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
![Flashguides, a group of diverse and fun-loving students, serve as mentors to new students during the Destination СƬƵ Advising and Registration program. Twenty-four students make up this year's Flashguides class.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/SPECIALFEATURE-DKS.jpg?VersionId=yjfxJF3Cu1obI_knT6HPtfVt58ItuLpH&h=ec98a0f6&itok=QazNDjf1)
The summer Destination СƬƵ Advising and Registration program is a one-and-a-half-day experience that includes an overnight stay in a residence hall.
![Rick Ferdig, Ph.D., Summit Professor of Learning Technologies at СƬƵ and lead investigator on an NSF grant, partnered with the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and Cleveland Metroparks to develop a new learning app.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PHOTOLEAD-App.jpg?VersionId=EyW9Rgb5TqSl6hrQiMz6hKl8p12i3BEk&h=ec98a0f6&itok=hSqIdtzy)
Educators, scientists and technologists from the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, СƬƵ and Cleveland Metroparks have partnered to develop a new learning app to educate park visitors as they run, hike and bike through the parks.
![СƬƵ employees, led by a СƬƵ zoology major, explore campus pollinators during a lunchtime walk and talk on the Kent Campus. СƬƵ employees, led by a СƬƵ zoology major, explore campus pollinators during a lunchtime walk and talk on the Kent Campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PHOTOLEAD-Fit1.jpg?VersionId=QZa2UgrODk4fyEmiO5wIMMFAlRTiLuTX&h=ec98a0f6&itok=20IktL2V)
СƬƵ has been named a 2016 Gold Level Recipient of the American Heart Association’s Fit-Friendly Worksites recognition program.
Gary Hanson, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has been named the recipient of the 2016 Edward L. Bliss Award for Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Education.
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Familiar Face
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Administrative Secretary
Office of Student Services, College of Nursing
Kent Campus
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New Face
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Director, Academic Diversity Outreach and Development
College of Education, Health and Human Services
Kent Campus
СƬƵ has named Nathan Ritchey, Ph.D., as its new vice president for СƬƵ System Integration. Ritchey was selected following a national search. He currently serves at Edinboro University as vice president for strategic initiatives and founding dean of the College of Science and Health Professions. He joins СƬƵ on July 1.
СƬƵ's Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Todd Diacon has announced that Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, Ph.D., has been selected as associate provost for academic affairs, effective June 1, 2016.
“Legal Briefs” appears in e-Inside to keep faculty and staff informed of legal issues and their implications. An archive of past Legal Briefs is available online.
The СƬƵ 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 СƬƵ 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, СƬƵ 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.
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