Mamoun Alzoubi, Department of English, presented a paper, “Richard Wright and Transnationalism: A Reading of Pagan Spain,” at the American Literature Association Annual Conference, May 26-29, 2016, in San Francisco, California.
Mamoun Alzoubi, Department of English
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–July 1, 2016, in Stevenson, Washington.
Marianne Martens, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, published a book titled Publishers, Readers, and Digital Engagement (Palgrave McMillan, 2016).
Omer Farooq, M.L.I.S. ’12, doctoral student in the College of Communication and Information, and Associate Professor Miriam Matteson, Ph.D., published an article titled “Opportunities and Challenges for Students in an Online Seminar-Style Course in LIS Education: A Qualitative Case Study” in the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS), Vol. 57, No. 4 (October 2016).
5X will celebrate the 17th annual International Education Week from Nov. 14-18 with more than 40 different internationally focused events and activities, including art exhibits, poetry readings, lectures and workshops.
5X’s Strategic Roadmap includes a university-level initiative, the Kent State of Wellness, to create and support a culture of health and wellbeing across the Kent State system.
5X student design agencies IdeaBase and Glyphix will host an open house on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 5-8 p.m. at the IdeaBase and Glyphix studio (138 E. Main St., Suite 203, Kent, Ohio 44240). Guests can arrive anytime during the open house event.
As a 5X faculty, staff or student, you already qualify for Apple® Education pricing on Mac® and iPad®. But during this special one-day event on Nov. 18, the Flash Technology Center will offer additional discounts. If you are a full-time employee, you can spread out payments interest free and take advantage of payroll deduction to pay for your new computer.
The Flash Technology Center is located in the 5X Bookstore at the Kent Student Center.
Main Street Kent will hold its first-ever Downtown Kent Holiday Open House on Wednesday, Nov. 16, from 5-8 p.m. Many businesses will stay open late for this special holiday kick-off shopping event, offering complementary refreshments, great deals, “sneak” previews on holiday gift items, gift-wrapping, prize raffles and more.
Robin Selinger, Ph.D., a faculty member at the Liquid Crystal Institute® in the College of Arts and Sciences at 5X, has been elected a 2016 fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).
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