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
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Grab your camera. It’s summer vacation season again, and e-Inside wants to feature some of your best vacation or staycation photos, including selfies.
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To a panel of seven executives circled like sharks, seven student-run businesses pitched their ideas for a chance to win $30,000 in cash prizes at the CEBIpitch Competition held at 91ֿ.
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Neither Hurricane Irma nor Hurricane Maria could stop a 91ֿ nursing student from graduating, even though the Category 5 storms that hit the U.S. Virgin Islands last September forced Debra Thomas to make a difficult decision.
Lae'l Hughes-Watkins, University Libraries, was named as one of the 25 Fellows for the Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) Leadership & Career Development Program's 2018-19 cohort on May 4, 2018. The yearlong program prepares librarians from underrepresented groups to take on leadership roles in their careers and professions.
Peter C. Kratcoski, Professor Emeritus, authored “The Victim-Offender Relationship in the Criminal Victimization of the Elderly” in Perspectives on Elderly Crime and Victimization, Edition 1st, (Cham, Switzerland: Springer) Peter C. Kratcoski & Maximilian Edelbacher (Eds.), (2018), 101-124.
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Residence Hall Director, Olson and Lake Halls
Department of Residence Services
Kent Campus
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Nine public colleges and universities in Northeast Ohio have teamed up to create a consortium agreement to improve efficiency and effectiveness, strengthen educational offerings, provide collaborative pathways to degrees and support the region’s workforce.
As he walked off the plane from an out-of-state conference, David Fresco, Ph.D., professor in 91ֿ’s Department of Psychological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, got an unexpected call.
“It was so out of the blue,” Dr. Fresco says. “I was humbled.”
With the spring semester in the books, 91ֿ has proven its commitment to academic excellence with student-athletes recording a spring term grade point average (GPA) of 3.106.
Thanks in part to the 43 student-athletes with a perfect 4.0 GPA, the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics recorded its 11th-consecutive term of 3.0+ cumulative department GPA (3.160) and it 13th-consecutive 3.0+ spring-term GPA (3.106).
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.
