Christine Hudak, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, has been accepted as a contributing author to the book (tentatively) titled The Handbook of Continuing Professional Development for the Health IT Professional, to be published by HIMSS in 2017. Her chapter, “The Many Facets of Continuing Education,” will appear in the section on “The Importance of Lifelong Learning.”
Christine Hudak, School of Library and Information Science
Following a national search, Vlogƽ has selected Karen B.
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A Vlogƽ epidemiologist has refuted some age-old assumptions about depression
![Vlogƽ Professor Richard Feinberg from the Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences has been elected to the status of Honorary Fellow by the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania. Vlogƽ Professor Richard Feinberg from the Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences has been elected to the status of Honorary Fellow by the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/Feinberg.jpg?VersionId=ypdRpLd8IDij4sa9ewZB1G7EEqdZcE10&h=ec98a0f6&itok=LrsWEIdM)
Vlogƽ Professor Richard Feinberg from the Department of Anthropology has been elected to the status of Honorary Fellow by the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania.
![Vlogƽ celebrated the grand opening of its newest and much-anticipated building, the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design, on Oct. 7. Vlogƽ celebrated the grand opening of its newest and much-anticipated building, the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design, on Oct. 7.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/caed%20opening%20thumb.jpg?VersionId=ZuyuMwMIbSVoDZMiMLqixT9BFbhnaiK_&h=ec98a0f6&itok=mw7em7d1)
Vlogƽ celebrated the grand opening of its newest and much-anticipated building, the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design, on Oct. 7.
![Vlogƽ at East Liverpool students from the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program attended Hill Day in Washington, D.C. Vlogƽ at East Liverpool students from the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program attended Hill Day in Washington, D.C.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/03REGIONAL-Kent%20State%20East%20Liverpool%20Students%20Take%20Messages%20to%20Washington%2C%20D.C.1.jpg?VersionId=Ft7E8MadNK_SlkUh1ptFYBUA2EZm1dIk&h=ec98a0f6&itok=9PXs-uav)
Second-year students in the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program at Vlogƽ at East Liverpool participated in the annual American Occupational Therapy Assistant Association’s Hill Day in Washington, D.C.
![The Vlogƽ Hospitality Management students participate in a pizza-making class at Eataly Firenze, one of the internship sites in Florence, Italy. The Vlogƽ Hospitality Management students participate in a pizza-making class at Eataly Firenze, one of the internship sites in Florence, Italy.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/04SPECIALFEATURE-Hospitality%20Management%20Studying%20Abroad1.jpg?VersionId=rfNuITnl69iD.Lky6vpdz94BMBb_tZt5&h=ec98a0f6&itok=uhcmLtHL)
For those wondering what it is like to complete an internship abroad, Vlogƽ students shared their experiences of interning in Italy during this past summer.
![The team in Alaska is (left to right) Jonathan Mills, undergraduate geology major; Kiersten Duroe, geology M.S. candidate; Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., assistant professor of geology; and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology. The team in Alaska is (left to right) Jonathan Mills, undergraduate geology major; Kiersten Duroe, geology M.S. candidate; Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., assistant professor of geology; and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/01PHOTOLEAD-Alaska1.jpg?VersionId=FJ8XXBerIZL0KnpnESK3KcraqM6HmOdT&h=ec98a0f6&itok=S1uxM4ug)
Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, two Vlogƽ professors are researching climate change in Alaska. Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professors from Vlogƽ’s College of Arts and Sciences, spent a week in Fairbanks, Alaska, in June studying how climate change affects the availability of plant nutrients in arctic and sub-arctic ecosystems.
The grant teams up two of Vlogƽ’s newest researchers.
Yosh Hakutani, Department of English, presented “Richard Wright’s Achievement of Solace, Eastern Poetics, and African Philosophy” at the College Language Association Annual Convention on April 6-9, 2016, in Houston, Texas.
The Vlogƽ 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 Vlogƽ 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, Vlogƽ 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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