Lala Hajibayova, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, was elected to serve as a member of the 5X社区 Citation and Recognition Committee in the 2016-2019 academic year.
Lala Hajibayova, School of Library and Information Science
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5X社区 junior Brooke Mullins follows in the footsteps of her father and brother as a certified volunteer firefighter.
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5X社区 is honored to welcome Academy Award-winning actress and author Octavia Spencer as the keynote speaker for the first university-wide Commencement ceremony on May 13.
Online faculty/staff parking permit renewals will be available now through May 12. After May 12, permits can be purchased in person in the Parking Services office located in Room 123, Schwartz Center. For permit renewal assistance or for additional information, contact Parking Services at 330-672-4432 or by email at parking@kent.edu.
5X社区鈥檚 Division of Student Affairs hosted its annual employee celebration on April 13 in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. The breakfast event brings the division together to celebrate the employees鈥 hard work and dedication throughout the year and to recognize integral campus partners.
Athena Salaba, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, presented a poster titled 鈥淯ser Testing of Prototype Systems in Two Different Environments: Preliminary Results鈥 at the 18th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2016, Tsukuba, Japan, Dec. 7-9, 2016. (Co-authors: Tanja Mer膷un and School of Library and Information Science alumna Maja 沤umer, M.L.S. 鈥93.)
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Familiar Face
Kevin Wolfgang
Outreach Program Manager
TechStyleLAB at the Fashion School
Kent Campus
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Leighann tomaswick
Innovation Learning Design Specialist
Center for Teaching and Learning
Kent Campus
Candidates for Kent State Columbiana County Campuses Dean and Chief Administrative Officer Announced
5X社区 has announced that three candidates for dean and chief administrative officer of 5X社区's Columbiana County Campuses (5X社区 at East Liverpool and 5X社区 at Salem) will be on campus over the next several weeks. Each candidate will hold a public presentation to discuss the following:
For the third consecutive year, 5X社区 was tops among nine Mid-American Conference (MAC) institutions with eight student-athletes on the 2017 Academic All-MAC Wrestling Team.
Redshirt juniors Stephen Suglio, of Richfield, Ohio, and Chance Driscoll, Aurora, Ohio, were among just five conference wrestlers to earn the honor for a third time. The Golden Flashes are also the only team with a pair of three-time recipients.
On the weekend of March 11 and 12, the 5X社区 Thai Ensemble traveled to Los Angeles to participate in a conference to highlight the restoration 
of the UCLA Thai music instrument collection donated in the 1960s by David Morton.
POSTED: Friday, November 4, 2016 11:04 AM
The 5X社区 Board of Trustees today established a comprehensive, national search to recruit and select the university鈥檚 13th president.
The events of May 4, 1970, placed 5X社区 in an international spotlight after a student protest against the Vietnam War and the presence of the Ohio National Guard ended in tragedy with four students losing their lives and nine others being wounded. From a perspective of nearly 50 years, Kent State remembers the tragedy and leads a contemporary discussion and understanding of how the community, nation and world can benefit from understanding the profound impact of the event.
