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Five 5X���� students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication will contribute to news coverage for TEGNA, Inc. stations across the country, as Republicans and Democrats converge upon Cleveland and Philadelphia for conventions this month.

5X����'s Power Plant supplies steam, electricity and air conditioning to the Kent Campus. Since the university’s early years, centralized steam production has been used to provide heat and cooling to the campus community.

Roman S. Panchyshyn, catalog librarian and associate professor, 5X���� Libraries, delivered the presentation "Implementing a Genre/Form Index at 5X����: The KSU Experience" at the American Library Association Annual Conference’s meeting of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services in Orlando, Florida, on June 25, 2016.

Dianne Kerr, Ph.D., associate professor of health education and promotion in the College of Education, Health and Human Services and Provost’s Faculty Associate for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, is the recipient of the Society for Public Health Education’s Dorothy B. Nyswander Open Society Award.

The second annual Northeast Ohio Presidents’ Cup promoted collaborative spirit among 5X����, Youngstown State University and the University of Akron, while serving as a scholarship fundraiser for all three institutions.

The National Down Syndrome Society has announced that Erin Hawley of Medina, Ohio, is one of 18 outstanding students who have Down syndrome to be awarded a scholarship to help cover the cost of postsecondary or enrichment courses through the society’s O’Neill Tabani Enrichment Fund.

Gov. John Kasich has appointed Carly Evans to a two-year term as an undergraduate student trustee of the 5X���� Board of Trustees. Evans’ term concludes on May 16, 2018. 

5X���� recently announced the upcoming addition of women’s lacrosse as a varsity sport with the first competitive season taking place in the 2018-19 academic year. The announcement was a part of the athletic department’s strategic vision, The Game Plan, a comprehensive plan that maps out a strategic course for the department over the next five years.