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
Kenneth Cushner, Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies, received a Senior Fulbright Specialist Award to the University of Gdansk, Poland, to address multicultural education of incoming refugees.
Marcia Lei Zeng, School of Library and Information Science, presented “If You Build It, Will They Come? A Discussion of Use Cases and Barriers of Using the Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) Available as Linked Open Data (LOD),” at the 78th annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).
Marcia Lei Zeng, School of Library and Information Science, coedited (with Robert B. Allen and Jane Hunter) and published Digital Libraries: Providing Quality Information, 17th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2015, Seoul, Korea, December 9-12, 2015. Proceedings (Springer).
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Beginning April 4, ɫҹ University will participate in the On the Move Challenge, a new 12-week, national corporate competition. This competition is like no other, in that the points you earn as an individual will get your team (ɫҹ) one step closer to a designation as one of the most active employers in the country!
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Bradley A. Bielski, Ph.D., dean and chief administrative officer of ɫҹ University at Tuscarawas, is leading an initiative to dramatically expand the athletic programs offered by the campus, as well as reinstituting choir and band as credit courses.
Mark Mistur, AIA, will become the new dean of ɫҹ University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design, the only architectural program in Northeast Ohio, effective July 15, 2016. Mistur currently serves as associate dean of the School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.
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Applications for the 2016-2017 Faculty Fellows program are now being accepted. Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 8. For information regarding the application process, please visit www.kent.edu/ctl/faculty-fellows-application-process.
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The ɫҹ University 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 ɫҹ University 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, ɫҹ 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.
