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
![Jungho Kim, 鶹Ƶȫ assistant professor of music and orchestra director, directs the 鶹Ƶȫ University Orchestra during a rehearsal. Jungho Kim, 鶹Ƶȫ assistant professor of music and orchestra director, directs the 鶹Ƶȫ University Orchestra during a rehearsal.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/video-orchestra.jpg?VersionId=PN7sRnJwkaF1C4C1pRoSkKr15mq.NVDb&h=e6f36a9c&itok=MRjyfY8M)
The 鶹Ƶȫ University Orchestra is one of the major performance ensembles in the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music. It is open to all 鶹Ƶȫ students, through audition, regardless of major.
![Ann Abraham, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry at 鶹Ƶȫ University at Ashtabula, earned the Northeastern Ohio Local Section Outreach Volunteer of the Year award by the American Chemistry Society. Ann Abraham, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry at 鶹Ƶȫ University at Ashtabula, earned the Northeastern Ohio Local Section Outreach Volunteer of the Year award by the American Chemistry Society.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/REGIONAL-Abraham.jpg?VersionId=rvG8GDSuFE3UpH2zZShJE823WpLgKt9P&h=e6f36a9c&itok=Cd0IH2Xy)
Candy, rock ’n’ roll and … chemistry? National Chemistry Week is unlike any other science event.
![Women from the 鶹Ƶȫ University community attend the annual Women's Heart Health Luncheon in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. Women from the 鶹Ƶȫ University community attend the annual Women's Heart Health Luncheon in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/SPECIALFEATURE-WomenHeartHealth1.jpg?VersionId=LT8KUSs0n86WRM7SJ_CVJEBPVc_rO3qo&h=e6f36a9c&itok=KSSBzqRb)
A room full of red became silent as two women from the 鶹Ƶȫ University community brought to life their surprising personal medical scares.
![鶹Ƶȫ alumnus Jacob Derwin (third from left) and other cast members of the CBS show “Survivor: Ghost Island” pose for a group photo. (Photo credit: Robert Voets/CBS) 鶹Ƶȫ alumnus Jacob Derwin (third from left) and other cast members of the CBS show “Survivor: Ghost Island” pose for a group photo. (Photo credit: Robert Voets/CBS)](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PROFILES-Survivor1.jpg?VersionId=IPwEY4baNQsoVa73WH0SpV..vO0_ksGu&h=e6f36a9c&itok=GtevBqwB)
From Long Island to 鶹Ƶȫ University and now Ghost Island. That’s the path 鶹Ƶȫ University alumnus Jacob Derwin took to become a cast member on the 36th season of the CBS show Survivor.
![Pictured are representatives from 鶹Ƶȫ University and Akron Public Schools at the event announcing a new academic partnership between both organizations. Pictured are representatives from 鶹Ƶȫ University and Akron Public Schools at the event announcing a new academic partnership between both organizations.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Video_4.jpg?VersionId=NecR4D8NpRABvUGZiRIOHPxpuGiTxtUZ&h=e6f36a9c&itok=jn7-8rZB)
Watch highlights from the event announcing 鶹Ƶȫ and Akron Public Schools' new academic partnership.
Richard (Rick) Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, authored Polynesian Oral Traditions: Indigenous Texts and English Translations from Anuta, Solomon Islands, 1st ed., Kent, Ohio: 鶹Ƶȫ University Press, (2018) 1-294.
Veronica Cook-Euell, supplier diversity manager, is the recipient of the National Association of Educational Procurement, (NAEP) Professional Perspective Award. This award is given to the author(s) who contributed the highest-rated and most well-received article from the past year’s issues of the Educational Procurement Journal. Ms. Cook-Euell’s winning article “10 Steps to Successful Advocacy in Supplier Diversity” was featured in the .
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![Lisa Morde Lisa Morde](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Morde%20Lisa.jpg?VersionId=Rk4iu7.Up.DdtLTpGkEB57ZOcIDIGJ5R&h=8a019425&itok=cbto1xcx)
Along with the exciting games, March Madness is a time for watch parties filled with finger-friendly foods. Typically, this means pizza, wings, chips and a plethora of dips.
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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