Kent City Schools awarded its March Collaborative Organization of the Month to Kent State University’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’s Diversity Education and Training Lab. The Diversity Education and Training Lab promotes dialogue and helps develop inclusion in various environments. The lab also touches on topics such as microaggressions, cultural competency and discrimination. Lisa Givan, associate director of diversity training, oversees and serves as lead facilitator within the lab. “We provide training for student organizations, departments, divisions and external...

As part of the university’s Kent State of Wellness initiative, Kent State University is becoming a smoke-free, tobacco-free campus. A part of the university’s Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive Kent State, all Kent State campuses will be smoke- and tobacco-free beginning July 1, 2017, fostering the wellbeing of the university community and the environment. According to NoSmoke.org, an estimated 1.69 billion pounds of cigarette butts end up in landfills each year. The policy not only helps to address this problem, but also will help to beautify campus by removing the...

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  LET'S CLEAR THE AIR Clearing the Air aligns with the priorities of the university’s healthy campus initiative, Kent State of Wellness. This initiative seeks to foster a culture of health and wellness for students and employees at all campuses and is part of the university’s Strategic Roadmap. Tobacco smoke contains a deadly mix of more than 7,000 chemicals; hundreds are harmful, and about 70 can cause cancer. There are health benefits to quitting smoking at any age - it is never too late to quit. Seven out of 10 adult smokers surveyed said they wanted to...

By Britney Hickey, Kent State Student You can dig a hole to China. However, it’s more practical and affordable to visit China as a student in Kent State University at Trumbull’s Study Abroad program. This week, three students are traveling nearly 7,100 miles to the Sichuan University Summer Immersion Program, located in Chengdu, China. Junior, Alex Hatfield, is one of those students. He was excited to learn about the opportunity and was appreciative that faculty and staff encouraged him and other students to take advantage. “This is a great experience and something I will always remem...

Starting July 1, 2017, all Kent State University campuses will become smoke-free and tobacco-free. The new policy applies to all students, employees, volunteers, vendors, and visitors on all Kent State property locally and abroad. The policy is in alignment with the university’s healthy campus initiative. Kent State is dedicated to providing a safe and healthy learning, working and living environment for its students and employees. Clearing the air allows us to provide a context in which the entire Kent State community can be comfortable and productive. For more information, visit www.ke...

Miriam Matteson, Ph.D., School of Information, co-presented a session titled “Promoting Neutrality or Privilege? Academic Libraries and Critical Librarianship” at the Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) annual conference in Wilmington, Ohio, on Oct. 28, 2016. (Co-presenters: James Castrillo, University of Wisconsin – Whitewater; Paul Campbell, Ohio University.) ...

Marcia Lei Zeng, Ph.D., School of Information, was co-presenter and facilitator of a half-day workshop titled “Building Curriculum for Linked Data Education” on Oct. 15, 2016, at the DCMI International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Co-presenters and facilitators: Thomas Baker, DCMI, Germany; Michael Crandall, University of Washington, Seattle ; Marjorie M.K. Hlava, Access Innovations/Data Harmony, Albuquerque, N.M.; Stuart A. Sutton, DCMI and University of Washington, Seattle.)  ...

Catherine L. Smith, Ph.D., School of Information, published an article titled “Privacy and Trust Attitudes in the Intent to Volunteer for Data-tracking Research” in Information Research, Vol. 21, No. 4.  ...

Familiar Face Mark L. Lewis Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator Department of Mathematical Sciences Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Teach mathematics classes, supervise Ph.D. students in mathematics, oversee undergraduate curriculum of the Department of Mathematical Sciences  WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 1996 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Iowa State University LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The people ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: There were researchers in my field. RESIDES IN: Brimfield, Ohio ...