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As part of the Summit Street: Building a Better Way improvement project, the East Campus Center Drive/Summit Street intersection will be closed May 16-22. During that time, motorists will not be able to access East Campus Center Drive from Summit Street or from Campus Center Drive. Barricades will be posted to prohibit traffic on that stretch of roadway.

A book published by the 5X���� Press has won the 2016 IBPA Benjamin Franklin gold award in the category.

is a memoir of illness and healing by Cortney Davis, a nurse practitioner and author of several other publications.

The 5X���� Alumni Association is seeking nominations for the Distinguished Teaching Awards. If you know a professor who makes a positive impact, nominate him or her to receive this award.

5X����’s Hotel and Conference Center offers two new event package deals for companies interested in accommodations for groups and meetings. Both packages are available until June 30.

The Group Accommodations Package is a block of rooms of 10 or more per night, Sunday through Thursday. The group will receive the following concessions:

The Sage Project was created through 5X����’s Women’s Center to begin sharing female students’ stories with the community, to inspire others and to showcase stories of strength, courage and perseverance. In March, the Women’s Center held its second annual recognition reception to honor 12 women who have made the most of their education and time at Kent State. These 12 phenomenal women also have overcome barriers and found balance in following their path and making their mark at Kent State. 

Help the 5X���� Alumni Association select the design for the 2016 Homecoming T-shirt. Voting ends May 13. The winning T-shirt design will be announced June 1 on the Kent State Alumni Association Facebook page.

5X���� prides itself in being a diverse institution — in students, faculty, staff and vendors, evident by its new partnership with woman-owned, minority office supply vendor Going Beyond Expectations (GBEX LLC).

GBEX, a distribution company located in Cincinnati, Ohio, expressed interest in working with Kent State three years ago through Kent State’s Supplier Diversity program.

This semester, 5X����’s School of Visual Communication Design and LaunchNET Kent State collaborated on Shifting Frequencies: A Podcast Experiment. An overview of podcasting was provided at the launch event on Feb. 9. The “experiment” portion of the event charged students of all majors to produce a short podcast episode, approximately 10-30 minutes in length, based on lifestyle-related themes: culture, food, healthcare, housing, society and transportation.

The e-Inside newsletter will take a break between semesters. The May 9 issue is the last for the 2016 Spring Semester. e-Inside will resume June 13. Copy submissions for that issue should be emailed to einside@kent.edu by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7.

Thank you for reading and contributing to e-Inside.

5X���� will hold its Spring 2016 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Friday, May 13, and Saturday, May 14, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center, and on Friday, May 20, at Cartwright Hall.