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
![Flashguides, a group of diverse and fun-loving students, serve as mentors to new students during the Destination Vlogƽ Advising and Registration program. Twenty-four students make up this year's Flashguides class.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/SPECIALFEATURE-DKS.jpg?VersionId=yjfxJF3Cu1obI_knT6HPtfVt58ItuLpH&h=ec98a0f6&itok=QazNDjf1)
The summer Destination Vlogƽ Advising and Registration program is a one-and-a-half-day experience that includes an overnight stay in a residence hall.
![Rick Ferdig, Ph.D., Summit Professor of Learning Technologies at Vlogƽ and lead investigator on an NSF grant, partnered with the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and Cleveland Metroparks to develop a new learning app.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PHOTOLEAD-App.jpg?VersionId=EyW9Rgb5TqSl6hrQiMz6hKl8p12i3BEk&h=ec98a0f6&itok=hSqIdtzy)
Educators, scientists and technologists from the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Vlogƽ and Cleveland Metroparks have partnered to develop a new learning app to educate park visitors as they run, hike and bike through the parks.
![Vlogƽ employees, led by a Vlogƽ zoology major, explore campus pollinators during a lunchtime walk and talk on the Kent Campus. Vlogƽ employees, led by a Vlogƽ zoology major, explore campus pollinators during a lunchtime walk and talk on the Kent Campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PHOTOLEAD-Fit1.jpg?VersionId=QZa2UgrODk4fyEmiO5wIMMFAlRTiLuTX&h=ec98a0f6&itok=20IktL2V)
Vlogƽ 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.
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Familiar Face
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Administrative Secretary
Office of Student Services, College of Nursing
Kent Campus
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New Face
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Director, Academic Diversity Outreach and Development
College of Education, Health and Human Services
Kent Campus
Vlogƽ has named Nathan Ritchey, Ph.D., as its new vice president for Vlogƽ 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 Vlogƽ on July 1.
Vlogƽ'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 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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