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
![鶹Ƶȫ University President presented Rebecca Cash, an academic advisor in the Department of Sociology, with the President's Excellence Award for ensuring a Students First focus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PhotoLead1%20-%20Main.jpg?VersionId=3SnFVoVyNXnmIZOp2BuW3ZfH4LshI3y_&h=ec98a0f6&itok=VhvX661X)
鶹Ƶȫ University President Beverly Warren recently presented eight 鶹Ƶȫ employees with the President’s Excellence Award. Warren made surprise visits to each recipient’s office with a hearty congratulations and a check for $1,000.
![鶹Ƶȫ University women's basketball coach Danielle O'Banion cheers her team on from the bench during a game.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Profiles_Obanion_1.jpg?VersionId=jwETXKJC9iQmiB8uP3OEtkKavyUNtc0O&h=ec98a0f6&itok=cjA6XqFY)
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has announced the selection of 鶹Ƶȫ University coach and cancer survivor Danielle O'Banion as the winner of the Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award for women's basketball.
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Nikki, the Top Hawk Cessna aircraft, was recently revealed at the 鶹Ƶȫ University Airport. The aircraft is named in celebration of the life of Nicole “Nikki” Kukwa, a 鶹Ƶȫ aeronautics student who died after receiving a leukemia diagnosis during her junior year.
I have a HealthRider Softstrider treadmill that I am not using enough. It works fine. The treadmill was passed on to me so I am interested in passing it on to someone who will use it, for free. Please email aschmidt@kent.edu. I moved it in the back of my Jeep, folded up. You will need to transport it.
Denice Sheehan, Ph.D., RN, and Pamela Stephenson, Ph.D., RN, AOCNS, PMHCNS-BS, from the College of Nursing, participated in the 2016 Massachusetts General Hospital Workshop on Research Methods in Supportive Oncology in Boston, Massachusetts.
David H. Kaplan, Department of Geography, and Melanie Knowles, Office of Sustainability, authored “Developing a Next-Generation Campus Bike-Share Program” in Planning for Higher Education/Society for College and University Planning, 44(1), 1-13, Claire Turcotte (Ed.). (2015).
Athena Salaba, School of Library and Information Science, has co-authored and updated the 4th edition of Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction, which was previously authored by Lois Mai Chan.
As part of the RecycleMania competition, 鶹Ƶȫ University’s Division of Human Resources will partner with the Office of Sustainability to host Shred-Mania on Wednesday, March 30, from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the 鶹Ƶȫ Ice Arena parking lot.
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Familiar Face
jayita Datta
Psychologist (International Student Focus)
University Health Services
Kent Campus
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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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