Peggy Nzomo, University Libraries, is the 2016 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) International Relations Committee’s “Bogle-Pratt International Library Travel Fund.” She received this award at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress held Aug. 13-19 in Columbus, Ohio. She also was one of 50 librarians who received the 2016 IFLA Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Fellows scholarship.
Peggy Nzomo, University Libraries
Online final grading for summer 1 2017 (S1) began Thursday, July 13, via FlashFAST. Grading also is now available for any summer 2017 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is midnight on Tuesday, July 18. Any final grades for summer 2017 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. These summer 2017 courses will be available in the Workflow on Thursday, July 20.
![鶹Ƶȫ University Police Academy cadets wear socks with their class number stitched in for luck. The group earned a 100 percent on their final physical fitness assessment. 鶹Ƶȫ University Police Academy cadets wear socks with their class number stitched in for luck. The group earned a 100 percent on their final physical fitness assessment.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/REGIONAL-Cadet-MAIN.jpg?VersionId=NB_9cpb8f22aTCfsP9cspkaz8yhnphP9&h=e6f36a9c&itok=oTE0qBAC)
A commitment to excel on the State of Ohio Physical Fitness Assessment yielded a perfect score for 鶹Ƶȫ University’s Police Academy cadets.
![Pictured are Circl App developers (from left to right) Michael Frindt, Ronald Dear and Zachary Eckert. Pictured are Circl App developers (from left to right) Michael Frindt, Ronald Dear and Zachary Eckert.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/SPECIALFEATURE-CirclApp1.jpg?VersionId=nq0nbGEWBqpzFSwsN26aEGAIRct4FngL&h=e6f36a9c&itok=DMoyWCcs)
Three 鶹Ƶȫ University community members have developed a new app called Circl, which reinvents how people socialize and network.
![鶹Ƶȫ University students model original designs created by Fashion School students during the school’s 2017 spring fashion show. 鶹Ƶȫ University students model original designs created by Fashion School students during the school’s 2017 spring fashion show.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PROFILE-Fashion.jpg?VersionId=YkLacznmmDWitXX3k8JpRsKeTPKFw5Td&h=e6f36a9c&itok=beT5loyN)
鶹Ƶȫ University’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising has once again been named among the nation’s elite.
![Pictured are clothing on display as part of the 鶹Ƶȫ University Museum's "Fashions of the Forties" exhibit. Pictured are clothing on display as part of the 鶹Ƶȫ University Museum's "Fashions of the Forties" exhibit.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Video-Fashions%20of%20the%20Forties.jpg?VersionId=ILVJ0arO_HcNqb9M9m6YH78XoDneJ9IL&h=e6f36a9c&itok=cXLPE5yA)
The 鶹Ƶȫ University Museum presents its "Fashions of the Forties” exhibit that features a variety of different looks that typified the 1940s. The exhibit runs through March 2018.
Haithem Zourrig, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at 鶹Ƶȫ University at Stark, received the 2017 McGraw-Hill Education Distinguished Award at the 44th annual meeting of the Federation of Business Disciplines held in Little Rock, Arkansas, from March 8-11, 2017.
Rebecca Meehan, Ph.D., School of Information, presented a poster titled “Continued Access to Hospital Patient Health Record Data in Long-Term Care” at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Feb. 21, 2017.
Pamela Rafferty-Semon, Jeremy Jarzembak and Jennifer Shanholtzer, College of Nursing, co-authored an online journal article titled “Simulating Complex Community Disaster Preparedness: Collaboration for Point of Distribution” in the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (OJIN), Vol. 22, No. 1, in 2017.
![Belinda Boon Belinda Boon](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Boon%20Belinda.jpg?VersionId=AQ9lx3R8kjknrxfZWYcq55tgvfsiznoJ&h=8a019425&itok=ETvbXNzY)
![Rachel Scherer Rachel Scherer](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Scherer%20Rachel.jpg?VersionId=Z5fpgJjDy.qCZr0nTPk5ZRAqT2cQ9Yx.&h=8a019425&itok=YHksCHPy)
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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