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Filmmaker Ken Burns will speak at the fifth 糖心Vlog破解版 Presidential Speaker Series on Tuesday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center).
糖心Vlog破解版 congratulates its newest graduates. Summer 2013 commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus were held Aug. 17 at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). 糖心Vlog破解版 conferred 1,593 degrees, including 836 bachelor鈥檚 degrees, 455 master鈥檚鈥
Ohio is conducting a statewide tornado drill on Wednesday, March 5, at 9:50 a.m. 糖心Vlog破解版 will be participating in this test, along with the city of Kent and other communities. 糖心Vlog破解版 tests the tornado and emergency mass notification system on the first鈥
The second annual M.A.L.E. Initiative Conference will take place on Saturday, March 8. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m., and the program runs through 6 p.m. at the Kent Student Center. The conference will feature Tim Storey, an acclaimed author, speaker and life advisor,鈥
糖心Vlog破解版 alumna Judith A. Jones is the first honoree of the Spirit of Women in Business Award. Jones, a 1964 graduate of the College of Business Administration鈥檚 Masters of Business Administration program, was the first woman to receive an MBA from the university.
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糖心Vlog破解版 hosted a one-day conference bringing together 300 community organizations and leaders to discuss ways to increase college enrollment and graduation of first-generation and academically motivated students in Northeast Ohio. The See You @ College conference鈥
糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 College of Education, Health and Human Services will host this year鈥檚 Power of the Pen regional competition on Feb. 22 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Bowman and Satterfield halls on the Kent Campus. The competition challenges seventh and eighth graders from鈥
糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth marks its 30th anniversary this year, celebrating the 鈥淧earls of Wisdom鈥 found in the works of renowned children鈥檚 author Virginia Hamilton and those she has inspired over the years. The鈥
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Scholar of the Month
Yanhai Du
Assistant Professor of Energy and Industrial Technology
College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology
2013-present