Mamoun Alzoubi, Department of English, presented a paper, “Richard Wright and Transnationalism: A Reading of Pagan Spain,” at the American Literature Association Annual Conference, May 26-29, 2016, in San Francisco, California.
Mamoun Alzoubi, Department of English
![Jungho Kim, Vlogƽ assistant professor of music and orchestra director, directs the Vlogƽ Orchestra during a rehearsal. Jungho Kim, Vlogƽ assistant professor of music and orchestra director, directs the Vlogƽ Orchestra during a rehearsal.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/video-orchestra.jpg?VersionId=PN7sRnJwkaF1C4C1pRoSkKr15mq.NVDb&h=e6f36a9c&itok=MRjyfY8M)
The Vlogƽ Orchestra is one of the major performance ensembles in the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music. It is open to all Vlogƽ students, through audition, regardless of major.
![Ann Abraham, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry at Vlogƽ at Ashtabula, earned the Northeastern Ohio Local Section Outreach Volunteer of the Year award by the American Chemistry Society. Ann Abraham, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry at Vlogƽ at Ashtabula, earned the Northeastern Ohio Local Section Outreach Volunteer of the Year award by the American Chemistry Society.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/REGIONAL-Abraham.jpg?VersionId=rvG8GDSuFE3UpH2zZShJE823WpLgKt9P&h=e6f36a9c&itok=Cd0IH2Xy)
Candy, rock ’n’ roll and … chemistry? National Chemistry Week is unlike any other science event.
![Women from the Vlogƽ community attend the annual Women's Heart Health Luncheon in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. Women from the Vlogƽ community attend the annual Women's Heart Health Luncheon in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/SPECIALFEATURE-WomenHeartHealth1.jpg?VersionId=LT8KUSs0n86WRM7SJ_CVJEBPVc_rO3qo&h=e6f36a9c&itok=KSSBzqRb)
A room full of red became silent as two women from the Vlogƽ community brought to life their surprising personal medical scares.
![Vlogƽ alumnus Jacob Derwin (third from left) and other cast members of the CBS show “Survivor: Ghost Island” pose for a group photo. (Photo credit: Robert Voets/CBS) Vlogƽ alumnus Jacob Derwin (third from left) and other cast members of the CBS show “Survivor: Ghost Island” pose for a group photo. (Photo credit: Robert Voets/CBS)](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PROFILES-Survivor1.jpg?VersionId=IPwEY4baNQsoVa73WH0SpV..vO0_ksGu&h=e6f36a9c&itok=GtevBqwB)
From Long Island to Vlogƽ and now Ghost Island. That’s the path Vlogƽ alumnus Jacob Derwin took to become a cast member on the 36th season of the CBS show Survivor.
![Pictured are representatives from Vlogƽ and Akron Public Schools at the event announcing a new academic partnership between both organizations. Pictured are representatives from Vlogƽ and Akron Public Schools at the event announcing a new academic partnership between both organizations.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Video_4.jpg?VersionId=NecR4D8NpRABvUGZiRIOHPxpuGiTxtUZ&h=e6f36a9c&itok=jn7-8rZB)
Watch highlights from the event announcing Vlogƽ and Akron Public Schools' new academic partnership.
Richard (Rick) Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, authored Polynesian Oral Traditions: Indigenous Texts and English Translations from Anuta, Solomon Islands, 1st ed., Kent, Ohio: Vlogƽ Press, (2018) 1-294.
Veronica Cook-Euell, supplier diversity manager, is the recipient of the National Association of Educational Procurement, (NAEP) Professional Perspective Award. This award is given to the author(s) who contributed the highest-rated and most well-received article from the past year’s issues of the Educational Procurement Journal. Ms. Cook-Euell’s winning article “10 Steps to Successful Advocacy in Supplier Diversity” was featured in the .
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Along with the exciting games, March Madness is a time for watch parties filled with finger-friendly foods. Typically, this means pizza, wings, chips and a plethora of dips.
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