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Catherine Smith, School of Library and Information Science, authored “Domain-independent search expertise: A description of procedural knowledge gained during guided instruction” in Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 66(7), 1305-1322, 2015. ...

Kiersten F. Latham, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, is co-author (with Jodi Kearns, Ph.D., University of Akron) of an article titled “Shannon Goes to the Museum: Drawing Lines Across Boundaries,” that was published in the 2015 DOCAM Proceedings Vol. 2. http://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/docam/ in Sydney, Australia. ...

As part of the RecycleMania competition, 91�㽶��Ƶ University’s Division of Human Resources will partner with the Office of Sustainability to host Shred-Mania on Wednesday, March 30, from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the 91�㽶��Ƶ Ice Arena parking lot. Shred-Mania is open to all students, faculty, staff and the Kent community. Shred-Mania allows participants to recycle unwanted paper documents using a secured, onsite document destruction service. Materials permitted at Shred-Mania include documents, drawings, photos, blueprints, coupons, tickets, checks, magazines, spiral notebooks, hangi...

Beginning April 4, 91�㽶��Ƶ 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 (91�㽶��Ƶ) one step closer to a designation as one of the most active employers in the country! Each week, employees will have an opportunity to learn more about the benefits of physical activity, assess themselves and their progress, share successes and goals with other participants, boost peers for bonus points and — ...

Familiar Face Carla Owens Associate Director Career Exploration and Development Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I provide leadership for a team of career coaches to support the career development initiatives for 91�㽶��Ƶ students and alumni. In addition, as our liaison to the College of Education, Health and Human Services licensure track, I coordinate our highly successful Teacher Employment Day (formerly called Teacher Interview Day).  WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: September 1995 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Hale Farm and Village, Mustard Seed Market...

Earlier this year, 91�㽶��Ƶ University’s Division of Information Services presented the university community with a new wireless network option. Eduroam, a worldwide system of wireless networks, allows faculty, staff and students to securely access the wireless networks at participating academic and research institutions. By logging in with 91�㽶��Ƶ credentials at any campus, a user has the ability to access the eduroam network, connecting him or her to networks of partner institutions. "Having the ability to log in to a secure network as if you were at your own university alleviates a ...

91�㽶��Ƶ University’s Division of Student Affairs has partnered with the Jed Foundation Health Matters Campus Program, which is designed to help colleges and universities assess and enhance mental health, substance abuse and suicide prevention programming.   During the four-year partnership, the Jed Foundation will work closely with administration across the entire 91�㽶��Ƶ eight-campus system to evaluate and identify opportunities to help students become emotionally healthy before they reach the point of crisis. “As we review services and programs to meet the unique needs of ea...

91�㽶��Ƶ University professors Catherine Wing and Darice Polo were two of 40 recipients honored by the Community Fellowship for Arts and Culture for art contributing to youth education and heightened awareness of the environment, community and place within Cuyahoga County. Wing, associate professor of English, plans to use the fellowship grant to work on writing new poems and revising old ones. “In my proposal itself, part of the idea was to take some time off so I would teach a little less and write a little more,” Wing says. “This fellowship helps prioritize my writing.” Wing will...

The Wick Poetry Center at 91�㽶��Ƶ University will expand its successful Traveling Stanzas project with $125,000 in new funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge. The Knight Arts Challenge funds ideas that engage and enrich Akron through the arts.    Traveling Stanzas: Writing Across Borders is a partnership between the Wick Poetry Center and the Visual Communication Design program at 91�㽶��Ƶ to facilitate a global conversation through the intimate and inclusive voice of poetry.  The grant will ...