Lae'l Hughes-Watkins, University Libraries, was named as one of the 25 Fellows for the Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) Leadership & Career Development Program's 2018-19 cohort on May 4, 2018. The yearlong program prepares librarians from underrepresented groups to take on leadership roles in their careers and professions. Web link: www.arl.org/focus-areas/arl-academy/leadership-development-programs/leadership-career-development-program#.WzPNjtJKjcv ...
Peter C. Kratcoski, Professor Emeritus, authored “The Victim-Offender Relationship in the Criminal Victimization of the Elderly” in Perspectives on Elderly Crime and Victimization, Edition 1st, (Cham, Switzerland: Springer) Peter C. Kratcoski & Maximilian Edelbacher (Eds.), (2018), 101-124. ...
Familiar Face Diane Denise Platton Residence Hall Director, Olson and Lake Halls Department of Residence Services Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: As a residence hall director, I supervise an RA staff, oversee the maintenance and functionality of my assigned halls, work with and serve as a resource for residents with academic and personal concerns, manage conduct around campus and in the halls, serve in an on-call emergency response rotation with other professional staff in the department, manage the room change processes for residents in my hall in collaboration with other RHDs...
New Face Huseyin Aksu Research Associate Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Conduct research WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: December 2017 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Bilecik University in Turkey LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Friendly campus ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Dr. Dunietz’s research group RESIDES IN: Kent, Ohio HOMETOWN: Milas, Turkey EDUCATION: Ph.D. in physics from Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University in Turkey HOBBIES: Fitness, listening t...
The Kent Campus continues to undergo extensive renovations and new construction. Join us on Tuesday, July 24, from noon to 1 p.m. when Michael Bruder from the Office of the University Architect will fill us in on all of construction progress as we “walk and talk” about the campus. The meeting location to begin the walk is at the black squirrel statue between University Library and the Kent Student Center on the Kent Campus. Please plan to meet at noon. The walk will begin promptly at 12:10 p.m. and return just before 1 p.m. Employees participating in the Wellness Your Wa...
Bring your bike from home or check out a bike through the Flashfleet bike-sharing program at one of eight locations around the Kent Campus. Flashfleet locations include the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, Eastway Center, Van Campen Hall, Tri-Towers, Terrace Hall, Stopher-Johnson, the Kent Student Center and PARTA in downtown Kent. The lunchtime ride will take place on Wednesday, July 25, from noon-1 p.m. Staff from Kent State's Department of Recreational Services will lead participants on a 30- to 40-minute campus ride, as well as around the surrounding com...
Nine public colleges and universities in Northeast Ohio have teamed up to create a consortium agreement to improve efficiency and effectiveness, strengthen educational offerings, provide collaborative pathways to degrees and support the region’s workforce. The agreement — known as the Northeast Ohio Regional Higher Education Compact — brings together Cleveland State University, Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®), Kent State University, Lakeland Community College, Lorain County Community College, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Stark State College, the University of Akron and Youngstown ...
As he walked off the plane from an out-of-state conference, David Fresco, Ph.D., professor in Kent State University’s Department of Psychological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, got an unexpected call. “It was so out of the blue,” Dr. Fresco says. “I was humbled.” Dr. Fresco received the Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award last April for his research finding nonmedical ways to reduce high blood pressure (HBP). “It was a really gracious honor,” Dr. Fresco says. “When I gave my acceptance speech, I really tried to honor the many students and postdoctorates I worked with b...
With the spring semester in the books, Kent State University has proven its commitment to academic excellence with student-athletes recording a spring term grade point average (GPA) of 3.106. Thanks in part to the 43 student-athletes with a perfect 4.0 GPA, the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics recorded its 11th-consecutive term of 3.0+ cumulative department GPA (3.160) and it 13th-consecutive 3.0+ spring-term GPA (3.106). Nearly two-thirds of Kent State student-athletes (244) posted a term GPA of 3.0 or higher, while 46 percent had a 3.4 or higher. Twelve teams had both their t...
Online final grading for summer 2018 First 7 Weeks (POT W1) began Thursday, June 28, via FlashFAST. Grading is also now available for any summer 2018 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is midnight on Tuesday, July 3. Any final grades for summer 2018 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. These summer 2018 courses will be available in the Workflow on Thursday, July 5. To access Final Grades via FlashFAST, log in to FlashLine and click on the Faculty & ...