A peer-reviewed article by Meghan Harper, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, titled “Using Literature to Help Students Who Hurt,” has been published in Ohio Media Spectrum – Journal of the Ohio Educational Library Media Association (OELMA), 68(1), 45-57.
Meghan Harper, School of Library and Information Science
![Ted R. McKown, II Ted R. McKown, II](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/FAMILIAR%20FACE%20-%20McKown%20Ted.jpg?VersionId=hIr1U9Q7TyMJssmt_2htmalTozS1qss8&h=8a019425&itok=cXG2fGA1)
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Doug PEarson
Associate Vice President for Facilities Planning and Operations
Facilities Planning and Operations
Kent Campus
鶹Ƶȫ University’s Center for Sexual and Relationship Violence and Support Services (SRVSS) is joining the national Take Back the Night event. Take Back the Night, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. in front of the MAC Center, will focus on allowing victims and survivors to come together for one night to feel empowered in a comfortable atmosphere.
SRVSS is hosting the event for victims and survivors of sexual or relationship violence and encouraging them take a stance.
鶹Ƶȫ Police Services will host its fourth Coffee with a Cop event on Wed., Oct. 3, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., at the Starbucks located in the Business Administration Building. This year, the event is paired with National Coffee with a Cop Day.
![Professor and Dean of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) Mark Mistur was listed as one of the Top 25 Most Admired Educators in Architecture, Interiors, and Landscape Architecture from DesignIntelligence. Professor and Dean of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) Mark Mistur was listed as one of the Top 25 Most Admired Educators in Architecture, Interiors, and Landscape Architecture from DesignIntelligence.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PROFILE%20-%20MAIN%201.jpg?VersionId=db1CeBKT5OP_CYH1cgAsCjpnDbVFJX.9&h=e6f36a9c&itok=WX_pCryx)
Professor and Dean of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) Mark Mistur was listed as one of the Top 25 Most Admired Educators in Architecture, Interiors, and Landscape Architecture from DesignIntelligence.
![鶹Ƶȫ University School of Theatre and Dance and Porthouse Theatre alumna – the Tony Award-winning Broadway performer Alice Ripley – performs songs from The Who's "Tommy" with senior musical theatre students at the 50th Anniversary Blossoming Gala. 鶹Ƶȫ University School of Theatre and Dance and Porthouse Theatre alumna – the Tony Award-winning Broadway performer Alice Ripley – performs songs from The Who's "Tommy" with senior musical theatre students at the 50th Anniversary Blossoming Gala.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/VIDEO%20PHOTO.jpg?VersionId=wubqKNbZZf7X7MxRqXhzWbfgnvzcbN5w&h=e6f36a9c&itok=lAA0Q5K8)
The Kent Blossom programs, which include Kent Blossom Music Festival, Kent Blossom Art Intensives and Porthouse Theatre, have touched more than 100,000 students and audience members' lives over the course of five decades.
![鶹Ƶȫ Trumbull nursing students collected toys and books for children at the Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley. Pictured left to right are students Valerie Salyers, Taylor Stull, Megan Woolfrom and Kayelan Nyako. 鶹Ƶȫ Trumbull nursing students collected toys and books for children at the Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley. Pictured left to right are students Valerie Salyers, Taylor Stull, Megan Woolfrom and Kayelan Nyako.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/REGIONAL%20Main%20sized.jpg?VersionId=btXM6ckcMjkD4cIBsQoay3ppNLy7F_92&h=e6f36a9c&itok=6HkH3IgD)
After hearing about a recent outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease at the Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley, 鶹Ƶȫ University at Trumbull nursing students sprang into action to help replace children’s books and toys that were lost when the building was sanitized.
![The Williamson House is the home of the SRVSS and the Women's Center.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/SPEC%20FEAT%20-%20main%20Williamson%20HouseAlumni.jpg?VersionId=Q.rOFyrKL4C9GWsFxGYHHyuspePC9S0y&h=e6f36a9c&itok=Vmde_Fh0)
The Women's Center wants to celebrate not just the women who come into the center, but decades of women who have left a legacy at 鶹Ƶȫ.
![鶹Ƶȫ University students attempt to get the attention of cheerleaders who were throwing T-shirts into the crowd during the Homecoming football game. 鶹Ƶȫ University students attempt to get the attention of cheerleaders who were throwing T-shirts into the crowd during the Homecoming football game.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PHOTO%20FEATURE%20-%20Main.jpg?VersionId=UsAFwldxN3iBm2E2aD1Y02p4xIvyrr8e&h=e6f36a9c&itok=0oNMT5qS)
鶹Ƶȫ alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff and the community are invited to take part in one of the university’s long-standing traditions. Student events will occur the week leading up to Homecoming on all eight 鶹Ƶȫ campuses throughout Northeast Ohio.
Peter C. Kratcoski, Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, and co-presenters Gilbert Norden and Maximilian Edelbacher presented “Pre-Service Experiential Education/Training for Criminal Justice” at the International Police Executive Symposium/United Nations Symposium on Drugs and Crime in Vienna, Austria, on Aug. 21, 2018.
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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