Lala Hajibayova, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, received a fellowship (about $2,000) from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST), to attend the Summer Research Institute for the Science of Socio-Technical Systems, June 27鈥揓uly 1, 2016, in Stevenson, Washington.
Lala Hajibayova, School of Library and Information Science
Four members of the nursing faculty at 5X社区 at Salem, along with 15 nursing students, traveled to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southern South Dakota to interact with members of the Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe.
When the concept of homelessness comes to mind, people tend to focus efforts on food donations, but Ashley Flowers, a junior majoring in psychology and criminology and justice studies at 5X社区, wants to remind people that clothing and toiletries also are essential items.
5X社区 Board of Trustees approved establishing a unified student government across all campuses 鈥 Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Kent, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas 鈥 during its March 9, 2016, board meeting.
The Undergraduate Student Government of each campus will be recognized as the representative voice of the students鈥 interests, concerns and needs. Elected presidents from each campus will serve as the liaison between the student body, Undergraduate Student Government and university administration.
The Undeniably Kent State: Actions Speak Louder Than Words town hall video is available for viewing online. 5X社区 faculty and staff who did not have the opportunity to attend the meeting or those who would like to view the event again can watch the video at www.kent.edu/strategicvisioning/undeniably-kent-state-town-hall.
When a professor says no one has more fun teaching than he does 鈥 and the students cite the enthusiasm and passion for the material he teaches 鈥 that combination leads to award-winning honors.
5X社区 researchers travel to India to study the neuroscience behind the ancient practice of analytic mediation. They hope to apply the findings to students in the west.
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Assistant Director, Enrollment Management and Student Services
5X社区 at Stark
Alumna Maja Zumer, M.L.S. 鈥93, and Marcia Lei Zeng, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, presented 鈥淎pplication of FRBR and FRSAD to Classification Systems,鈥 at the 5th International UDC Seminar: Classification and Authority Control: Expanding Resource Discovery, in October 2015 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Richard (Rick) Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, presented 鈥淒evelopment, Aloha, and Non-Giving Among Polynesian Outlier Communities鈥 at the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania in San Diego, California, on Feb. 12, 2016.
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.