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
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The 鶹Ƶȫ University football team is in its 95th season of football. This new hype video debuted at the home opener at Dix Stadium on Sept. 9 when the Golden Flashes took on Howard University.
Congratulations to the following tenured faculty members who are receiving promotion.
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Familiar Face
Deb Mcguinness
Associate Director, Advancement Communications
Division of Institutional Advancement
Kent Campus
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鶹Ƶȫ University is pleased to announce the appointment of Susan Wadsworth-Booth as the director of the 鶹Ƶȫ University Press.
Wadsworth-Booth, formerly the director of the Duquesne University Press in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, begins her duties on Sept. 11.
It is time for the 2017 Homecoming Decorating Contest! 鶹Ƶȫ University’s Alumni Association would like to invite you and your office to show off your 鶹Ƶȫ spirit and pride by decorating your office to this year’s decorating theme of “Fall for Kent.” To register your office, visit by Friday, Sept.
鶹Ƶȫ University’s College of Communication and Information Global Initiatives Office is launching World Class, a new podcast focused on fostering interesting global conversations within the College of Communication and Information and across the 鶹Ƶȫ community.
School administrators from Shaker Heights, Painesville, Akron’s Firestone cluster and Westlake delved into understanding leadership through a contextual and cultural lens in a recent four-day Creating Global Mindedness Leadership Institute sponsored by 鶹Ƶȫ University’s College of Education, Health and Human Services.
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The 鶹Ƶȫ Faculty/Staff Bowling League is now accepting new teams, members and substitute bowlers. Bowlers compete weekly on Monday evenings at 6:20 p.m. at Spins Bowl Kent (formerly Bill White’s Twinstar Lanes) on state Rt. 59 in Kent.
The Faculty/Staff Bowling League is open to all full-time, part-time and retired employees, as well as their families and friends.
The 2017-2018 鶹Ƶȫ bowling season begins Sept. 18 and continues through April 9, 2018. The cost is $14 a week.
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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