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Feb. 24: Valerie Kelly is interim associate VP of of the Office of Continuing and Distance Education. She is also an adjunct instructor in the User Experience Design degree program at ����Vlog�ƽ��.   Learn more about the Office of Continuing and Distance Education Listen to the Elevations interview:       ...

As the United States entered WWII, trailblazing women like Bea McPherson, BS ’43, took on the task of providing essential handmade maps for the war effort—and charted the course for today’s women mapmakers. By Jan Senn Bea (Shaheen) McPherson, BS ’43, remembers many things about her long, eventful life. Like where she was at ����Vlog�ƽ�� on December 7, 1941. Just seven days before her 20th birthday, she was listening to the radio while sitting on the porch swing of the off-campus house she lived at on Lincoln St., when she heard of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  The event that led...

From Long Island to ����Vlog�ƽ�� and now Ghost Island. That’s the path ����Vlog�ƽ�� alumnus Jacob Derwin took to become a cast member on the 36th season of the CBS show Survivor, which will begin airing Feb. 28. This season’s show is called Survivor: Ghost Island. Long before the show’s challenges began, the 2016 ����Vlog�ƽ�� graduate overcame his own obstacles for a chance to win a million dollars and the coveted title of “Sole Survivor.” “The show first aired when I was four, and I started watching it with my family,” says Mr. Derwin who grew up on Long Island. “...

Watch highlights from the event announcing ����Vlog�ƽ�� and Akron Public Schools' new academic partnership.   ...

What a fantastic time to be part of the College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE) here at ����Vlog�ƽ��! We are uniquely positioned to be leaders in addressing some of the most challenging issues we are facing as a nation and as a people. Our rich history, our commitment to excellence, our passion for innovation, and our dedication to local and global communities, makes this College a place I am proud to call home. Our passionate students, industry partners, and dedicated faculty and staff transform lives – here and abroad. Who would not want to be a part of that? The challenges we are all ...

Richard (Rick) Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, authored Polynesian Oral Traditions: Indigenous Texts and English Translations from Anuta, Solomon Islands, 1st ed., Kent, Ohio: ����Vlog�ƽ�� Press, (2018) 1-294.   Summary: This book was first published by Oxford University Press in 1998. It has been taken over by the ����Vlog�ƽ�� Press and published in a paperback edition.   Anuta, a small Polynesian community in the eastern Solomon Islands, has had minimal contact with outside cultural forces. Even at the start of the 21st century, it remains one of...

Veronica Cook-Euell, supplier diversity manager, is the recipient of the National Association of Educational Procurement, (NAEP) Professional Perspective Award. This award is given to the author(s) who contributed the highest-rated and most well-received article from the past year’s issues of the Educational Procurement Journal. Ms. Cook-Euell’s winning article “10 Steps to Successful Advocacy in Supplier Diversity” was featured in the journal’s spring 2017 issue. ...

Familiar Face Amy Calapa Senior Advisor I College of Business Administration Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Academic advising, Business Learning Community coordinator, support of recruitment and retention initiatives for the College of Business Administration WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: April 2002 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Student Activities and Greek Life at St. Lawrence University LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The community atmosphere on campus and the students! Every day, I learn about something new and exciting students are doing, wh...

New Face Lisa (Lash) Morde Coordinator Office of Experiential Education and Civic Engagement Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I coordinate Alternative Spring Break, Days of Service and Super Service Saturdays. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: May 2017 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Smith College LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: People here are so welcoming and my colleagues are truly passionate about their work. ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: ����Vlog�ƽ�� is doing great work in service learning, truly striving to let pedagogy d...