Peggy Nzomo, University Libraries, is the 2016 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) International Relations Committee’s “Bogle-Pratt International Library Travel Fund.” She received this award at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress held Aug. 13-19 in Columbus, Ohio. She also was one of 50 librarians who received the 2016 IFLA Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Fellows scholarship.
Peggy Nzomo, University Libraries
Peter C. Kratcoski Sr., Department of Sociology at þҹӰԺѹۿ at Stark, authored Correctional Counseling and Treatment, 6th edition, published by Springer in 2017.



þҹӰԺѹۿ’s student newspaper, The þҹӰԺѹۿ Stater, is the best collegiate daily (published three times per week or more) in Ohio, according to the Society of Professional Journalists’ Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest.

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Mary Anne Nichols, M.L.S., School of Information, was appointed to the YALSA Midwinter Paper Presentation Planning Committee (2017-2018).
Haithem Zourrig, Ph.D., Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at þҹӰԺѹۿ at Stark, and his co-presenters received a Best Paper Award in Global and Cross-cultural Marketing Track at the Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators conference, March 8-11, 2017. The paper is titled “The Perceived Deceptiveness of Insurance Fraud: A Cross-cultural Perspective on Information Manipulation Theory.”
Peter C. Kratcoski Sr., Department of Sociology at þҹӰԺѹۿ at Stark, authored “Policing: Continuity and Change,” a section in Global Issues in Contemporary Policing.
Virginia Dressler, University Libraries, authored a journal article titled “The State of Affairs With Digital Preservation at ARL Member Libraries: A Survey and Analysis of Policy” in Digital Library Perspectives, Vol. 33 (2), 2017.
