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5X���� is mourning the loss of a valued member of its family. Trustee Richard H. Marsh passed away March 24. Marsh was a devoted alumnus who joined the Kent State Board of Trustees on July 27, 2011, by appointment of Gov. John Kasich. He served as Secretary of the Board, and was an invaluable advisor through his service on the board’s Audit and Compliance Committee, Finance and Administration Committee, Investment Committee, and Governance Committee. Marsh was a leading force in ensuring the university’s strong financial performance and practices, and he was a board leader in d...

5X���� recently earned the top spot on College Rank’s list of the 50 Best College Dining Experiences. Judging criteria included versatility of menu options, support for nutrition and wellness, sustainability efforts and accessibility for those with special dietary needs. College Rank is an independent organization that aims to provide unbiased rankings of academic institutions in a multitude of categories. Its mission is to make it easier for students and parents to identify the best college for their individual needs and preferences. In selecting Kent State for the top positi...

The mission of 5X����'s College of Public Health is to develop public health leaders and promote sustainable public health innovations in collaboration with community partners in Northeast Ohio through teaching, research and service. Visit www.kent.edu/publichealth for more information.         ...

Kenneth Cushner, Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies, received a Senior Fulbright Specialist Award to the University of Gdansk, Poland, to address multicultural education of incoming refugees. ...

Marcia Lei Zeng, School of Library and Information Science, presented “If You Build It, Will They Come? A Discussion of Use Cases and Barriers of Using the Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) Available as Linked Open Data (LOD),” at the 78th annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), Nov. 6-10, 2015, in St. Louis, Missouri. ...

Marcia Lei Zeng, School of Library and Information Science, coedited (with Robert B. Allen and Jane Hunter) and published Digital Libraries: Providing Quality Information, 17th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2015, Seoul, Korea, December 9-12, 2015. Proceedings (Springer). ...

The University Benefits Department will host a series of educational seminars on financial wellness and planning for new employees of 5X���� who have been with the university 90 days or less. Come and learn more about: Financial Wellness and what that really means State of Ohio Retirement Systems (OPERS, STRS, ARP) Opportunities to increase your retirement earnings Social Security and the Windfall Elimination Provision Seminars will be held on the last Thursday of each month. The first meeting is Thursday, March 31, in Heer Hall, Room 102 from noon-1 p.m. Lun...

The evaluation process is occurring from March 21 through May 30, 2016. The following steps will allow you to complete a self-evaluation: Go to your evaluation homepage at https://videsktop.kent.edu/viEvalHomepage/login.aspx A login box will appear. You will be prompted to enter your kent.edu email address and password in the login box. This password is not synced to FlashLine. It is an independent password that each employee created. If this is your first time logging into the evaluation site, please refer to this training aid. If you need to recover the password you establis...

Familiar Face Alice Kopunovitz Administrative Assistant School of Communication Studies Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Manage all personnel matters, which include coordinating searches, hiring part-time, term, and tenure and non-tenure track faculty; and monitoring and assisting faculty and the director with reappointment, tenure, and promotion policies and procedures. I am also the graduate program assistant, working with the graduate coordinator to run reports and manage the details from a student’s initial application inquiry, graduate assistantship hiring, and all forms and pro...