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��ɫֱ�� and the American Association of University Professors-KSU have reached tentative agreement on a new three-year collective bargaining agreement for tenured and tenure-track faculty. The parties will present the tentative agreement for approval to their respective constituents this week. Details of the tentative contract will be released after ratification. ...

Are you ready to explore your future? Join us to learn about the majors you can complete in their entirety at ��ɫֱ�� Stark.  MAJORS EXPO SATURDAY, FEB. 6, 2015 10 A.M. MAIN HALL AUDITORIUM KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AT STARK You will have the opportunity attend multiple sessions, meet the faculty who will be teaching your courses and learn more about the benefits of this beautiful regional campus, including: 18 bachelor's degrees 4 master's degrees 3 associate degrees Reduced regional campus tuition - $5,664 per year Park-like campus, located on 200 b...

Drones were one of the most popular gifts given during the recent holiday season. As students return to campus this week, possibly with a new drone, the ��ɫֱ�� Department of Public Safety offers some guidelines to ensure the flying experience is both safe and enjoyable. Anyone who flies an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), or drone weighing more than 0.55 pounds, for recreational purposes must register the aircraft with the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) UAS registry by Feb. 19, 2016.  People that fly UAS for profit must receive authorization from the FAA. Pe...

AT&T has made a $200,000 contribution to ��ɫֱ��’s Research Center for Educational Technology to implement new technology in special education environments with a focus on mobile apps, including those intended to help students learn science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM). Faculty, staff and students from the Research Center for Educational Technology, special education, school psychology, teacher education and computer science are partnering to explore how mobile applications can be used to support students in school, home and therapeutic settings. The pro...

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Student Center is dedicated to providing the students, faculty and staff at ��ɫֱ�� with education, training, support and resources that cater to the gender and sexual minority community and its allies.     ...

Richard (Rick) Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, presented “Ethnographic Research and the Study of Music” at the College Music Society National Conference (panel on Public Musicology: Preparing Students to Engage beyond Academia) in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Nov. 5, 2015. Summary: This presentation explored ways in which the study of musical practices can be relevant to understanding other aspects of a cultural system. Web link: http://www.music.org/ ...

Kenneth Burhanna, assistant dean for University Libraries, was appointed Fellow of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Burhanna is one of 28 people selected to serve in the 2016-2017 academic year. The ARL Leadership Fellows program is an executive-level leadership program designed to inspire and develop future leaders of ARL member institutions. ��ɫֱ�� Libraries is one of only 124 academic member libraries in North America. In 2012, Burhanna also was named 2012 Distance Learning Visionary by the Ohio Library Association. ...

Roman Panchyshyn, University Libraries, authored "Retraining and Reskilling the Technical Services Staff" in Creating the 21st Century Academic Library, Vol. 6, Lanham, Maryland: Bradford Lee Eden, (2016), 55-64. Summary: Panchyshyn discusses in detail issues faced by technical services managers in libraries when facing the need to train or retrain existing library staff to meet the needs of the 21st century academic library. The article stresses which skills technical services staff will require in order to provide effective services for patrons in a future library setting, and also s...

Peter Kratcoski, Sr., Department of Sociology, ��ɫֱ�� at Stark, edited “The Relationship of the Informal Economy to Corruption, Fraud and Organized Crime” in Corruption, Fraud, Organized Crime and the Shadow Economy, 1st ed. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group. Maximilian Edelbacher, Peter C. Kratcoski and Bojan Dobovsek (Eds.) (2016). Additional Comments: The editors and selected contributors to the book will speak at a meeting on Corruption, Fraud, Organized Crime and the Shadow Economy on Dec. 8, 2015. The meeting is hosted by the National Assembly of S...