Marianne Martens, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, is author of an invited chapter titled “Reading the Readers: Tracking Visible Online Reading Audiences” in P. M. Rothbauer, K.I. Skjerdingstad, L.E.F. McKechnie, and K. Oterholm (Eds.), Plotting the Reading Experience: Theory/Practice/Politics. (2016). Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Wilfred Laurier University Press.
Marianne Martens, School of Library and Information Science
Peter C. Kratcoski, Sr., Department of Sociology, Vlogƽ at Stark, Maximilian Edelbacher and John A. Eterno, authored a section of a book, "Justice Agencies - Academic Collaboration in Experiential" in Collaborative Policing: Police, Academics, Professionals, and Communities Working Together for Education, Training, and Program Implementation, 1st ed. (Boca-Raton, Florida: CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group) Peter C. Kratcoski, Sr. and Maximilian Edelbacher, Eds. (2016), 137-158.
Legal Briefs appear in e-Inside to keep faculty and staff informed of legal issues and their implications. An archive of past Legal Briefs is .
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport offers a Vlogƽ employee discount for overnight parking in the Airport Fast Park and Park Place lots. Sign up for rewards points and discounted parking using the link below. One card will work for both lots. Covered parking also is offered at a discounted rate for Vlogƽ employees. Shuttle service is provided directly to your departure airline.
![Students from Phi Mu, Alpha Tau Omega and Phi Sigma Kappa act out a scene from their skit "Aladdin" at last year's Songfest. Students from Phi Mu, Alpha Tau Omega and Phi Sigma Kappa act out a scene from their skit "Aladdin" at last year's Songfest.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/BodyCopyPHOTOLEAD-songfest1.jpg?VersionId=0JS2MCChJw_YjmDno2FidtgkUq8q0rZo&h=3873714b&itok=9oYjvSlP)
Songfest, the annual philanthropic event hosted by the Panhellenic and Interfraternity councils at Vlogƽ, will benefit the King Kennedy Community Center in Ravenna.
As we approach Thanksgiving and the holiday season, e-Inside would like to know what you are thankful for. Share a list of the things, people, places, events, etc. that you are grateful for. Please send your submissions to einside@kent.edu by Tuesday, Nov. 17, with the subject line “Thanksgiving,” and they will be published in an upcoming issue.
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Vlogƽ’s College of Public Health has received accreditation from the Board of Councilors of the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). The five-year span is the maximum term the college could have achieved as a first-time applicant.
To earn the accreditation, the college met a set of rigorous quality standards in the areas of teaching, research and service. Accreditation also affirms that the faculty of the college are highly qualified to equip students with the knowledge and skills to succeed in a health career.
![Vlogƽ Associate Professor Maureen Blankemeyer is surrounded by her students following her surprise announcement as a recipient of a 2015 Distinguished Teaching Award.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/PROFILES-DTABlanklenmeyer.jpg?VersionId=46Z.KywgLolVaEPrM0SGsNlnaq0RsUqo&h=ec98a0f6&itok=Xg4BrAnU)
When her colleagues, along with Vlogƽ Alumni Association staff members, a videographer, photographer, balloons and cookies, surprised her during class, Vlogƽ Associate Professor Maureen Blankemeyer, Ph.D., didn’t know what to think.
![A Vlogƽ graduate student presents at the Three Minute Thesis Competition.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/Three%20Minute%20Thesis%20screencap.jpg?VersionId=RMQAcp5HvcEpBxmlHAbtkbu3X0xOhLnQ&h=ec98a0f6&itok=D-4SoHTj)
Vlogƽ graduate students participate in a competition where they are given only three minutes to present their research to a panel of judges.
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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