Rick Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, participated in several meetings associated with the American Anthropological Association, Heparticipated in the association’s Section Assembly and Section Assembly Executive Committee meetings, the Association Operations Committee meeting, two meetings of the national association’s executive board and the national business meeting. At the end of the conference, Feinberg became the Section Assembly convener and officially joined the executive board of the world’s largest anthropological society, with approximately 10,000 members.   ...

Emad Khazraee, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, organized and supervised a team of international scholars to travel to Afghanistan (April 13-May 4, 2016) to train the staff of the National Archive of Afghanistan in preservation and cataloging of manuscripts. The project was funded by The Islamic Manuscript Association at University of Cambridge, UK, and Roshan Institute for Persian Studies at University of Maryland. ...

Marianne Martens, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, presented "The Language of Betrayal: Ownership, Power and Control of J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore Website" at the Society for the History of Authorship Reading and Publishing (SHARP) conference in Paris in July 2016. (See Twitter #sharp16 for pictures and discussion generated.) Her paper was part of a three-person panel organized by Melanie Ramdarshan Bold, Ph.D., Centre for Publishing, University College London. The panel also included a paper by Alexis Weedon, head of Journalism and Communications and UNESCO Chair holder a...

At the Kent State University Board of Trustees meeting held today (Dec. 7, 2016), the Board voted to establish the Brain Health Research Institute, further supporting significant existing research and providing additional support for researchers to collaborate across multiple departments, colleges and campuses. With more than 50 faculty members involved in brain health research, brain health is one of Kent State’s largest areas of research strength and opportunity.  Notable recent grants include a $3.5 million award to study mindfulness-based stress reduction for high blood pressure...

In collaboration with the Division of Information Services, the Human Resources Compensation team has completed a project to update the university’s job description website. The Human Resources and Information Services project team completed development on this project in less than two months using the Agile project methodology, in which roles and responsibilities are shared among the project team. The Division of Human Resources expects the new site to go live in January.  The new website application incorporates several new features for departments, individual employees and other cas...

If you are searching for information on how to better manage your money, make wise investments or plan for your retirement, consider attending one or more of a series of financial wellness seminars offered by Kent State University. Our financial wellness team can help you reach your financial well-being goals. This series of workshops is centered on various aspects of financial well-being. We encourage you to take advantage of these complimentary workshops for Kent State employees, and, beginning in January, your attendance will earn you 10 points toward your Tier 2 wellness reward. ...

Familiar Face MARK E. LEWIS General Manager University Dining Services Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Day-to-day operations of Dining Services’ units WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 1989 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Club Corporation of America LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Interacting with the students ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Great benefits RESIDES IN: Kent, Ohio HOMETOWN: Kent, Ohio EDUCATION: B.S. Physical Education, Kent State University, 1983 HOBBIES: Traveling and golf ...

New FACE Tiffany Kirkbride Educational Technology Designer Office of Continuing and Distance Education​ Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I work with faculty to develop online courses. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: June 2016 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Summit Academy LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The people. Everyone is so friendly and helpful. I can tell that they all love it here. ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: I have always loved the Kent community. Everyone I’ve ever talked to from the university (staff or alumni)...

The Fashion School at Kent State University is the recipient of the 2016 Impact Award for Excellence in Education, presented by the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation. The Morgan Foundation — an organization dedicated to mental wellness, the arts and education in Northeast Ohio and a longtime partner of the Fashion School — honored the school at a gala on Nov. 10. The event included the debut of a new video, created by the foundation, highlighting the school’s impact on students, the community and the fashion industry. Each year, the Morgan Foundation Impact Awards recognize institutions and i...

Kent State University students in the College of Arts and Sciences will get the opportunity to travel to Japan to do collaborative research in a world-class institute, specializing in primate biology, thanks to a recently signed memorandum of understanding with the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University. By studying primates as a model for humans, the researchers hope to address a variety of topics, including evolutionary genetic analysis, Alzheimer’s disease and aggressive behavior.       The memorandum, signed by Kent State’s Todd Diacon, Ph.D., senior ...