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Familiar Face James Raber Executive Director Information Services Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Provide leadership, vision and strategy in the Educational Technology and Service Management unit of the Division of Information Technology (DoIT, formerly Information Services). This includes the help desk, desktop support, training and outreach, classroom technologies, course management support and DoIT Communications. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: October 2003 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Circuit City Corporate Offices LIKES MOST AB...

Familiar Face James Raber Executive Director Information Services Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Provide leadership, vision and strategy in the Educational Technology and Service Management unit of the Division of Information Technology (DoIT, formerly Information Services). This includes the help desk, desktop support, training and outreach, classroom technologies, course management support and DoIT Communications. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: October 2003 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: CIrcuit City Corporate Offices LIKES MOST AB...

New Face Anu Mahapatra Business Strategy Analyst Institutional Advancement Campaign Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Responsible for developing and implementing analytic-based strategies that support engagement and fundraising goals within Institutional Advancement. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: June 2018 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The University of Akron likes most about kent state university: Great environment and friendly people ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Previous employment at a higher education institution and o...

The ������ Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, Dec. 5. The Board is scheduled to convene at 2:30 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the University Library.   Trustees will retire into executive session from 8-11:45 a.m. in the Urban Conference Room to consider specific topics as provided for under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.”   Board committees will meet as follows: Academic Excellence and Student Success Committee – 12-12:45 p.m. in the Urban Conference Ro...

The Peace Basket Project, gearing up for its 22nd year, continues with the support of members of the ������ community by providing gift bags, baskets and boxes filled with “little things” for the King Kennedy Community Center. Last year, more than 115 baskets were filled and shared at the center's holiday party.    Members of the Kent State community can get involved in several ways:  As a Santa Shopper: Donate items that will be used to fill the baskets. Suggestions include toiletries, personal grooming products, small toys, books and other childre...

������ faculty and staff are encouraged to submit nominations for the Diversity Trailblazer, Unity Award for Diversity and the new Student Diversity awards, which will be announced during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, at 3:30 p.m.   The Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes diversity pioneers associated with Kent State. The Unity Award for Diversity recognizes the contributions of any Kent State unit that demonstrates significant contributions in the areas of diversity, equity and/or incl...

Mackenzie Bailey faced the typical challenges during the start of her academic career, including  choosing a major and getting good grades. But that all paled in comparison her sophomore year when she received devastating news: Her father had terminal cancer.   “When I was home for winter break, he ended up passing away,” Ms. Bailey says.   The emotional toll left her with some difficult choices to make. Should she leave ������? Should she stay with her family in Toledo and commute? Or should she honor her father’s wishes and return to campus, despite ...

Faculty members are being asked to remind students to complete their Flash Survey course evaluations for all online courses.   ������ is committed to ensuring the quality of its academic programs, teaching, and the learning experiences of its students. Student feedback on courses and instructors is pivotal for helping design courses and curriculum.   Flash Survey is the end-of-course student survey at Kent State for online and hybrid courses. Students should be reminded to visit www.kent.edu/FlashSurvey and click on Complete Your Survey Today. Questions?...

Students from the Occupational Therapy Assistant Technology program presented for the first time at the Ohio Occupational Therapy Association (OOTA) Annual Conference. Two faculty members and three students represented ������ at Ashtabula’s Occupational Therapy Assistant Technology program on Saturday, Oct. 13.   The presenting group included lecturers and occupational therapists Janine Ricketts, OTR/L, and Megan Shumaker, OT/L, along with students Laura Bradford, Alexis Stein and Shannon Wilson, all second-year occupational therapy assistant technology majors. &...

Trevor Watkins, University Libraries, presented the poster “Black Squirrel GNU/Linux: The World’s First Operating System Designed for Libraries, Museums and Archives” at IFLA WLIC 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Transform Libraries, Transform Societies – on Oct. 26, 2018.   ...