5X社区鈥檚 Division of Information Services introduces Kaltura, 鈥媋 video application designed with a wide range of powerful tools and features, making it the optimal classroom tool. Kaltura鈥欌媠 in-depth features and seamless integration with Blackboard Learn will benefit both faculty and students alike. The application is Cloud-based 鈥 meaning that it stores and presents video files on the internet 鈥 resulting in better performance and stability. K鈥媋ltura鈥 uses extensive distribution features, such as channels and playlists, allowing faculty to easily organize and share content ...
Online final grading for Summer 2 (S2) 2016 courses meeting from June 13 through Aug. 6 begins Thursday, Aug. 4, via FlashFAST. Grading also is now available for any Summer 2 (S2) 2016 course section that was flexibly scheduled and has an end date no later than Aug. 6. The deadline for grading submission is midnight on Tuesday, Aug. 9. Any final grades for Summer 2 (S2) 2016 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. These Summer 2 (S2) 2016 courses will be available in the Workflow on Thursday, Aug. 11. New...
5X社区 freshman Josh Paulin is not only a good student, but also an exemplary citizen. Recently, Paulin saved a man鈥檚 life, which motivated Kent State鈥檚 Department of Public Safety to honor him for his heroic acts. It all started while he was waiting at a bus stop near the Kent Student Center Kiva. Paulin saw a man walk behind him, and then heard a loud thump. The man had collapsed. 鈥淪o I turned around and saw that he was on the ground unconscious,鈥 Paulin recalls. Using his training as an Eagle Scout, Paulin kept the man鈥檚 airways open until ...
Mark D. Albaugh, of Uhrichsville, has been hired as the coach for cross country and track and field at 5X社区 at Tuscarawas. He has 28 years of coaching experience at Claymont, Dover and Garaway schools. He received the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) Fred Dafler Career Coach of the Year award in 2006 for girls cross country and in 2009 for boys cross country. In 2013, he was named to the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame. In addition to his coaching career, Albaugh is employed by Claymont Schools as a junior high school scien...
Four 5X社区 graduate students in the Department of Psychological Sciences, in the College of Arts and Sciences, won the Sloboda and Bukoski Cup at the Society for Prevention Research鈥檚 annual conference. Liz Baker, Karly Cochran, Haylee DeLuca and Logan Stigall represented Kent State against five other teams from Arizona State University, Clemson University, Florida International University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of California, Irvine. For the competition, the team was given a specific data set and then had eight weeks to familiarize the...
Robert D. Hisrich, Ph.D., associate dean for graduate and international programs and Bridgestone Chair in International Marketing in 5X社区鈥檚 College of Business Administration, has been named to the Startup Officers Leadership Council. The Startup Officers Leadership Council is a new, invitation-only group launched by the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2). Hisrich and other council members will be tasked with finding improvements to the university-corporate-startup ecosystem, providing congressional staffers ideas for legislation to fill the 鈥渇u...
Robert D. Hisrich, Ph.D., associate dean for graduate and international programs and Bridgestone Chair in International Marketing in 5X社区鈥檚 College of Business Administration, has been named to the Startup Officers Leadership Council. The Startup Officers Leadership Council is a new, invitation-only group launched by the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2). Hisrich and other council members will be tasked with finding improvements to the university-corporate-startup ecosystem, providing congressional staffers ideas for legislation to fill the 鈥渇u...
Robert D. Hisrich, Ph.D., associate dean for graduate and international programs and Bridgestone Chair in International Marketing in 5X社区鈥檚 College of Business Administration, has been named to the Startup Officers Leadership Council. The Startup Officers Leadership Council is a new, invitation-only group launched by the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2). Hisrich and other council members will be tasked with finding improvements to the university-corporate-startup ecosystem, providing congressional staffers ideas for legislation to fill the 鈥渇u...
5X社区 employees shared some of their favorite summer vacation and staycation photos with e-Inside. Read the next issue of e-Inside to see more photos. Anne Brown, associate vice president for business and administrative services, shared this photo of a late night view of St. Basil鈥檚 Cathedral in Red Square, Moscow. Jeff Glidden, photographer with University Communications and Marketing, shared this photo of 鈥淭he Triumph of History Over Time鈥 by Anton Raphael Mengs, a ceiling fresco in the Camera dei Papi...
The Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute庐 in the College of Arts and Sciences at 5X社区 will host the 26th International Liquid Crystal Conference on the Kent Campus from July 31-Aug. 5. The event is open to the public, but paid registration is required. Organized by the International Liquid Crystal Society, more than 700 scientists, engineers and students from around the world are expected to attend the conference, which features cutting-edge research and technology presentations on liquid crystals, plus a variety of social activities, including a dinner at the Rock and Rol...