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The lecture series created in 2022 to honor the legacy of 91�㽶��Ƶ University Professor Emeritus of Sociology Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., will feature 91�㽶��Ƶ Assistant Professor of Higher Education Administration Erica Eckert, Ph.D., presenting “Where Were the Administrators? A Student Affairs Perspective on May 4, 1970,” as this year’s selected speaker. The Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture and Luncheon will be held on Wednesday, May 3, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. Registration is required for this free event. See the website for tickets and more details. In ...

The Maltempi family is not your average 91�㽶��Ƶ family. Three generations of the Maltempi family have attended 91�㽶��Ƶ University and are proud to have seven family members who have graduated from or are currently attending 91�㽶��Ƶ. Carlo Maltempi, an immigrant and first-generation student, started this 91�㽶��Ƶ legacy when he began as a student in 1964. Carlo received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degrees in Spanish from 91�㽶��Ƶ and was on campus until 1970. Carlo Maltempi was a graduate assistant in 1970 working on his thesis and getting ready to graduate during the...

Gail Pavliga, ’91, MA ’98, Ph.D., is a good listener, a quality that has been the common thread throughout her life as a student, mother, therapist and, most recently, state representative for Ohio House District 72.Pavliga didn’t plan to be a politician. When she first enrolled at 91�㽶��Ƶ, she wanted to pursue a premedical degree and was moving toward that goal when she got married and started a family. Still, she knew she wanted to continue her education, so she pieced together the courses she would need from the Stark, Salem and Kent campuses to earn a bachelor’s degree in psychology, le...