Kiersten F. Latham, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, has been named to the board of the International Committee on Training of Personnel (ICTOP) of the International Council of Museums (ICOM). ICTOP addresses the professional development of museums and heritage and the educational preparation of professionals working around the world.
Kiersten F. Latham, School of Library and Information Science
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“Don’t put any idea off as a joke,” says Richard “Hart” Main, a Kent State University sophomore economics major from New Philadelphia, Ohio. “I almost did that and missed an opportunity.”
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Kent State University has earned its eighth consecutive recognition from Tree Campus USA, a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals.
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Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences is the intellectual heart of Kent State University. Its 16 academic departments encompass the humanities, social sciences, natural and mathematical sciences.
Marcia Lei Zeng, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, and Julaine Clunis, student in the School of Library and Information Science, (with Vladimir Alexiev) presented “Innovative Use of Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) that are Published as Linked Open Data (LOD)” at the first Asian Networked Knowledge Systems Workshop.
Richard (Rick) Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, and Alexander Mawyer, University of Hawaii at Manoa, authored “Response to Nash on Creole Spatiality and Pitcairn Island.”
The second edition of a book co-authored by Marcia Lei Zeng, School of Library and Information Science, and Jian Qin, titled Metadata, has been released by ALA Neal Schuman Publishers. The first edition was published in 2008. It has been called the definitive text on metadata.
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The Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University will expand its successful Traveling Stanzas project with $125,000 in new funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of the Knight Arts Challenge.
Be a big part of Homecoming 2016 on Oct. 1 by submitting your best Kent State University design for the official Homecoming 2016 T-shirt contest. The contest is open to all faculty, staff, students and alumni.
“We wanted to get the Kent State community involved in Homecoming early this year,” says Joy Wesoloski, Homecoming chair and assistant director for alumni relations. “This is a great way to show your Kent State pride and share your excitement for Homecoming.”
POSTED: Friday, November 4, 2016 11:05 AM
The Kent State University Board of Trustees today established a comprehensive, national search to recruit and select the university’s 13th president.
The events of May 4, 1970, placed Kent State 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, Kent State 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.
