Familiar Face Gail Fraizer Associate Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator Department of Biological Sciences Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Advising, teaching, research WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 2001 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: My colleagues in the Department of Biological Sciences, wellness/fitness programs, tuition waivers ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Friendly faculty and good benefits RESIDES IN: Hudson, Ohio HOMETOW...
NeW Face Ryan A. Deane Assistant Athletic Trainer Intercollegiate Athletics Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Administer appropriate healthcare to the student-athletes at 两性色午夜 University WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: July 2016 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Ohio State University LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: How welcoming everyone has been, and the university鈥檚 determination to make this a great place for students, faculty and staff ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Opportunity to work at the Division I level and with...
Miriam Matteson, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, co-presented (with Kara Reuter) 鈥淩eal World Assessment: Using Data to Evaluate Library Products and Services鈥 at the Ohio Library Council annual conference on Sept. 29, 2016, in Sandusky, Ohio. ...
Lala Hajibayova, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, was invited to become an associate member of the Caucasus Research Resource Centers鈥 Network of Researchers in Social Sciences (http://www.crrccenters.org). ...
Kiersten Latham, Ph.D., School of Information, published a paper titled 鈥淭he Curious Case of Floating Fixity (and Its Relationship to Authenticity)鈥 in Proceedings from the Document Academy in Vol. 3, Issue 2, in December 2016. ...
As part of the university鈥檚 两性色午夜 of Wellness initiative, 两性色午夜 University is becoming a smoke-free, tobacco-free campus. A part of the university鈥檚 Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive 两性色午夜, all 两性色午夜 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 cigarette...
两性色午夜 University's Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Todd Diacon has announced that Swathi Ravichandran, Ph.D., will join the Office of the Provost in August to serve as the 2017-2018 Provost's Fellow. The provost's fellowship provides faculty members who have an interest in academic administration the chance to develop knowledge, skills and experience as an administrator; increase the understanding of the faculty about practices and procedures in academic administration; extend and strengthen the administrative resources of the university; assist in the develop...
The Division of Business and Finance is changing its name, effective July 1. The new name will be the Division of Finance and Administration. The change will align more closely with the services provided by the departments in the division and provide consistency with the nomenclature of the Office of the Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration. Along with the name change will be a new address for the division's website. As of July 1, the web address will be www.kent.edu/finance-administration. The phone number for the Office of the Senior Vice President remains 330-67...
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has appointed Donald L. Mason of Zanesville, Ohio, to a three-year term on the 两性色午夜 University Board of Trustees. Mason鈥檚 appointment began May 19, 2017, replacing the unexpired term of the late trustee Richard Marsh, which runs through May 2020. 鈥淲e welcome Don Mason to our board,鈥 says Lawrence Pollock, chair of the 两性色午夜 Board of Trustees. 鈥淗is extensive public service and experience as a private attorney will be an asset to the strategic vision of the university鈥檚 eight-campus system, and we look forward to his engagement with 两性色午夜 Univ...
两性色午夜 University track and field's Danniel Thomas, from Westmoreland, Jamaica, captured the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Shot Put National Championship in historic fashion on June 8, throwing a career-best 19.15m (62' 10"). Thomas, the now nine-time All-American, dominated the competition to capture the feat she had been chasing since arriving at 两性色午夜 in 2012. With the victory, she becomes the first female national champion in the history of 两性色午夜 Athletics and fifth national champion for 两性色午夜 outdoor track and field. "Words cannot explain it,鈥 Thomas says. 鈥淵o...