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����Թ�’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising has once again been named among the nation’s elite, according to new rankings from Fashion-schools.org. For fashion merchandising, the school has been rated No. 3 nationally (top 2 percent of schools considered), No. 3 nationally among public schools and colleges (top 4 percent of schools considered), and No. 1 in the Midwest. For fashion design, the school has been rated No. 4 nationally (top 3 percent of schools considered) No. 2 nationally among public schools and colleges (top 3 percent of schools considered), an...

The ����Թ� Museum presents its "Fashions of the Forties” exhibit that features a variety of different looks that typified the 1940s. The exhibit runs through March 2018.     ...

����Թ� State’s Wick Poetry Center to benefit from grant The Poetry Coalition, of which the Wick Poetry Center at ����Թ� is a founding member, will benefit from a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. To be given over two years, the grant, which will be administered by the Academy of American Poets, will enable the founding members of the coalition to produce national programs on themes of social importance that feature leading contemporary poets. It also will strengthen a network of poetry organizations by making possible two annual meetings of the founding members during th...

Many people consider Italy as the center of Western fashion and design. One student’s project, which explored the influence that African culture has on Italian design, was selected as the winner in the first-ever ����Թ� State Florence Scholarship Competition this past spring (see earlier story). Kimberly Debnam’s project, The Influence of Africa(ns) on Italian Culture, was selected from among eleven competing student project entries by the competition’s panel of judges. Kimberly, a Managerial Marketing major in the College of Business Administration, was presented with her first place award – a ...

Haithem Zourrig, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at ����Թ� at Stark, received the 2017 McGraw-Hill Education Distinguished Award at the 44th annual meeting of the Federation of Business Disciplines held in Little Rock, Arkansas, from March 8-11, 2017. ...

Rebecca Meehan, Ph.D., School of Information, presented a poster titled “Continued Access to Hospital Patient Health Record Data in Long Term-Care” at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Feb. 21, 2017. ...

Pamela Rafferty-Semon, Jeremy Jarzembak and Jennifer Shanholtzer, College of Nursing, co-authored an online journal article titled “Simulating Complex Community Disaster Preparedness: Collaboration for Point of Distribution” in the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (OJIN), Vol. 22, No. 1, in 2017. ...

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is saddened to announce the death of Dr. Anatoly Khitrin, a professor who specialized in physical chemistry. Khitrin received his M.Sc. from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1978, followed by his Ph.D. in 1985 from the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka, USSR Academy of Sciences.  He began his career at this institute in 1978 and ultimately became a leading researcher and head of laboratory.  He was then employed by the University of Oklahoma, serving as an adjunct professor and research scientist. K...

Familiar Face Belinda Boon Associate Professor School of Information ����Թ� Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Nontenure-track faculty member WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: July 2006 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Manager of Continuing Education and Consulting, Texas State Library and Archives Commission LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The people — my students and colleagues — and the beautiful campus! ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Its national and international reputation and outstanding library and information science program. ...

New Face Rachel Scherer Academic Advisor I College of Nursing ����Թ� Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Academic advisor WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: July 2016 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: ����Թ� Graduate Assistant LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Students-first mentality and the beloved black squirrels, of course! ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Great place to grow with passionate colleagues by my side RESIDES IN: ����Թ�, Ohio HOMETOWN: Wampum, Pennsylvania EDUCATION: M.Ed. Higher Education Adminis...