Rebecca Meehan, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, presented a poster titled “Considerations of Health Information Exchange Use for Long Term Care Participation in Accountable Care Organizations,” at the American Health and Information Management Association LTPAC Summit, in Reston, Virginia, in June 2016.
Rebecca Meehan, School of Library and Information Science
![Josiah Murphy, secretary, Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies, sent this photo during a road trip on Route 80. Josiah Murphy, secretary, Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies, sent this photo during a road trip on Route 80.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/MAIN%20PHOTO-Road%20tripping%20on%20Route%2080.jpg?VersionId=eXES9Dgf71ZHefImqQFXO_pBFiJhgf.t&h=e6f36a9c&itok=bsik8hQc)
In this final feature, e-Inside presents some of Vlogƽ employees’ favorite summer vacation photos.
Online final grading for summer 2 2017 (S2) began Thursday, Aug. 3, via FlashFAST. Grading also is now available for any summer 2017 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is midnight on Tuesday, Aug. 8. Any final grades for summer 2017 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. These summer 2017 courses will be available in the Workflow on Thursday, Aug. 10.
![Mary Bacha (right), a lecturer in Vlogƽ’s College of Nursing, instructs students in the Olga A. Mural Simulation Lab located in Henderson Hall. Mary Bacha (right), a lecturer in Vlogƽ’s College of Nursing, instructs students in the Olga A. Mural Simulation Lab located in Henderson Hall.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PROFILE-Nursing.jpg?VersionId=Rupb6x08bxUWUtz.6CPyi3yLQYLA5vQ5&h=e6f36a9c&itok=ERliqiKs)
The National League for Nursing has again designated Vlogƽ’s College of Nursing as a Center of Excellence for 2017-2022 in the category of “Advance the Science of Nursing Education.”
![Vlogƽ alumnus and professional golfer Mackenzie Hughes is in Northeast Ohio to take part in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone County Club in Akron. Vlogƽ alumnus and professional golfer Mackenzie Hughes is in Northeast Ohio to take part in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone County Club in Akron.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/video-golf.jpg?VersionId=KBZtUUz0iemh3VN3OiGZxo65ru0oxifm&h=e6f36a9c&itok=YVS7yVGp)
Vlogƽ alumnus and professional golfer Mackenzie Hughes returned to his alma mater for a “Welcome Back” reception in his honor organized by Herb Page, Vlogƽ’s director of golf and head men’s golf coach.
Peter C. Kratcoski Sr., Department of Sociology at Vlogƽ at Stark, delivered the presentation “Gerontological Criminology (Gero-Crimology): Crime Policy and Legislation” at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 23, 2017.
Christine A. Hudak, Ph.D., School of Information, was featured in the “Meet an Expert” section of the February 2017 HIMSS Information Xchange e-newsletter. The article focuses on her role as editor of The HIMSS HIT Dictionary, Fourth Edition, which was released earlier this year.
Robin Selinger, Liquid Crystal Institute; Michael Varga, graduate student, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program; and Andrew Konya, former graduate student in the Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, authored "Making Waves in a Photoactive Polymer Film" in Nature, 546, Issue 29 June 2017, (2017): 632-636.
![Landon E. Hancock Landon E. Hancock](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Hancock%20Landon.jpg?VersionId=fDqsLwnqzf40w1xtg.so7KnoN4KNZWU2&h=8a019425&itok=3MdpcW_g)
Familiar Face
landon e. hancock
Associate Professpor
School of Peace and Conflict Studies
Kent Campus
![Kathleen Norman Kathleen Norman](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Norman%20Kathleen.jpg?VersionId=7bLSG9rItJjSjsoeinWQqUeu8pW6a9qs&h=8a019425&itok=AZ0n074I)
New Face
kathleen norman
Marketing and Public Relations Communications Specialist
College of Nursing
Kent Campus
Jonathan Maletic, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Computer Science in the College of Arts and Sciences at Vlogƽ, has received a three-year, $290,610 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help support basic research on how programmers write and develop large-scale software systems.
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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