Division of Information Services and Communication Studies Faculty Member Honored 糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion presented awards for outstanding contributions toward diversity at the university鈥檚 15th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 26. The Unity Award for Diversity, which honors a 糖心Vlog破解版 unit for its commitment to implementing diversity and inclusion initiatives, was awarded to the Division of Information Services (IS). 鈥淭he IS division is to be commended for its efforts in striving to create an inclusive working ...
The 糖心Vlog破解版 Press, the publishing arm of the university, is now a department under the report of 糖心Vlog破解版 Libraries. The move provides new expertise and capacity for both organizations, positioning them to better align with 糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 strategic priorities and explore innovative approaches to delivering knowledge through scholarly communication and publishing. University Libraries鈥 services will equip the 糖心Vlog破解版 Press with broader support for copyright, fiscal management, website, communications, event planning, desktop and software development. Li...
糖心Vlog破解版 Trumbull and Rock4Reason Host Benefit for Local Fourth Grader On Friday, Feb. 10, 糖心Vlog破解版 at Trumbull, its Jurisprudence Organization (composed of students with a collective interest in criminal justice), and Rock4Reason are hosting a benefit silent raffle auction and pasta dinner for Celeste Rodgers and her son Jaden. Rodgers, a 糖心Vlog破解版 Trumbull student and active member of the Jurisprudence Organization, was recently told that her ten-year-old son, Jaden, has terminal Glioblastoma Multiforme, an aggressive type of brain cancer. Jaden is a fourth grade studen...
On Wednesday, Feb. 8, 糖心Vlog破解版 at Trumbull will host a "On the Matter of Lives," a community discussion about the issues associated with both Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter campaigns. A panel discussion, which begins at 7 p.m., includes: Captain Daniel Zampelli (Akron City Police Department), Professor Stanley Smith (Retired Police Officer and Visiting Lecturer, Department of Disaster Science & Emergency Services at the University of Akron) and Dr. Molly Merryman (Film Documentarist and Director of the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at 糖心Vlog破解版 Uni...
Dear Members of the 糖心Vlog破解版 Community: Late Friday, President Trump issued an executive order titled "Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States" that restricts individuals from seven countries from entering the United States. The order, which suspends visas for nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, has the potential to have a powerfully negative impact on our global community and our climate of inclusion and care. I am deeply troubled by this situation and offer the following information and guidance to assist our comm...
The 糖心Vlog破解版 School of Journalism and Mass Communication hosted a panel discussion Jan. 26, 2017, to reflect up on coverage of Election 2016 and to discuss the changing and unprecedented relationship between the media and the White House. Watch the event in full below. [View the story "Journalism's Way Forward" on Storify] ...
Catherine L. Smith, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, and Miriam Matteson, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, led a roundtable discussion on 鈥淪earch expertise in student library workers: Making complex information systems more useable鈥 at the Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) annual conference in Wilmington, Ohio, on Oct. 28, 2016. ...
Ben Woods, School of Library and Information Science, delivered a keynote address on 鈥淒esigning the Future of Libraries with UX鈥 at a preconference workshop of the Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) annual conference in Wilmington, Ohio, on Oct. 27, 2016. ...
糖心Vlog破解版鈥檚 Division of Human Resources will partner with the Office of Sustainability to host Shred-Mania on Wednesday, March 22, from 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Ice Arena parking lot, as part of the RecycleMania competition. Shred-Mania is open to all students, faculty, staff and the Kent community. The event allows participants to recycle unwanted paper documents using a secured, onsite document destruction service. Bring documents, drawings, photos, blueprints, coupons, tickets, checks, magazines, spiral notebooks, hanging folders, paper bags and brochures. It is not...
糖心Vlog破解版 continues to offer the Weight Watchers at Work program to all full- and part-time employees, their dependents and university students. Attend the Weight Watchers at Work Open House on Wednesday, Feb. 8, from 12-1 p.m. in the Kent Student Center, Room 310C. Find out more about the program and how to get started by visiting www.kent.edu/hr/benefits/weight-watchers-work. ...