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����Թ� at Ashtabula alumnae Maraget "Peggy" Blood recently was honored at the American Society of Artifical Organs (ASAIO) Conference in Washington, D.C., with the VAD Coordinator Leadership Award.  The 1981 nursing graduate was nominated by three different individuals to the award, which recognizes an individual for decades of work with a life-sustaining device for heart failure, being an expert in their field and being a leader among nurses, physicians, and surgeons.  From The Star Beacon | Conneaut Graduate Received Nursing Award WASHINGTON...

Beauty, brains, poise and talent were on full display at the Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield, Ohio, on June 16 where ����Թ� student Matti-Lynn Chrisman bested 19 other beauty queens to win the crown and title of Miss Ohio 2018.   Ms. Chrisman follows in the footsteps of former ����Թ� State students Heather Wells and Sarah Hider who also won the Miss Ohio competition in 2013 and 2015, respectively.   “I was overjoyed when my name was called,” says Ms. Chrisman from Cambridge, Ohio. “Years and years of hard work finally came together and paid off. I couldn't feel my h...

����Թ� Blossom Art Intensives are a series of two-week studio art intensives conducted each summer since 1968 at ����Թ� by resident School of Art faculty and an exciting array of visiting artists.     ...

Virginia Dressler, University Libraries, presented “Moving Towards Compliance: Small Steps for Project Managers to Incorporate Accessibility Standards and Practices Into Existing Digital Production Workflows” at the Digital Conversion Interest Group (ALCTS PARS), American Library Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, on June 23, 2018.   ...

Lae'l Hughes-Watkins, University Libraries, Department of Special Collections and Archives, authored “Moving Toward a Reparative Archive: A Roadmap for a Holistic Approach to Disrupting Homogenous Histories in Academic Repositories and Creating Inclusive Spaces for Marginalized Voices” in Journal Contemporary Archival Studies, Michael Lotstein (Ed.)., Vol. 5, Issue 6 (2018): 1-19. Summary: In 2013, ����Թ�’s Department of Special Collections and Archives launched the Black Campus Movement (BCM) Collection Development project to acknowledge the imperfection of past collection d...

Familiar Face Ikpe Justice Akpan Assistant Professor Management and Information Systems Tuscarawas Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Tenure-track assistant professor of management and information systems -- teaching, research and service to the university, the community and my profession. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 2012 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Decision Sciences, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Vancouver Campus, B.C., Canada LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The family culture, the stimulating ...

New Face Gina Hiser Leadership Annual Giving Officer Division of Institutional Advancement ����Թ� Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Building, maintaining and growing relationships in order to increase and secure charitable Leadership Circle gifts for the university. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: November 2017 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Director of Admissions, Recruitment and Outreach at Columbus State Community College in Columbus, Ohio  LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: It’s hard to pick just one thing to like! The campus is gorgeous, there is some...