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����ɬ���� President Beverly Warren has announced the appointment of Stephen Sokany, an alumnus and longtime employee, to the position of vice president for institutional advancement, effective Aug. 8, 2016. Sokany has served the university since 1993 in a number of development and institutional advancement roles, most recently as executive associate vice president for institutional advancement. Sokany replaces Jeff McLain, who stepped down from the position Aug. 1, 2016. In this role, Sokany will lead ����ɬ����’s Division of Institutional Advancement, which includes the offices o...

����ɬ����’s Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Todd Diacon has announced that Susan Stocker, Ph.D., has been appointed interim dean and chief administrative officer of ����ɬ���� at Geauga, located in Burton, Ohio, and ����ɬ����’s Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg, effective Aug. 20, 2016. Stocker has led ����ɬ���� Ashtabula as dean and chief administrative officer since 2001 and will continue in this role. She also served as interim dean of the Regional College since 2015. Stocker earned her Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction at ����ɬ����, a...

If you’ve been on the Kent Campus this summer you’ve undoubtedly noticed the considerable construction projects, including new buildings, renovations to existing facilities and improvements to several parking lots. Here’s a recap of what’s been happening, including several department moves.  Buildings and Moves The new Center for Architecture and Environmental Design will be open for classes this fall. Home to academic programs in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, the building is located at 132 S. Lincoln St., along the Lefton Esplanade. Staff of the College of A...

As part of a campuswide commemoration of veterans, the Uumbaji Art Gallery at ����ɬ���� is requesting artwork submissions of any subject matter and various mediums. Entry forms can be downloaded at www.kent.edu/pas/uumbaji. The dates of the exhibit are Oct. 31 to Dec. 1, 2016. An opening reception will take place on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 5 p.m. in the Uumbaji Gallery, located on the first floor of Ritchie Hall, Room 134, on the Kent Campus. Entry forms must be submitted by Sept. 3. Eligible works must be created by any veteran from all branches of the armed services. Artists must...

For decades, biologists researching a cure for Alzheimer’s disease have remained in the dark almost as much as the ailment’s victims. A ����ɬ���� professor, however, is looking to stop the disease before it starts. Gemma Casadesus-Smith, Ph.D., an associate professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, studies Alzheimer’s through the lens of the aging process. “In my lab, we’re trying to understand how age-related events can cause Alzheimer’s disease,” she says. “My work is not in treating existing illness but in preventing it.” There are two types of Alzheimer’s: a...

While some college students planned summer getaways to beaches or big cities, three ����ɬ���� at Salem students planned summer writing workshops for area kids, teaching youngsters how to travel to far off places through writing and by using their imaginations. Aarika Denton, Hannah Satterfield and Julia Pitcock, English majors and members of the English Club at ����ɬ���� Salem, were responsible for two writing workshops held over six weeks this summer at the Salem Public Library. Independent of any writing class or assignment, the students planned every detail of the workshops ...

In this final feature, ����ɬ���� employees shared some of their favorite summer vacation photos with e-Inside. Thank you to all who submitted photos. SEE PHOTOS FROM THE AUG. 1 ISSUE SEE PHOTOS FROM THE AUG. 8 ISSUE   Isaac Richmond Nettey, associate dean for the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology, shared this photo from the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympics.  Mary Kellermann, senior lecturer and coordinator in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, shared this photo of the sunset in Phoenix, Ariz...

����ɬ���� will hold its Summer 2016 Commencement ceremony for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). ����ɬ���� will confer 1,455 degrees, including 917 bachelor’s degrees, 440 master’s degrees, 75 doctoral degrees and 23 educational specialist degrees. Across the university’s eight-campus system, 1,610 students will graduate from ����ɬ���� this summer, including those receiving associate degrees. The advanced and baccalaureate degrees Commencement ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. The speaker for the ceremony is Kent...