Marianne Martens, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, is author of an invited chapter titled “Reading the Readers: Tracking Visible Online Reading Audiences” in P. M. Rothbauer, K.I. Skjerdingstad, L.E.F. McKechnie, and K. Oterholm (Eds.), Plotting the Reading Experience: Theory/Practice/Politics. (2016). Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Wilfred Laurier University Press.
Marianne Martens, School of Library and Information Science
![Pictured are 鶹Ƶȫ students Patrick Shade, Cameron Gorman, Matt Poe, Taylor Kerns and Anna Huntsman with John Butte, coordinator of career services for the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PROFILES-Conventions.jpg?VersionId=kGqIkNdOnbcIyOBm2zhY0r5NfFLk0QTr&h=ec98a0f6&itok=hcdGoME2)
Five 鶹Ƶȫ University students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication will contribute to news coverage for TEGNA, Inc. stations across the country, as Republicans and Democrats converge upon Cleveland and Philadelphia for conventions this month.
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鶹Ƶȫ University's Power Plant supplies steam, electricity and air conditioning to the Kent Campus. Since the university’s early years, centralized steam production has been used to provide heat and cooling to the campus community.
Roman S. Panchyshyn, catalog librarian and associate professor, 鶹Ƶȫ University Libraries, delivered the presentation "Implementing a Genre/Form Index at 鶹Ƶȫ University: The KSU Experience" at the American Library Association Annual Conference’s meeting of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services in Orlando, Florida, on June 25, 2016.
Dianne Kerr, Ph.D., associate professor of health education and promotion in the College of Education, Health and Human Services and Provost’s Faculty Associate for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, is the recipient of the Society for Public Health Education’s Dorothy B. Nyswander Open Society Award.
![鶹Ƶȫ University golf participants pose with 鶹Ƶȫ mascot Flash during the second annual Northeast Ohio Presidents’ Cup. Photo credit: Tyler Evan Shaw.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/REGIONAL-Cup1.jpg?VersionId=2UD3sn.mSma5Fm40_gtGbrBTJVCBSSvV&h=ec98a0f6&itok=s_lVnpXN)
The second annual Northeast Ohio Presidents’ Cup promoted collaborative spirit among 鶹Ƶȫ University, Youngstown State University and the University of Akron, while serving as a scholarship fundraiser for all three institutions.
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鶹Ƶȫ Geauga/Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg
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The National Down Syndrome Society has announced that Erin Hawley of Medina, Ohio, is one of 18 outstanding students who have Down syndrome to be awarded a scholarship to help cover the cost of postsecondary or enrichment courses through the society’s O’Neill Tabani Enrichment Fund.
Gov. John Kasich has appointed Carly Evans to a two-year term as an undergraduate student trustee of the 鶹Ƶȫ University Board of Trustees. Evans’ term concludes on May 16, 2018.
鶹Ƶȫ University recently announced the upcoming addition of women’s lacrosse as a varsity sport with the first competitive season taking place in the 2018-19 academic year. The announcement was a part of the athletic department’s strategic vision, The Game Plan, a comprehensive plan that maps out a strategic course for the department over the next five years.
The 鶹Ƶȫ University Board of Trustees today established a comprehensive, national search to recruit and select the university’s 13th president.
The events of May 4, 1970, placed 鶹Ƶȫ University in an international spotlight after a student protest against the Vietnam War and the presence of the Ohio National Guard ended in tragedy with four students losing their lives and nine others being wounded. From a perspective of nearly 50 years, 鶹Ƶȫ remembers the tragedy and leads a contemporary discussion and understanding of how the community, nation and world can benefit from understanding the profound impact of the event.
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