Christine Hudak, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, has been accepted as a contributing author to the book (tentatively) titled The Handbook of Continuing Professional Development for the Health IT Professional, to be published by HIMSS in 2017. Her chapter, “The Many Facets of Continuing Education,” will appear in the section on “The Importance of Lifelong Learning.”
Christine Hudak, School of Library and Information Science
A book published by the þҹӰԺѹۿ Press has won the 2016 IBPA Benjamin Franklin gold award in the category.
is a memoir of illness and healing by Cortney Davis, a nurse practitioner and author of several other publications.
The þҹӰԺѹۿ Alumni Association is seeking nominations for the Distinguished Teaching Awards. If you know a professor who makes a positive impact, nominate him or her to receive this award.
þҹӰԺѹۿ’s Hotel and Conference Center offers two new event package deals for companies interested in accommodations for groups and meetings. Both packages are available until June 30.
The Group Accommodations Package is a block of rooms of 10 or more per night, Sunday through Thursday. The group will receive the following concessions:
The Sage Project was created through þҹӰԺѹۿ’s Women’s Center to begin sharing female students’ stories with the community, to inspire others and to showcase stories of strength, courage and perseverance. In March, the Women’s Center held its second annual recognition reception to honor 12 women who have made the most of their education and time at þҹӰԺѹۿ State. These 12 phenomenal women also have overcome barriers and found balance in following their path and making their mark at þҹӰԺѹۿ State.
Help the þҹӰԺѹۿ Alumni Association select the design for the 2016 Homecoming T-shirt. Voting ends May 13. The winning T-shirt design will be announced June 1 on the þҹӰԺѹۿ State Alumni Association Facebook page.
þҹӰԺѹۿ prides itself in being a diverse institution — in students, faculty, staff and vendors, evident by its new partnership with woman-owned, minority office supply vendor Going Beyond Expectations (GBEX LLC).
GBEX, a distribution company located in Cincinnati, Ohio, expressed interest in working with þҹӰԺѹۿ State three years ago through þҹӰԺѹۿ State’s Supplier Diversity program.
This semester, þҹӰԺѹۿ’s School of Visual Communication Design and LaunchNET þҹӰԺѹۿ State collaborated on Shifting Frequencies: A Podcast Experiment. An overview of podcasting was provided at the launch event on Feb. 9. The “experiment” portion of the event charged students of all majors to produce a short podcast episode, approximately 10-30 minutes in length, based on lifestyle-related themes: culture, food, healthcare, housing, society and transportation.
The e-Inside newsletter will take a break between semesters. The May 9 issue is the last for the 2016 Spring Semester. e-Inside will resume June 13. Copy submissions for that issue should be emailed to einside@kent.edu by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7.
Thank you for reading and contributing to e-Inside.

þҹӰԺѹۿ will hold its Spring 2016 Commencement ceremonies for the þҹӰԺѹۿ Campus on Friday, May 13, and Saturday, May 14, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center, and on Friday, May 20, at Cartwright Hall.

The annual fashion show, “FS²: Crescendo,” highlighted the outstanding talents of the þҹӰԺѹۿ Fashion School’s design and merchandising students.
The þҹӰԺѹۿ 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 þҹӰԺѹۿ 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, þҹӰԺѹۿ 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.
