Omer Farooq, M.L.I.S. ’12, doctoral student in the College of Communication and Information, and Associate Professor Miriam Matteson, Ph.D., published an article titled “Opportunities and Challenges for Students in an Online Seminar-Style Course in LIS Education: A Qualitative Case Study” in the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS), Vol. 57, No. 4 (October 2016).
Omer Farooq, College of Communication and Information, and Miriam Matteson, School of Library and Information Science
![Josiah J. Murphy, secretary in 鶹Ƶȫ's Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies, submitted this photo last year of her road tripping on Route 80. Josiah J. Murphy, secretary in 鶹Ƶȫ's Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies, submitted this photo last year of her road tripping on Route 80.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/MAIN%20PHOTO-Road%20tripping%20on%20Route%2080_0.jpg?VersionId=z7xtIfArnfLYTNVYxi0mUQ2np_ASeEZ4&h=e6f36a9c&itok=6wnSHwnD)
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To a panel of seven executives circled like sharks, seven student-run businesses pitched their ideas for a chance to win $30,000 in cash prizes at the CEBIpitch Competition held at 鶹Ƶȫ University.
![Debra Thomas, pictured with her son, overcame devastation from two hurricanes, and with financial support from 鶹Ƶȫ, graduated this past spring with her nursing degree. Debra Thomas, pictured with her son, overcame devastation from two hurricanes, and with financial support from 鶹Ƶȫ, graduated this past spring with her nursing degree.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Video_6.jpg?VersionId=BRijPlejb.F8VYOnwCLL.XE85nWnOLNn&h=e6f36a9c&itok=zoLCcS6J)
Neither Hurricane Irma nor Hurricane Maria could stop a 鶹Ƶȫ University nursing student from graduating, even though the Category 5 storms that hit the U.S. Virgin Islands last September forced Debra Thomas to make a difficult decision.
Lae'l Hughes-Watkins, University Libraries, was named as one of the 25 Fellows for the Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) Leadership & Career Development Program's 2018-19 cohort on May 4, 2018. The yearlong program prepares librarians from underrepresented groups to take on leadership roles in their careers and professions.
Peter C. Kratcoski, Professor Emeritus, authored “The Victim-Offender Relationship in the Criminal Victimization of the Elderly” in Perspectives on Elderly Crime and Victimization, Edition 1st, (Cham, Switzerland: Springer) Peter C. Kratcoski & Maximilian Edelbacher (Eds.), (2018), 101-124.
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Nine public colleges and universities in Northeast Ohio have teamed up to create a consortium agreement to improve efficiency and effectiveness, strengthen educational offerings, provide collaborative pathways to degrees and support the region’s workforce.
As he walked off the plane from an out-of-state conference, David Fresco, Ph.D., professor in 鶹Ƶȫ University’s Department of Psychological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, got an unexpected call.
“It was so out of the blue,” Dr. Fresco says. “I was humbled.”
With the spring semester in the books, 鶹Ƶȫ University has proven its commitment to academic excellence with student-athletes recording a spring term grade point average (GPA) of 3.106.
Thanks in part to the 43 student-athletes with a perfect 4.0 GPA, the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics recorded its 11th-consecutive term of 3.0+ cumulative department GPA (3.160) and it 13th-consecutive 3.0+ spring-term GPA (3.106).
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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