Omer Farooq, M.L.I.S. ’12, doctoral student in the College of Communication and Information, and Associate Professor Miriam Matteson, Ph.D., published an article titled “Opportunities and Challenges for Students in an Online Seminar-Style Course in LIS Education: A Qualitative Case Study” in the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS), Vol. 57, No. 4 (October 2016).
Omer Farooq, College of Communication and Information, and Miriam Matteson, School of Library and Information Science
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Children at Kent State University's Child Development Center interacted with a variety of construction and grounds vehicles used by University Facilities Management during the annual Meet the Trucks event.
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Obtaining and maintaining work-life balance is no easy task, and that is why Kent State University offers numerous options in its employee wellness program to help faculty and staff achieve this balance.
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Last February, you saw how Zippy betrayed our beloved Flash. Little did we know that the rivalry goes back much further, at least according to Zippy and Flash. Help us win back the Wagon Wheel by cheering on Kent State Football on Nov. 21 at the University of Akron!
Jeanne R. Smith, director of the Kent State University Writing Commons, traveled with Writing Commons’ tutors from a variety of academic disciplines to make presentations at the International Writing Centers Association’s annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, from Nov. 10-13, 2017. This year's conference theme was “Tutor, Writer, Director, Spy.”
Virginia Dressler and Cindy Kristof, University Libraries, presented “The Right to be Forgotten in Digital Collections: A Survey of Practice and Policy at ARL Institutions” at the Digital Library Federation Forum 2017 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 24, 2017.
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Trustees Research Professor
Liquid Crystal Institute® and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
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Kent State University has set an aggressive agenda for academic excellence across all areas of the university's Strategic Roadmap. The Kent State University Foundation Board of Directors supports this agenda fully and is committed to helping financially support the university's academic excellence. With this goal in mind, the Kent State Foundation is pleased to offer a systemwide grant program to all departments, schools, colleges, institutes and centers.
Since the holiday season calls for delicious and indulgent foods like pumpkin pie, candied yams, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, not surprisingly a person consumes an average of 3,000 calories at Thanksgiving dinner – 1,000 over the recommended daily intake, according to Spoon University.
The average person gains six to 10 pounds over the holiday season, says Tanya Falcone, registered dietitian and nutritional outreach coordinator at Kent State University. This can lead to significant weight gain over the years that does not shed, even after the New Year.
POSTED: Thursday, November 10, 2016 02:43 PM
The Kent State University Board of Trustees today established a comprehensive, national search to recruit and select the university’s 13th president.
The events of May 4, 1970, placed Kent State University in an international spotlight after a student protest against the Vietnam War and the presence of the Ohio National Guard ended in tragedy with four students losing their lives and nine others being wounded. From a perspective of nearly 50 years, Kent State remembers the tragedy and leads a contemporary discussion and understanding of how the community, nation and world can benefit from understanding the profound impact of the event.
