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Kent State to Honor Educators During Faculty Appreciation Week, April 14-18

Todd Diacon, Kent State University's senior vice president
for academic affairs and provost, serves breakfast to faculty
members during last year's faculty appreciation breakfast
event.

Kent State University will honor its faculty members with a week of celebration from April 14-18. Faculty Appreciation Week, with the theme “You Inspire Us!,” is coordinated by the Office of the Provost and recognizes the impact that faculty members have on the university and student success.

“Universities can exist in many forms, but for a university to be a university, it has to contain two groups: students and faculty,” says Todd Diacon, Kent State’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. “Literally, universities cannot exist without faculty, and we aim to recognize this fact and to celebrate the excellence and dedication of our professors during Faculty Appreciation Week.”

The week of celebration begins with a faculty appreciation breakfast event on Monday, April 14, at 8:30 a.m. at the Kent Student Center Ballroom. To confirm your attendance at the breakfast event, visit www.kent.edu/facultyweek. A promotion and tenure dinner, by invitation only, will take place Tuesday, April 15, at the Kent State Hotel and Conference Center in downtown Kent, and a faculty author reception will take place Wednesday, April 16, at 4:30 p.m. in the Quiet Study Area of the University Library.

The celebration continues Thursday, April 17, with a Faculty Club reception that will recognize new and retiring emeritus faculty members from 5-7 p.m. at the Schwebel Dining Room. The week concludes on Friday, April 18, with “Faculty Fun and Frolic” that will feature refreshments, karaoke and a canned food drive from 5 p.m. at the Kent Student Center Rathskeller.

For more information about Kent State’s Faculty Appreciation Week, visit www.kent.edu/facultyweek.

Pop-Up Artist Robert Sabuda Headlines Symposium

Robert Sabuda, renowned children's pop-up book artist
and paper engineer, will speak at a special symposium
on children’s movable books at Kent State University on
May 2.

(Photo credit: Steven Butman)

Renowned children's pop-up book artist and paper engineer Robert Sabuda brings his unrivaled talents to Kent State University for a special symposium on children’s movable books.

Teachers, librarians, artists, designers, students, collectors and all lovers of children’s books are invited to attend the one-day event titled, “Pop It! Move It! Use It! Programming, Selecting and Exploring Children’s Movable Books,” on Friday, May 2, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Governance Chambers (second floor, Kent Student Center).

The registration fee is $75; full-time graduate and undergraduate students can attend for $35. Registration includes program, materials, lunch, refreshments and parking. Seating is limited; register early! Visit https://commerce.cashnet.com/SLIS to register.

Sabuda will give the keynote address and lead participants in a hands-on pop-up activity in the morning. He also will sign copies of his books (available at the Kent State Bookstore) during the lunch break.

Sabuda’s books are known the world over for their intricate, stunning artistry. For example, a New York Times review of his Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland says, “The veteran Robert Sabuda's more ambitiously engineered version … has raised the bar within the genre. Sabuda, a veteran artist and pop-up creator (The Christmas Alphabet, The Wizard of Oz), is also a movable book maven. He has created an object that is the most absorbing book/toy I've played with in a long time. The intelligent paper trickery on each spread is, well, awesome. Surprise is essential to the success of any pop-up book – although with some of the less inventive ones, after the first couple of routine pop-ups, the viewer's expectations are likely to diminish. Sabuda has surprises on every spread.”

For more information about Sabuda, his books and artistry, visit http://wp.robertsabuda.com/.

After lunch, symposium participants will explore the following topics:

• “Pop-ups Go Digital: Apps and Online Resources for Teachers and Librarians,” with Marianne Martens, Ph.D., assistant professor at Kent State’s School of Library and Information Science;
• “Popping-up Through Time: A Short History of Pop-up Books,” with Larry Rakow, retired librarian, pop-up collector and owner of Wonderland Books (online store for old, rare and collectible children's books);
• “Programming With Pop-up and Movable Books; Building a Library or Classroom Collection,” with Sue McCleaf Nespeca, owner of KidLitPlus Consulting and expert in children’s books and early literacy; and
• “Collecting Pop-up and Movable Books,” with collectors Diana Tirpak, Jan Ridgeway and Carol G. Davis.
  

Pictured is a pop-up book by Robert Sabuda.

Participants also will enjoy a touch-lab display of 50+ pop-up books; an optional lunch-time tour of the Reinberger Children’s Library Center and Marantz Picturebook Collection (in the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State) to see the Carol G. Davis Pop-up Collection of 500+ pop-up and movable books; and a display of pop-ups from Wonderland Books. (Wonderland Books will have books available for purchase at the symposium.)

