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
The 91ֿ Climate Survey will launch tomorrow, March 8, to assess the university’s climate. This is your opportunity to share your experience living, learning and working at 91ֿ. Watch out for an email tomorrow from President Beverly Warren.
The Fashion School at 91ֿ is pleased to announce that designer and business leader Josie Natori will be inducted into the Fashion School Hall of Fame on April 30. The ceremony will take place as part of the 91ֿ Fashion School’s Annual Fashion Show, presented the same evening.
As part of the Summit Street: Building a Better Way Improvement Project, the westbound lane on Summit Street, from Fraternity Circle to Whitehall Boulevard, will be closed to traffic beginning today, March 7, through November. One-way, one-lane eastbound traffic will be maintained, as well as access to adjacent buildings and intersecting roadways.
91ֿ professors Brian James Baer, Ph.D., and Theresa Minick, both from the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, have been awarded two federal government STARTALK grants, totaling $225,000, to support the Regents Foreign Language Academy, a summer language-immersion program for Ohio high school students.
Online final grading for spring 2016 First 7 Weeks (W1) courses meeting from Jan. 19 through March 6 began Thursday, March 4, via FlashFAST.
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In 2009, Shanice Cheatham, a graduate student at 91ֿ, was told that her father had a 10-percent chance of living after being infected with MRSA, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus.
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The 91ֿ Climate Survey will launch March 8 to assess the university’s climate. All 91ֿ faculty, staff and students universitywide have the opportunity to share their experience living, learning and working at 91ֿ. Add your voice! Visit www.kent.edu/voices.
Online final grading for spring 2016 First Half of the Semester (H1) courses meeting from Jan. 19 through March 9 begins Wednesday, March 9, via FlashFAST. Grading also is now available for any spring 2016 course section that was flexibly scheduled and has an end date no later than March 9. The deadline for grading submission is midnight on Tuesday, March 15.
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Samantha Glass, sophomore computer science major, became 91ֿ at Stark’s first University Innovation Fellow, which makes her part of a national program designed to train student leaders to create entrepreneurial opportunities at their schools.
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The Executive MBA program at 91ֿ’s College of Business Administration has once again been ranked in the top tier of CEO Magazine’s Global Ranking.
POSTED: Friday, October 28, 2016 10:46 AM
The 91ֿ 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 91ֿ 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, 91ֿ 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.
