Last fall, the annual 蹤獲扦 Columbiana County Volleyball Classic was held between the East Liverpool and Salem high school teams. As part of this event, the local 蹤獲扦 campuses award $500 scholarships to two students from each of the high schools. Receiving the scholarships from East Liverpool High School were (from left) Kaylee Nelson and Jasmine Rhodes. Nelson intends to study nursing on the East Liverpool Campus and Rhodes will attend the 蹤獲扦 Salem Campus while determining her major. Two recipients from Salem High School will be recognized at their senior awards cerem...
KENT, Ohio The Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship will host the 46th Annual Meonske Professional Development Conference May 19-20 at 蹤獲扦. The annual conference provides attendees with an opportunity to learn and network with other accounting and finance professionals. The conference is named for Norman Meonske, the conference founder and a former 蹤獲扦 accounting professor. This years event will feature engaging sessions on a variety of timely topics relevant to accounting and finance professionals. It provides 16 ...
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation grant will expand program targeting preterm births and infant mortality among Black mothers in Northeast Ohio April is National Minority Health Month, and a 蹤獲扦 program and recent partnership are shining light on an important minority health issue. Infant mortality rates in Northeast Ohio are three to five times higher for Black babies than white babies, an alarming statistic that is an issue across the country but particularly prevalent in this part of the state. A new $100,000 grant from the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield F...
Tammy Clewell, Ph.D., professor in 蹤獲扦s Department of English, will give the inaugural lecture of the Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series with her presentation Remembering the Contested May 4 Memorializing Process. The lecture and luncheon will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, May 2, in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. Clewells lecture will explore how remembering the contentious process of memorializing May 4, 1970, may help us put into practice the principles of plurality as we pursue a more equitable future. Clewell also curated an exhibit of the same name for the M...
Six community members have been named to the Tuscarawas County University Foundation at 蹤獲扦 at Tuscarawas. Jim Contini, Jim Demuth, Michael Ernest, Megan Floor, Elizabeth Stephenson and Stephenie Wilson were selected to fill positions on the Tuscarawas County University Foundation, which provides scholarships and supports academic programs and campus projects. We are truly honored to have these individuals join this vital board, said Dr. Bradley A. Bielski, dean and chief administrative officer of 蹤獲扦 Tuscarawas. They each have had successful caree...
蹤獲扦s long and extensive history has been continuously documented and studied. Those looking for the highlights of the universitys past can find it all in one place: the University Libraries Special Collections and Archives: Digital Collections on the kent.edu website. This next installment of "Where on the Web?" highlights pages across the 蹤獲扦 website of special interest and use to the 蹤獲扦 community. The Digital Collections web page provides access to Special Collections and Archives digitized materials, ranging from general 蹤獲扦 histo...
The 蹤獲扦 at Ashtabula Library is one of three libraries in the 蹤獲扦 system to receive a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant from the State Library of Ohio and the Institute of Museum and Library Services to fund Celebrating Ohio Book Awards and Authors on each campus. The grant totaled over $1,200 with no match required. In addition to Ashtabula, the Kent and Trumbull campus libraries were also awarded grants. Celebrating Ohio Book Awards and Authors is a collection of over 1,800 works from fiction, nonfiction and poetry. The Ashtabula project also c...