Mamoun Alzoubi, Department of English, presented a paper, “Richard Wright and Transnationalism: A Reading of Pagan Spain,” at the American Literature Association Annual Conference, May 26-29, 2016, in San Francisco, California.
Mamoun Alzoubi, Department of English
Congratulations to Daisy Arokiasamy, Tracy Wallach and Siu Lam Leung for achieving the highest-ever student passing rate of 93 percent in the ALEKS classes they taught in fall 2015. ALEKS started in 2011 at Kent State.
Meghan Harper, School of Library and Information Science, and Liz Deskins authored "Using Action Research to Assess and Advocate for Innovative School Library Design" in Knowledge Quest: Journal of the American Association of School Librarians, November/December Issue, (2015).
Peter C. Kratcoski, Sr., Department of Sociology, authored "Police, Academic, Professional, Community Collaboration: Past, Present, and Future" in Collaborative Policing: Police, Academics, Professionals, and Communities Working Together for Education, Training, and Program Implementation, Edition 1, (Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group) Peter C. Kratcoski and Maximilian Edelbacher, Eds. (2016), 293-305.
The FlashFit Winter MOVChallenge is open to all full- and part-time faculty and staff, and it is designed as our 29-day (Leap Year) Challenge, beginning Feb. 1.
Our goals for this challenge are to simply keep moving and have fun! We will have plenty of opportunities to win prizes as we "move" along. This challenge is broken down into four achievable goals for our challengers:
Effective Jan. 1, 2016, has improved its vision benefit coverage. Employees can now receive exams, eyeglasses or contact lenses on a calendar year basis (Jan. 1-Dec. 31).
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On Dec. 29, the Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced an award of more than $1.2 million in grants to support and assist those impacted by sexual violence on college campuses in Ohio. ’s Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services received more than $90,000 to employ a university advocate to assist people impacted by sexual violence.
’s Office of Student Success Programs would like to welcome you back to campus. Now that the Spring 2016 Semester is underway, we wanted to share information on how we can work together to help support your students' success. The Early Alert system is now up and running for the semester.
The Alumni Association had many accomplishments in 2015. These achievements were made possible, in part, by the support of our members. Take a look back at the 2015 Year in Review video to see some of the highlights for the past year.
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The events of May 4, 1970, placed 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, Kent State 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.
