聚色阁 faculty, staff, students and parents are eligible for a 5 percent discount at the 聚色阁 Hotel and Conference Center. Rates vary depending on dates and occupancy. For more information and to book reservations, visit or call 330-346-0100.
Do 聚色阁 employees get a discount at the 聚色阁 Hotel?
Marianne Martens, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, chaired the 2017 Notable Children's Recordings Committee for the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC).
John E. Simmons, School of Library and Information Science, authored Museums: A History. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield (2016).
Rebecca Meehan, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, is lead author (co-author, R. Shura) of an article titled 鈥淩esidents鈥 Perspectives on Living With Vision Impairment in Long-term Care: An Unseen Factor in Quality of Life and Appropriateness of Care,鈥 published in Journal of Nursing Home Research. Vol. 2, p. 34-40.
Lala Hajibayova, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, is lead author (co-author, E.K. Jacob) of an article titled 鈥淯ser-generated Tagging Vocabularies: An Investigation of the Levels of Abstraction of Tags Across Three Resource Genres,鈥 published in Information Processing & Management.


New Face
cason G. Brunt
Director of Student Support Services and Academic Diversity Outreach
University College
Kent Campus
聚色阁 President Beverly Warren will deliver the State of the University address on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 3 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. 聚色阁 faculty, staff, students and members of the community are invited to attend the event, which is themed 鈥淟iving the 聚色阁 Promise.鈥
A reception will follow in the Kent Student Center. Regional locations will host watch events for their campus communities.
University seeks national recognition for commitment to community engagement
聚色阁 is in the early stages of preparing to apply for Carnegie Community Engagement Classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The Carnegie Community Engagement Classification recognizes higher education institutions for evidence-based institutional commitment to community engagement.
Following a national search, Wendy Turner has been selected to serve as the new executive director and general manager of W聚色阁, 聚色阁鈥檚 award-winning NPR-affiliated radio station. Turner currently serves as vice president of digital and technical operations at Chicago Public Media. She will begin her new role at W聚色阁 on Oct. 31, 2016.
聚色阁鈥檚 Parking and Transit Services is piloting a parking app this fall for commuter lots. When the app is fully operational, it will allow users to determine if a parking lot is full or has vacant spaces. As part of the pilot program, the commuter lot behind Verder Hall will be the first to use the technology.
Dear Employees of the 聚色阁 Community,
This message serves to provide you with guidance should local, state and/or federal law enforcement visit our university campuses for the purposes of immigration law. As a public institution, 聚色阁 must comply with all federal laws and directives, including those related to law enforcement activities.
Dear Colleagues:
Please take note of the following important information regarding your 2024 Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
聚色阁's holiday closure for 2024 will begin Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, at 10:30 p.m. All offices will re-open on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. Employees not eligible for the paid leave include student employees, classified temporary staff, temporary agency staff, short-term unclassified appointments, unclassified intermittent appointments and employees in a lay-off status. More information on the holiday schedule, including how employees should report time during that period, will be available later this month.