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Whoever said laughter is the best medicine was certainly no fool. This seminar, held April Fools’ Day, Friday, April 1, from 9-10 a.m. at Heer Hall, Room 107, shares innovative research on using humor therapy to relieve stress, identifies physical symptoms of stress to promote awareness, and uses humor throughout the presentation to provide instant self-care. The workshop leader and presenter is Jinger Moore, PC, of Impact Solutions. This session also will be available by live streaming to all Ƶ's Regional Campuses and to those individuals who would rather view from thei...

Visit the Ohio Public Employees Retirement site to Learn, Plan and Act based on several factors, including your specific retirement plan, age and desired income after retirement. Consider visiting the OPERS Retirees’ Publications Library to review a number of valuable resources related to retirement. Members of the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio should visit the website at www.strsoh.org or call 888-227-7877. Email submissions can be sent to contactus@strsoh.org.  ...

Video: See How Brain Waves of Tibetan Monks Could One Day Help Students Grow Academically

Ƶ researchers travel to India to study the neuroscience behind the ancient practice of analytic mediation. They hope to apply the findings to students in the west.     ...

Amber Wallace | March 14, 2016

Familiar Face Amber Wallace Assistant Director, Enrollment Management and Student Services Ƶ at Stark JOB DESCRIPTION: Lead financial aid, cashiering and reception team WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: July 2010 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The University of Akron and Fifth Third Bank LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The people ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Industry leader RESIDES IN: Akron, Ohio HOMETOWN: Urbancrest, Ohio EDUCATION: M.A. Higher Education Administration, the Univers...

Bill McClung | March 14, 2016

New Face Bill McClung Business Manager College of the Arts Ƶ Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Provide business and financial support for the College of the Arts. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: May 2015 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Lincoln College of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Beautiful campus, great work environment and friendly people  ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: To work with a first-rate academic institution that maintains its commitment to excellence and community involvemen...

Alumna Maja Zumer and Marcia Lei Zeng, School of Library and Information Science

Alumna Maja Zumer, M.L.S. ’93, and Marcia Lei Zeng, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, presented “Application of FRBR and FRSAD to Classification Systems,” at the 5th International UDC Seminar: Classification and Authority Control: Expanding Resource Discovery, in October 2015 in Lisbon, Portugal. ...

Richard (Rick) Feinberg, Department of Anthropology

Richard (Rick) Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, presented “Development, Aloha, and Non-Giving Among Polynesian Outlier Communities” at the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania in San Diego, California, on Feb. 12, 2016. ...

Mary Ann Heiss, Department of History

Mary Ann Heiss, Department of History, authored “Exposing ‘Red Colonialism’: U.S. Propaganda at the United Nations, 1953-1963” in the Journal of Cold War Studies, 17(3), 82-115, 2015. ...

Miriam Matteson, School of Library and Information Science, and Cynthia Boyden, Alumna from the School of Library and Information Science

Miriam Matteson, School of Library and Information Science, Lorien Anderson, and Cynthia Boyden, alumna from the School of Library and Information Science, authored “Soft Skills: A Phrase in Search of Meaning” in Libraries and the Academy, 16(1), 71-88, 2016. ...

Ƶ State Faculty Member Honored by the National Football Foundation and Fidelity Investments

Kathryn Wilson, Ƶ economics professor, was honored by the National Football Foundation (NFF) and Fidelity Investments® with a faculty salute for her role as Ƶ State’s faculty athletics representative. Wilson received this recognition due to student-athlete Jordan Italiano being named an NFF National Scholar-Athlete. Italiano, a chemistry major who achieved a 3.98 GPA in 2015, also received a $5,000 scholarship for the university that will go toward academic support services for student-athletes. The National Football Foundation and Fidelity Investments worked toge...

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