A peer-reviewed article by Meghan Harper, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, titled “Using Literature to Help Students Who Hurt,” has been published in Ohio Media Spectrum – Journal of the Ohio Educational Library Media Association (OELMA), 68(1), 45-57.
Meghan Harper, School of Library and Information Science

Familiar Face
paul wells
Enrollment Management and Student Services Advisor
Enrollment Management, Office of Admissions
Ӱҵ University at Stark

New Face
karen clarke
Senior Vice President for Strategic Communications and External Affairs
Division of University Relations
Kent Campus
Ӱҵ University’s College of Business Administration has partnered with the Ohio Development Services Agency on behalf of the Ohio Small Business Development Center to deliver the Certified Business Advisor® (CBA) online certification program beginning this fall.
Ӱҵprogram, offered fully online, certifies business professionals through focused instruction at the graduate level in accounting/finance, marketing and human resource management.
ӰҵӰҵ University Alumni Association is happy to announce the winners of this year’s office decorating contest:
If you have ever wanted to give a TED Talk, the time is now! Ӱҵ University’s Undergraduate Student Government is looking for speakers for the second TEDxKentState. close on Friday, Oct. 20.
Ӱҵ University at Stark is transformed into “Boo U” on Oct. 26 for an evening of family-friendly fun.
Ӱҵ Stark will host the ninth annual educational fall celebration for elementary school-aged children from 5-7 p.m. at its campus located at 6000 Frank Ave. NW in Jackson Township. “Boo U” is free and open to the public.
Children can trick or treat at stations designed and decorated by Ӱҵ Stark student organizations. Trick-or-treating starts at the main parking lot off Frank Avenue NW.

Ӱҵ University recently concluded its largest fundraising year in school history after securing $38.9 million in private support during Fiscal Year 2017.
Online final grading for fall 2017 First Half Semester (H1) begins Wednesday, Oct. 18, via FlashFAST. Grading also is now available for any fall 2017 course section that was flexibly scheduled. Ӱҵdeadline for grading submission is midnight on Tuesday, Oct. 24. Any final grades for fall 2017 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. These fall 2017 courses will be available in the Workflow on Thursday, Oct. 26.

Ӱҵ University President Beverly Warren has named Judge Carla Moore the 2017-18 President’s Ambassador.

Ӱҵ University professors discuss the importance of funding collegiate research.
ӰҵӰҵ University Board of Trustees today established a comprehensive, national search to recruit and select the university’s 13th president.
Ӱҵevents of May 4, 1970, placed Ӱҵ University in an international spotlight after a student protest against the Vietnam War and the presence of the Ohio National Guard ended in tragedy with four students losing their lives and nine others being wounded. From a perspective of nearly 50 years, Ӱҵ remembers the tragedy and leads a contemporary discussion and understanding of how the community, nation and world can benefit from understanding the profound impact of the event.