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Second-year students in the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program at 91�ֿ� at East Liverpool participated in the annual American Occupational Therapy Assistant Association’s Hill Day in Washington, D.C., last month, taking messages straight to the doorsteps of their state representatives. For weeks preceding the conference, students in the occupational therapy assistant program called to schedule appointments with individual senators and representatives from Ohio and Pennsylvania. Once in Washington, D.C., the students met in the offices of U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown and Rob ...

For those wondering what it is like to complete an internship abroad, 91�ֿ� students Brian Yurko and Stephanie Fair, both in the Hospitality Management program, and their professor, Nicoletta Peluffo at 91�ֿ�’s location in Florence, Italy, shared their experiences of interning in Italy during this past summer. You can view the Hospitality Management students’ full experiences on their internship blog at http://kentstateselite8.wix.com/elite8. Yurko, 22, from Macedonia, Ohio, interned at Eataly Firenze, a food-centered property containing two restaurants, a café...

Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, two 91�ֿ� professors are researching climate change in Alaska. Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professors from 91�ֿ�’s College of Arts and Sciences, spent a week in Fairbanks, Alaska, in June studying how climate change affects the availability of plant nutrients in arctic and sub-arctic ecosystems. The grant teams up two of 91�ֿ�’s newest researchers. “I think it’s really great that two early-career scientists were awarded the funds to do this research,” Her...

Nationally honored strategist aims to dramatically advance 91�ֿ�’s reputation, distinction Following a national search, 91�ֿ� has selected Karen B. Clarke as its senior vice president for strategic communications and external affairs. Clarke comes to 91�ֿ� from Temple University in Philadelphia, where she has served as vice president for strategic marketing and communications. Last year, the American Marketing Association named Clarke its “National Higher Education Visionary Leader in Marketing.” She joins 91�ֿ� on Jan. 3, 2017.   Clarke will report directl...

Dr. Valerie Cubon-Bell has been named one of three campus-wide recipients of the Outstanding Teaching Award presented by the University Teaching Council. Each year, 91�ֿ� honors full-time, non-tenure-track and part-time faculty members who are nominated by their students and peers for being among the most dedicated, highly effective and motivated professors at the university. Dr. Cubon-Bell, who is an assistant professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at 91�ֿ� at Trumbull, will receive the award at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 12 in 91�ֿ� Trumbull’s...

Nursing Instructor Angela Douglass has been announced a finalist for 91�ֿ�'s 2016 Outstanding Teaching Award. Three recipients will be awarded this year on Friday, October 21, 2016. ELIGIBILITY A faculty member must have been on a non-tenure-track or part-time contract at the Kent Campus or any Regional Campus of the University for a minimum of five consecutive years (annually, not necessarily every semester), including the current academic year. Returning emeriti are excluded. Those receiving the awards must be on contract during the Fall semester in which the awar...