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Yosh Hakutani, Department of English, authored “Cy Twombly’s Painting of the Peonies and Haiku Imagery” in Cy Twombly: Image, Text, Paratext, ed. Thierry Greub, (Paderborn, Germany: Wilhelm Fink Verlag / Boston: Brill Publishing Group, 2018), 306-22; and “Yone Noguchi, Ezra Pound, and Imagism: A Summary” in Yone Noguchi Society Newsletter, No. 4 (September 2017), 2-4. ...

Familiar Face Keith Lloyd Associate Professor Department of English Stark Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I teach College Writing, History of the English Language, Linguistics, Grammar, Fairy Tales, The Bible as Literature, Argumentative Prose, Critical Theory, Great Books and World Rhetorics  WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 2002 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Indiana University Southeast LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The people ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: I desired to be part of and promote a respectful commun...

New Face Ann Tager Academic Advisor I College of Arts and Sciences Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Help undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences develop and achieve their educational and personal goals through the use of transformational advising practices.  WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: July 2017 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Slippery Rock University LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: I really appreciate the family atmosphere and the student focus. Everyone I’ve met here truly cares about their co-workers and their students, ...

Love your heart! Did you know that the leading cause of death is heart disease and that 80 percent of it is preventable? On Thursday, Feb. 15, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, Seminar Room A, you can find out ways to love your heart and reduce your risk through proper nutrition. Our February workshop presenter will be Tanya R. Falcone, M.S., RD, LD, coordinator for the Center of Nutrition Outreach in Kent State’s School of Health Sciences. This program is open to all full- and part-time employees. For full-time, benefits-eligible employees...

Weight Watcher's at Work welcomes all Kent State University employees, family members and students to an open house on Wednesday, Feb. 21, from noon-1 p.m. in Room 303 in the Kent Student Center.  The open house is a perfect opportunity to learn more or try out a meeting with no obligation to join. As part of Weight Watcher’s Inspire, anyone who attends a meeting, including this open house, and purchases a Weight Watcher’s membership between Feb. 5-23 will be eligible for a free starter kit, valued at $70. Kent State’s Weight Watcher's at Work mee...