The Ohio Council of the Institute of Management Accountants will host its 42nd Annual Meonske Accounting Professional Development Conference and Workshop on April 28 and 29 at 91ֿ. “This conference is recognized as one of the top five accounting conferences in the country,” said Norman Meonske, Ph.D., professor emeritus at 91ֿ, national online instructor for the Becker CPA (Certified Public Accountant) Review Course and conference namesake. “We are going to have two days packed with high-quality practical training for members of the accounting and financial communit...
College of Communication & Information
The School of Communication Studies’ Communication Graduate Student Association (CGSA) will be participating in this year’s Relay for Life event held at the 91ֿ Field House. The fundraising event begins Friday, April 29 at 6 p.m. and continues throughout the night until 12 p.m. on Saturday, April 30. “Relay for Life is fighting a disease that everyone in CGSA has been affected by at one point or another,” Nicolle Kovacs, co-captain of the CGSA Relay for Life team, said. “Relay for Life is a big event on campus so we are also looking forward to getting to know the other groups involve...
Members of the University Community, I am grateful for the sense of community and mission that we have shaped over the last 22 months and appreciate the honest and open communication that has guided our actions. It is in that spirit that I am writing to share some personal health news. During a recent physical examination, I learned that I have breast cancer that will require surgery. My outstanding medical team at the Cleveland Clinic has assured me that the cancer is in a very early stage and that there is high expectation for a full recovery. Thank you all for the outstanding work and...
College of Communication & Information
91ֿ’s School of Communication Studies hosted its Global Issues Forum on Human Trafficking: A Global and Local Epidemic on April 6 in the Moulton Ballroom. The forum brought together more than 100 faculty, staff, students and community members to hear from a panel of professionals who have encountered human trafficking in their careers. The panelists for the evening include: •Kathleen Chandler. Currently serving on the Board of County Commissioners. She was elected in 2005 to the Ohio House of Representatives where she crafted legislation to make human trafficking a crim...
College of the Arts
The Center for the Visual Arts, the new facility and home of the 91ֿ School of Art, will celebrate its grand opening on May 6, 2016. The festivities begin at 3 p.m. with a short program, immediately followed by building tours, live entertainment, student exhibitions and refreshments. Concluding the grand opening events, a lecture by distinguished visiting artist Mel Chin will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Room 165. The opening program and events, as well as the keynote lecture, are free and open to the public. RSVPs are appreciated. The Center for the Visual Arts unites all Sch...
Three 91ֿ faculty members were honored with the 2016 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards at a ceremony that took place on April 5 in the University Library. This year’s recipients were selected from a large number of nominees by the University Research Council chaired by Françoise Messardier-Kenney, Ph.D., director of 91ֿ’s Institute for Applied Linguistics. The recipients are Richard Ferdig, Ph.D., instructional technology professor; Joel Hughes, Ph.D., psychology professor; and Polycarp A. Ikuenobe, Ph.D., philosophy professor. “We’re very proud of the ...
College of Communication & Information
91ֿ’s School of Communication Studies will host its Lambda Pi Eta Induction and Undergraduate Student Scholarship Reception on Wednesday, April 20 in the Moulton Hall Ballroom on the Kent campus at 5:30 p.m. The reception provides an opportunity to recognize the achievements of the school’s finest undergraduate students. The evening begins with the induction of 56 students into Lambda Pi Eta, the official national communication honor society for students, and the recognition of the Lambda Pi Eta officers. This year marks the 24th anniversary since the school received its c...