Peggy Nzomo, University Libraries, is the 2016 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) International Relations Committee’s “Bogle-Pratt International Library Travel Fund.” She received this award at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress held Aug. 13-19 in Columbus, Ohio. She also was one of 50 librarians who received the 2016 IFLA Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Fellows scholarship.
Peggy Nzomo, University Libraries
Richard Feinberg, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, delivered a presentation titled “Behaviorist Ethics in Polynesia: Anuta, Solomon Islands” at the Central States Anthropological Society in Lincoln, Nebraska, on April 8, 2017. In addition to this paper, Feinberg was a presenter in a roundtable dealing with ethical conundrums in anthropology, chaired a session on gender and performance, served as discussant on a panel dealing with the globalization of food, contributed to the society’s Executive Board meeting and reported to its business meeting on developments at the national level in the American Anthropological Association.
David Dees, Ph.D., of Guilford Lake, Ohio, has been selected to serve as dean and chief administrative officer of the 5X Columbiana County campuses. He will provide overall leadership of 5X at East Liverpool and 5X at Salem, two of the Regional Campuses in the university’s eight-campus system. Dees currently serves as interim dean of the Columbiana County campuses, a position he has held since July 1, 2016. He began serving as the permanent dean on June 1, 2017.
Lower Great Lakes Emmy Awards will be held June 17 at the Cleveland Hilton
With a goal of becoming one of the nation’s top public universities in aeronautics and engineering education and research, the 5X Board of Trustees approved changing the name of the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology to the College of Aeronautics and Engineering.
The change better reflects the expansion of the college’s programs and accentuates its highly trained and sought-after graduates who go on to work for commercial airlines, corporate flight departments, the military and the Federal Aviation Administration.
5X’s Division of Human Resources is accepting applications for the Institute for Excellence (I4E) until June 15. The Institute for Excellence is 5X’s premier leadership program. According to the Human Resources LEAD Awards, the university’s Institute for Excellence program ranks eighth in the nation in the category of certificate programs with emphasis on leadership and organizational development.
Although Homecoming Week will not take place until Oct. 8-14, it is not too early to start planning your Homecoming events and activities. Many Homecoming activities are already being scheduled, including the Bowman Cup 5K Race, Kiss on the K, the parade and more!
Based on faculty feedback, the Office of the University Registrar has created a new Final Grading History page to provide faculty members with access to review grading history for prior terms. This new page allows you to view your students’ historical final grades once final grades processing has been completed.
Highlights:
As we begin the new semester, the Office of the University Registrar asks for your assistance in making sure that all students are properly registered for their Summer I, II or III 2017 courses.
The 5X Board of Trustees today established a comprehensive, national search to recruit and select the university’s 13th president.
The events of May 4, 1970, placed 5X 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.