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University employees collect, organize and distribute professional attire for students in need of appropriate clothes for job interviews A good education and a solid résumé aren’t always enough to make a positive first impression. To bridge the gap, a group of ����Vlog�ƽ�� employees have come together to establish the ����Vlog�ƽ�� Career Closet, a project to collect, organize and distribute professional attire for students in need of something suitable to wear for a job interview. Tabitha Martin, venture initiatives advisor at LaunchNET ����Vlog�ƽ��, said the idea came up during a c...

It all comes down to a fraction of a second. Who can push off the block first? Who can jump the highest? Who will cross the finish line ahead of everyone else? In the end, speed is the ultimate winner - it can separate the good from the great. Richard Dahome is one of the greats. This year alone, as a member of the ����Vlog�ƽ�� Men’s Track and Field team, Dahome tied for the ninth fastest time in school history in the indoor 60-meter hurdles, finished fourth at the MAC Championships in the 110-meter hurdles and seventh in the 400-meter hurdles – just to name a few records. As he...

The spring 2017 Bowman Breakfast will take place at ����Vlog�ƽ�� in the Kent Student Center Ballroom on Wednesday, April 5. Doors open at 7 a.m., breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m., and the program will follow at 8 a.m. The topic for the event is “Kent Businesses … A Local and Global Impact.” The featured speakers are Dan Jackson, accounting controller/human resources and information technology manager at Seal Master; Kristina Lonon, account manager at ELBEX Corp.; and Lawrence Rentz, vice president and general manager of Maag Americas, Maag Automatik Inc. David Ruller, Kent’s city mana...

Dr. Emad Khazraee is an assistant professor in ����Vlog�ƽ��’s School of Library and Information Science. Dr. Khazraee has embarked upon a project in cooperation with colleagues at the University of Maryland to preserve and digitize the national archives of Afghanistan. Persian Manuscript Initiative  Capturing a Nation's Cultural Memory   Feature in KentWired ...

This year, ����Vlog�ƽ�� College of Nursing will celebrate 50 years of nursing education, research and community outreach. To kick-off the year-long celebration, the college hosted a birthday party for students, faculty, staff, alumni and distinguished guests Monday afternoon in Henderson Hall on the Kent campus. “You are a legacy of doers. You get things done. You have a legacy of let’s not wait for someone else to have the idea. Let’s have the idea ourselves,” said ����Vlog�ƽ�� President Beverly Warren, addressing the packed hallway. “I envision more wings on Henderson Ha...

Miriam Matteson, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, presented “A Conversation on Critical Librarianship and Privilege” at the Ohio Library Council annual conference on Sept. 29, 2016, in Sandusky, Ohio. ...

The ����Vlog�ƽ�� Board of Trustees today approved separate proposals for dining and cold beverage services that will transform the student experience throughout the university system. Following a competitive bid and review process, the Board approved the recommendation of university leaders to begin contract negotiations with Aramark LLC for dining services and with PepsiCo for exclusive cold beverage rights. The university’s partnership with Aramark will lead to upgrades, renovations and/or new construction on the Kent Campus with such vendors as Panera Bread, Starbucks, Grazers, ...

James Hannon will become the new dean of ����Vlog�ƽ��’s College of Education, Health and Human Services, effective July 1. Hannon currently serves as professor and assistant dean of Academic Affairs and Research for the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. “We are pleased that Dr. Hannon has agreed to serve as the next dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Services,” says Todd Diacon, ����Vlog�ƽ��’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. “His impressive scholarship, his experiences and su...

����Vlog�ƽ�� students and staff won big at the 2017 American Advertising Federation of Akron’s (AAF-Akron) ADDY Awards ceremony, taking home seven silver awards and one gold. The ceremony, which was themed “ADDY’s Late Night,” took place on Friday, Feb. 24, at the Akron Civic Theatre. The event included a reception, award show and after-party with live music. Recent ����Vlog�ƽ�� graduate Amani Williams, ’16, a visual journalism major, won a silver award for her still photography campaign “California.” “The ADDY Awards are different than any other awards I’ve won," Williams says....