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What began as a job to help pay for college and meet new people turned into a bigger reward than ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ sophomore Carissa Deeds could have imagined.
The ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, May 28. The Board will convene at 1:15 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the Kent Campus Library.
Trustees will…
Leadership Award salutes top leadership practitioners and highlights their roles in the industry
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ has been selected as a recipient of the 2014 Leadership 500 Excellence Award by HR.com at the Global Leadership Excellence Forum held in Vail, Colorado, last…
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ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ faculty, staff and students gathered between residence halls Centennial A and B on April 24 for the annual Tree Planting Ceremony to commemorate Arbor Day and to celebrate the winners of this year’s RecycleMania competition.
Bradley A. Bielski, Ph.D., has been selected as the new dean and chief administrative officer at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ at Tuscarawas. Bielski was named after a national search. He currently serves as vice president for academic affairs and dean at Thomas More College in…
Denise Seachrist, Ph.D., director of the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ, has been named interim dean and chief administrative officer of ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ at Stark, effective July 1, 2014. Todd Diacon, ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s senior vice president for academic…
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Scholar of the Month
Kimberly S. Schimmel
Associate Professor of the Sociology of Sport
College of Education, Health and Human Services
1995-present
Kim Schimmel is an associate professor in the School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration of the College of Education,…
Walter F. Wagor, Ph.D., has decided to return to a faculty position, after having served successfully as dean and chief administrative officer of ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ at Stark for the past four years. His last day as dean is June 30, 2014.