Miriam Matteson, Ph.D., served as a panelist for a presentation titled 鈥淓valuations and Annual Reviews鈥 at the Ohio Library Council annual conference on Sept. 29, 2016, in Sandusky, Ohio. ...
A presentation by Lala Hajibayova, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, "Participatory Knowledge Representation and Organization Systems" at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) SIG/CR Workshop, received media coverage in the Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology (February/March, 2016). https://www.asist.org/publications/bulletin/februarymarch-2016/sig-cr-workshop/ ...
A presentation by Lala Hajibayova, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, "Participatory Knowledge Representation and Organization Systems" at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) SIG/CR Workshop, received media coverage in the Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology (February/March, 2016). Go to the following link to view: https://www.asist.org/publications/bulletin/februarymarch-2016/sig-cr-workshop/ Miriam Matteson, Ph.D., served as a panelist for a presentation titled 鈥淓valuations and Annual Re...
The Rural Scholars program works to connect middle schoolers and high schoolers living in Columbiana County to their local surroundings and beyond. This has never been more apparent than from a summer full of four separate week-long workshops, and an autumn full of different career exploration workshops. The Rural Scholars Program currently has 94 students enrolled, paired with 18 undergraduate mentors. The summer kicked off with 鈥淟ocationology,鈥 the program directed towards 10th graders. Scholars were able to discover their own roots, while also better understanding the history of the a...
Maintaining wellness during the holidays can be a challenge. The busy holiday season can add a variety of stressors, ranging from unrealistic expectations to struggles with loneliness and loss. Please join us for this timely lunch and learn from noon-1 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13, in Heer Hall, Room 107. This session will focus on tools to help you prepare for any stressors associated with the holidays. You will learn to let go of unrealistic expectations, re-evaluate your traditions, develop family goals and adopt self-care techniques. The presenter will...
Students and staff from the nursing program at Kent State Salem hosted International Day featuring food, music and displays of several cultures that represent the locations nursing students visited in recent years as part of their study abroad courses. The countries and cultures highlighted included Japan, Canada, Tanzania, Ghana, Switzerland, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Haiti and the Native American Lakota community from South Dakota. # # # Headliner Photo: Getting ready for International Day on the Kent State Salem Campus are (from left) Sondra O鈥橠onnell, ...
The schedule for departmental closures can be found at www.kent.edu/hr/2016-2017-departmental-holiday-schedule. ...
Familiar Face Amanda Corrigan Senior Advisor I College of Business Administration International Programs Office Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I provide academic advising to international students pursuing undergraduate business degrees, as well as all students interested in the education-abroad opportunities offered through the College of Business Administration. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: July 2011 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Ryan Alternative Staffing, Inc. LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The people 鈥 I work with ...
Several students and faculty members from the Kent State Salem Campus began their fall semester with a trip to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southern South Dakota, where they interacted with members of the Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe. This was the fifth trip to the reservation by students from the Salem Campus, offered through a transcultural nursing course that focuses on advancing cultural humility. Sixteen nursing students, along with two students from the early childhood education program, were part of this cultural exchange, as well as six faculty members. Lorene Martin, senior lec...
Students on the Kent State Salem Campus will find ways to help them get through finals week, thanks to the English Club and its Stress-Free Zone. Beginning Monday (Dec. 12) through Thursday (Dec. 15), Kent Salem students will be offered different ways to de-stress during daily sessions from 12-2 p.m. in the Student Lounge. Earlier this semester, the English Club was named a winner of a Kent State of Wellness mini-grant that made it possible to create the Stress-Free Zone. The club was one of 14 winners (from more than 30 applicants) to be awarded the grant funds, and only one of four fro...