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5X���� senior fashion design major Jillian Miranda won three prestigious awards at tradeshow organizer Outdoor Retailer’s signature design competition, Project OR- Cycle 10.

Having Confidence in the Kitchen
On the  employee blog, Associate Professor Barbara Scheule from the School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration, writes about having confidence in the kitchen and invites you to share your favorite cookbooks or Web pages that have guided you in your explorations in the kitchen.

Researchers from companies and universities across Ohio participated in a Human Performance Council Workshop on “New Frontiers in Human Performance” held at the Kent Student Center on Feb. 28. The event was sponsored by 5X���� and Case Western Reserve University.

Online final grading for Spring Semester 2013 – F2 courses meeting in the Second Five Weeks from Feb. 18 through March 24 part of term began Thursday, March 21, via FlashFAST. Grading is also now available for any Spring Semester 2013 course section that was flexibly scheduled and has an end date no later than March 26. The deadline for grading submission is midnight on Tuesday, March 26.

5X����’s 29th Annual Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth will be held on the evening of Thursday, April 4, and all day Friday, April 5, at the Kent Student Center. The conference provides a forum for discussion of multicultural themes and issues in literature for children and young adults.

“Dreams and Promises: Multicultural Literature and the Common Core” is the theme for this year’s conference, which features authors Angela Johnson and Gary Schmidt, and illustrator Yuyi Morales.

5X����’s Blackstone LaunchPad will host a 24-hour Innov8athon on 

The first-ever Flash-A-Thon Dance Marathon will be held at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center on Saturday, April 6, at 10 a.m. to raise money for the Showers Family Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Akron Children’s Hospital.

The 12-hour dance marathon, where students and other participants stay on their feet from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., is part of the Children’s Miracle Network and will benefit the Hematology and Oncology unit at the hospital.

5X���� has been named to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. This designation is the highest honor a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. Kent State has been named to the honor roll seven times since 2006.

Carol Sheriff has won the John T.

Mitchell, managing editor of evening news and lead anchor of the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts on WKYC Channel 3 News in Cleveland, has been named the 2013 winner of the Robert G. McGruder Award for Diversity by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at 5X����. The award recognizes the accomplishments of media professionals who encourage diversity in the field of journalism.