eInside - Week of Aug. 22, 2016
![Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University employees smile for the camera during the annual Employee Appreciation Day event. Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University employees smile for the camera during the annual Employee Appreciation Day event.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PHOTOLEADAppreciation1.jpg?VersionId=rh0LmevkK1L4ofeQnZDuGtqkKd67mxbF&h=ec98a0f6&itok=wW0Dvgtg)
Take a group picture with colleagues in the photo booth. Strut your stuff in the lip sync contest. Feel like dancing? Bust a move during Zumba demos or relax with a soothing chair massage courtesy of the Student Recreation and Wellness Center.
News Briefs
![Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Professor Richard Ferdig speaks at an event honoring recipients of the 2016 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PROFILESFerdig1.jpg?VersionId=ETwwzmLSKgvN8x7jR7D8LemHz4L3iQPz&h=ec98a0f6&itok=2pZq3nVq)
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University’s Richard Ferdig has spent a lot of his time at the university using technology to improve teaching and learning environments.
![A Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ student shares his experience participating in the university's cultural orientation program.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Video_1.jpg?VersionId=ckQ7xxesv4duazCuUP0xZFNYCNZavWmY&h=ec98a0f6&itok=cpDrkCid)
Kupita/Transiciónes (K/T) is a free, four-day cultural orientation program for newly admitted students from various ethnic, racial and cultural backgrounds.
![Three community members have been named to the Tuscarawas County University Branch District Board of Trustees and the Tuscarawas County University Foundation at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University at Tuscarawas.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/REGIONALTuscarawas.jpg?VersionId=zwgaMVd29cUvXdf_J54nLp6rPB9D3b1y&h=ec98a0f6&itok=ZLoflTiD)
Three community members have been named to the Tuscarawas County University Branch District Board of Trustees and the Tuscarawas County University Foundation at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University at Tuscarawas.
![Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University's Ratchneewan Ross will be inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/SPECIALFEATURERoss.jpg?VersionId=G4_pI_O3UuDS5MipTXOCT3tZneZlg_ct&h=ec98a0f6&itok=phZWNBBz)
Ratchneewan Ross, associate dean of the Ph.D. program and director of international initiatives at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University’s College of Nursing, will be inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in October.
New Face
april woodward, esq.
Compliance Investigator and Deputy Title IX Coordinator
Office of Compliance, Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
Kent Campus
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