Lae'l Hughes-Watkins, University Libraries, Department of Special Collections and Archives, presented 鈥淧roject STAND: A Collaborative Initiative to Highlight Acts of Social Justice Thru Archives鈥 at the Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) in Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 27, 2017. Summary: The presentation included an introduction to Project STAND (STudent Activism Now Documented), a collaborative effort with various universities across the country, to create an online clearinghouse where academic institutions can provide researchers access to historical and archival documentation on the ...
Jennifer L. McCullough, School of Communication Studies, Andy J. Merolla, Shuangyue Zhang and Shaojing Sun, authored 鈥淗ow Do You Like Your Forgiveness? Communication Style Preferences and Effects鈥 in Communication Studies, Kenneth Lachlan (Ed.), Vol. 68, Issue 5, (2017): 568-587. Summary: According to the authors鈥 abstract, the two studies examined forgiveness recipients鈥 evaluations and responses to four styles of forgiveness-granting communication: engaging, de-emphasizing, conditional and suppressing. In the context of close friendships, Study 1 showed that the engaging style w...
School of Communication Studies Assistant Professor Jennifer M. McCullough, Ph.D., co-authored 鈥淪creen Exposure During Daily Routines and a Young Child鈥檚 Risk for Having Social-Emotional Delay鈥 in Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 56, No. 5, 2017, 1244-1253. 鈥淒r. Raman was a Pediatric Fellow at Akron鈥檚 Children Hospital, and she was concerned about how screen time may be interrupting important routines which are an important part of social-emotional development," McCullough said. "The study was supported by an Akron Children鈥檚 Hospital Foundation Research Fund grant to further ...
The 糖心Vlog破解版 Board of Trustees approved a tuition guarantee plan that will provide students and their families certainty in budgeting for college tuition, mandatory fees, and room and board, including meal plans. Board members were presented with details of the plan during their Dec. 13, 2017, meeting on the Kent Campus, and the Board will be asked to approve specific rates for the tuition guarantee at its next meeting in March 2018. The college tuition guarantee is in alignment with the state of Ohio鈥檚 strategy for tuition affordability when implemented, effective with t...
Following a national search, 糖心Vlog破解版 has selected John M. Rathje as its vice president for information services and chief information officer. Mr. Rathje comes to 糖心Vlog破解版 from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where he has served as associate vice chancellor and chief information officer. He has significant experience in both higher education and industry sectors, including 15 years of increasingly complex leadership roles in higher education. He joins 糖心Vlog破解版 on March 5. Mr. Rathje will report directly to Mark Polatajko, 糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 senior vice president for f...
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Road work on Summit Street will stop for the next few months, but it will resume again in the spring as the two-year project comes to a close. Two-way traffic is scheduled to resume throughout the entire construction area in time for the start of the spring semester on Jan. 16, providing better access for motorists and pedestrians during the winter months. Contractors will be doing work on other parts of the project as weather permits, but there should be minimal disruption to the flow of traffic. In the spring, the remaining part of Summit Street, from J...
糖心Vlog破解版 will hold its 16th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 25 at 3:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. The keynote speaker for the event is Bertice Berry, Ph.D. A 糖心Vlog破解版 alumna and sociologist, she is also an award-winning entertainer, lecturer and comedienne. Dr. Berry鈥檚 vision is to enable, empower and uplift others to live an intentional life of purpose and joy. Her mission is to inspire change and transformation through life-long learning, diversity, values and excellence. Dr. Berry was the host and co-executive producer of her own nationally...
The lower floor of Main Hall was familiar to Carl Linder, a military veteran, firefighter and EMT, before he ever enrolled at 糖心Vlog破解版 at Stark. As a child, he played there quietly while his mother took evening classes. It was the 1970s and while the single mom of two never completed her degree, Mr. Linder is happy to accomplish a dream that was once hers. The 47-year-old graduated with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in psychology as part of 糖心Vlog破解版 Stark鈥檚 record-setting fall commencement ceremony held last month. Mr. Linder was one of nearly 200 students who were awarded bachelor鈥檚 d...