 2016 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Stow Presbyterian Church LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: An atmosphere that promotes growth and learning ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Great people, great university RESIDES IN: Stow, Ohio HOMETOWN: Olmsted Falls, Ohio EDUCATION: Cuyahoga Community College HOBBIES: Reading, running and spending t...

Lae'l Hughes-Watkins, University Libraries’ Department of Special Collections and Archives, presented “Activism in the Archives: How the Acquisition of a Collection Is Influencing Relationships With Diverse Populations and Stimulating Collaborative Relationships for Instructional Design” at the National Diversity Library Conference in Los Angeles, California, on Aug. 11, 2016. The paper presentation provided an illuminating discourse on how �鶹��ý’s Department of Special Collections and Archives' Black Campus Movement (BCM) project is helping to strengthen its relationship wi...

Trevor Watkins and Feng-Ru Sheu, University Libraries, presented “Open Knowledge Diffusion Tools: FOSS, OER, OT, MOOC and the Role of the Library in Mitigating the Social Inertia of Constrained Learning Environments” at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress: 82nd IFLA General Conference and Assembly in Columbus, Ohio, on Aug. 16, 2016. The paper was co-authored by Watkins and Sheu and accepted for IFLA Session 137 Skills and Knowledge for Citizens in an Open Data and Technology Environments - Information Technology - and is available in the IFLA digital library. Web link: http:...