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
Finding time to concentrate and dedicate to dissertation writing can be difficult, so 鶹Ƶȫ University's Division of Graduate Studies is offering its first Dissertation Boot Camp on March 10-12. The boot camp will provide dedicated space and time to allow participants to focus only on writing their dissertations.
Dissertation Boot Camp will give doctoral students:
Important Information Regarding Spring 2017 Midterm Grading for Lower-Division Undergraduate Courses
Online midterm grading for all spring 2017 lower-division undergraduate courses (levels 00000, 10000, 20000) meeting in the full term (Jan. 17 through May 7) began Feb. 6 via FlashFAST. Please remember that midterm grading applies ONLY to courses that meet for the full semester.
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Some professors excel by giving students the most up-to-date information. Some excel by genuinely caring about students’ success.
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Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of America’s top 100 graduate programs in the visual arts, 鶹Ƶȫ University's School of Art provides endless opportunities for undergraduates delving into studio art, art history and art education.
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鶹Ƶȫ University at Ashtabula and Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus (A-Tech) have solidified their relationship with bilateral articulation agreements.
![鶹Ƶȫ Assistant Professor Suzy D’Enbeau (right) receives the Diversity Trailblazer Award from Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alfreda Brown. 鶹Ƶȫ Assistant Professor Suzy D’Enbeau (right) receives the Diversity Trailblazer Award from Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alfreda Brown.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/file/SPECIAL%20FEATURE-DIVERSITY%20AWARDS-MAIN.jpg?VersionId=D9uJmv4SCPXzPn0G.rCsnrsR2DR47PMI&h=e6f36a9c&itok=gl6MSqWK)
鶹Ƶȫ University presented awards for outstanding contributions toward diversity at the 15th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.
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Center for Student Involvement
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![Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., a chemical physics professor and Ohio Research Scholar in 鶹Ƶȫ University’s Liquid Crystal Institute®, recently was named a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, one of the top publishing societies in chemistry worldwide. Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., a chemical physics professor and Ohio Research Scholar in 鶹Ƶȫ University’s Liquid Crystal Institute®, recently was named a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, one of the top publishing societies in chemistry worldwide.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/PROFILES-Chemical%20Physics%20Prof%20Royal%20Society-Torsten%20MAIN.jpg?VersionId=TMg5WD4H6WAUTUnoQpR_FzH9PHrI_sXj&h=e6f36a9c&itok=nu93szkc)
Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., receives a prestigious honor from one of the top publishing societies in chemistry worldwide.
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A partnership of the TechStyleLAB and LaunchNET at 鶹Ƶȫ University, the Fashion/Tech Hackathon gathers students from many majors and curricula from across the nation and brings them together with mentors and sponsor companies over a 36-hour period.
Haithem Zourrig, assistant professor in the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at 鶹Ƶȫ Stark, and his co-author Mengxia Zhang, professor of marketing at University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China, have received a Best Paper Award in Cross-cultural and Global Marketing Track, at the Society for Marketing Advances (SMA) conference Nov. 2-5, 2016.
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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