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EHHS Doctoral Alumna Receives AERA Award

Congratulations to Joanna Dickert, Ph. D., the 2022 recipient of American Educational Research Association's Advanced Studies of National Databases Special Interest Group Dissertation award.

Applications Open for New Emerging Media and Technology Graduate Program at �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ

To meet technology needs of the world, �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ is now accepting applications for its new graduate program in Emerging Media and Technology (EMAT), launching Fall 2022.

Director's Note | June 2022

I’m writing this column from the lobby of a terminally hip hotel at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, eagerly awaiting the return of 14 CCI students who cheerfully embraced an unexpected opportunity to explore Paris on a warm, spring afternoon.

To quote The Princess Bride, “Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.” When offered the opportunity to accompany 14 CCI students en route to their three-week intersession course at �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ’s campus in Florence, Italy, I jumped at it. Alas, like many of the best-laid travel plans, our group’s itinerary didn’t survive first contact with the realities of summer travel in Europe.

Our flight arrived late, we waited in an interminable queue to pass through security for our connecting flight, then waited some more in a hot and stuffy hall for immigration clearance. By the time we’d navigated all these formalities, our plane to Florence was well on its way — without us aboard.

After enduring more lines, tolerating some predictable – yet oddly endearing — French dismissiveness, and wiping the sweat off our brows in a waiting room that reserved all the cool air for those working behind plexiglass windows, we had a new plan in hand: Hotel rooms, meal vouchers and flights to Florence for the next day with the happy consequence of a day to explore in Paris.

�鶹��Ƶ������ȫ Raises $65,000 in Scholarship Support to Celebrate 112th Birthday and First Day of Giving

The first-ever Day of Giving raised needed funds from more than 350 alumni, friends and partners in just 24 hours. The blue and gold community came together in support of a variety of scholarships as part of the university’s Forever Brighter comprehensive campaign.

�鶹��Ƶ������ȫ Is Only University in Ohio to Rank Among Nation’s Top Employers for Diversity

�鶹��Ƶ������ȫ University has the distinction of being the only Ohio public or private college or university that ranks among the top 500 companies nationwide in Forbes’ recently released list of America’s Best Employers for Diversity 2022.

TEXTURES Exhibition Receives Arts Alive Award for Collaborative Project

The �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ University Museum exhibition “TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair” has been awarded the Arts Alive award for Collaborative Project for 2022. The exhibition was co-curated by Dr. Joseph Underwood, associate professor of art history, and Dr. Tameka Ellington, former associate professor of fashion and interim assistant dean for the College of the Arts.

John Paul Morabito Joins Studio Art Faculty

The School of Art is thrilled to announce the appointment of John Paul Morabito as Assistant Professor of Textiles. Morabito, who previously served as a professor of Fiber and Material Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, joins the faculty succeeding the retirement of Janice Lessman-Moss. They will join the �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ faculty in fall 2022.

�鶹��Ƶ������ȫ Board of Trustees Approves Establishing University Operations in Rwanda, Africa

The �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ University Board of Trustees approved the establishment and registration of a Community Benefit Company in Rwanda, Africa, during the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held May 25. �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ has realized an immediate need to establish a private limited company, designated as a not-for-profit Community Benefit Company, that can serve as a strategic starting point for engaging in the African continent’s expanding higher education market.

Porthouse Theatre To Open 2022 Season June 16

Porthouse Theatre, �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ University's summer professional theatre located on the grounds of Blossom Music Center, will open its 2022

�鶹��Ƶ������ȫ’s Dynamic Film Duo

Dana White and Chris Knoblock are �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ’s film dynamic duo.

Jillian Sokso to join �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ as Director of the School of Art

After a national search, the School of Art is thrilled to announce the appointment of Jillian Sokso as its new director. Sokso comes to us from George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon, where she served as the director of the School of Communication and Design and professor of art and design.

Maria Zaldivar

Familiar Face

Maria Zaldivar

Professor
Modern and Classical Language Studies
Kent Campus

WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE:

January 2007