A peer-reviewed article by Meghan Harper, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, titled “Using Literature to Help Students Who Hurt,” has been published in Ohio Media Spectrum – Journal of the Ohio Educational Library Media Association (OELMA), 68(1), 45-57.
Meghan Harper, School of Library and Information Science
![The Vlogƽ at Salem team gathered at the Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota where an educator from the Lakota tribe used hoops to explain various aspects of the Lakota culture to the students.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/REGIONALNursing1.jpg?VersionId=pJzIznpHlfn0lH6Zgp03QeyVCeudrOGv&h=ec98a0f6&itok=BDY9rBLR)
Four members of the nursing faculty at Vlogƽ at Salem, along with 15 nursing students, traveled to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southern South Dakota to interact with members of the Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe.
![Vlogƽ student Ashley Flowers helps to create care packages for homeless people in the community.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Ashley.jpg?VersionId=8Nh8hG1MSr2O0brfqMbQ98P9D32Bs81u&h=ec98a0f6&itok=2Zvx_mlR)
When the concept of homelessness comes to mind, people tend to focus efforts on food donations, but Ashley Flowers, a junior majoring in psychology and criminology and justice studies at Vlogƽ, wants to remind people that clothing and toiletries also are essential items.
Vlogƽ Board of Trustees approved establishing a unified student government across all campuses – Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Kent, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas – during its March 9, 2016, board meeting.
The Undergraduate Student Government of each campus will be recognized as the representative voice of the students’ interests, concerns and needs. Elected presidents from each campus will serve as the liaison between the student body, Undergraduate Student Government and university administration.
The Undeniably Vlogƽ: Actions Speak Louder Than Words town hall video is available for viewing online. Vlogƽ faculty and staff who did not have the opportunity to attend the meeting or those who would like to view the event again can watch the video at www.kent.edu/strategicvisioning/undeniably-kent-state-town-hall.
![Matthew Shank, associate lecturer in Vlogƽ’s Department of English, recently won the Outstanding Teaching Award for helping his students succeed inside and outside the classroom.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PROFILESShank1-fo.jpg?VersionId=vAOg6a2DgmvWcIq3616_yzsv99hsWOMX&h=ec98a0f6&itok=ypjnN2JH)
When a professor says no one has more fun teaching than he does – and the students cite the enthusiasm and passion for the material he teaches – that combination leads to award-winning honors.
![Vlogƽ researchers are investigating brain waves of Tibetan monks.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/VIDEOMonk.jpg?VersionId=JIw4M7cpYBymhy4lzzE92.5HmRhf6zQ6&h=ec98a0f6&itok=KjAiaK83)
Vlogƽ researchers travel to India to study the neuroscience behind the ancient practice of analytic mediation. They hope to apply the findings to students in the west.
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Familiar Face
amber wallace
Assistant Director, Enrollment Management and Student Services
Vlogƽ at Stark
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Alumna Maja Zumer, M.L.S. ’93, and Marcia Lei Zeng, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, presented “Application of FRBR and FRSAD to Classification Systems,” at the 5th International UDC Seminar: Classification and Authority Control: Expanding Resource Discovery, in October 2015 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Richard (Rick) Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, presented “Development, Aloha, and Non-Giving Among Polynesian Outlier Communities” at the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania in San Diego, California, on Feb. 12, 2016.
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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