The event is sponsored by the School of Library and Information Science and School of Visual Communication Design at Kent State University, and the Northeast Ohio Regional Library System (NEO-RLS).

Space is limited. Register early! Visit https://commerce.cashnet.com/SLIS to register.

While he's in town, Sabuda also will make appearances at the Akron Art Museum (330-376-9185; Thursday, May 1, at 6:30 p.m.) and the Learned Owl Book Shop in Hudson (330-653-2252; Saturday, May 3). Visit their respective websites or call for details.

Kent State’s Wick Poetry Center Presents the 2014 Symposium on Democracy

Filmmaker Ken Burns will give the keynote address,
“Sharing the American Experience,” at the Symposium on
Democracy on April 22 at 7:30p.m. in the Memorial Athletic
and Convocation Center as part of the Kent State Presidential
Speaker Series.

(Photo credit: University of Texas at Arlington)

Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center will present the 2014 Symposium on Democracy from April 22-24. The symposium is a three-day event featuring multiple speakers and events.

“This year’s Symposium on Democracy, ‘Voices of the American Experience,’ will bring together three key national figures, including celebrated American documentarian Ken Burns; scholar and theorist Shannon E. French, Ph.D.; and poet, essayist, editor and translator Martín Espada, to engage participants around issues of democracy, civic discourse and voice,” says David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center and co-chair of the symposium, along with Kenneth J. Bindas, Ph.D., chair of the Department of History.

Burns will give the keynote address, “Sharing the American Experience,” at the Symposium on Democracy on April 22 at 7:30p.m. in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center as part of the Kent State Presidential Speaker Series.

“Ken Burns is perhaps the most celebrated documentarian of our time,” says Hassler. “His body of work explores the American experience through the timeless lessons of history.”

Events on April 23 will feature a legislative theater workshop with Katherine Burke, a student poster exhibit and panel, a lecture by Shannon E. French, Ph.D., and a dramatic reading of the play May 4th Voices by Cleveland actors in the Kent Student Center Kiva. On April 24, there will be a lecture and a reading by poet Martín Espada and an art exhibit of selected works from the May 4 Collection, curated by Victoria Bocchicchio.

The 2014 Symposium on Democracy is presented by the Wick Poetry Center, hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, College of the Arts, College of Communication and Information, Honors College and University Libraries, and supported by the Department of History and Department of English.

“The tragic events of May 4, 1970, at Kent State University had a profound impact on the university, the nation and the world,” says Hassler. “The Symposium on Democracy is part of Kent State’s commemoration of the May 4, 1970, events.”

The purpose of the Symposium on Democracy is to honor the memories of the four students who lost their lives on that day – Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder – with an enduring dedication to scholarship that seeks to prevent violence and to promote democratic values and civil discourse.

“I think that everyone – but students especially – will be engaged on both an intellectual and emotional level throughout the symposium, and will be challenged to think about various key issues and the practice of democracy in our society,” says Hassler.

For more information and a complete schedule of this year’s symposium, visit www.kent.edu/democracy.

For questions about the Symposium on Democracy, contact Hassler at dhassle1@kent.edu or 330-672-1769.

Kent State Marks Sexual Assault Awareness Month

As part of activities and events marking Sexual Assault
Awareness Month, the Kent State University Women's
Center will host the annual "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes"
event on April 15. "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" is a men's
march that helps to bring awareness to end sexual
violence against women.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and Kent State University’s Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services and the Women’s Center have teamed up with several other campus groups to sponsor an array of educational and awareness-raising events on campus.

Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend the following programs:

He Said-She Said
Monday, April 7, 8 p.m. at 214 Ritchie Hall

Intending to bring about personal reflection, this program dissects a real life “he-said, she-said” case study, giving voice to both sides of the salient conversation. The message of ending sexual violence is powerful and charged with an intensity that stems from a profound understanding of the importance of clear communication and responsible decision making.

Soup and Substance: Sexual Violence Against Dalit Women in India
Friday, April 11, noon at the Student Multicultural Center (Room 206, Kent Student Center)

Thenmozhi Soundararajan, a filmmaker, singer and grassroots media organizer, and Asha Kowtal, an activist, will speak about the sexual violence that is committed against Dalit (outcast) women in India. A light lunch will be available.

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
Tuesday, April 15, 5:30 p.m. at the Student Green

Register online at http://ksuwam2014.eventbrite.com through April 13 or at the door.

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes®: The International Men's March to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault and Gender Violence is a united gender movement where men are a part of the solution to end sexualized violence. The program raises awareness in the community about the serious causes and effects of sexual assault by walking around campus in high heels.

Shirt and Banner Making (for the Clothesline Project and Take Back the Night)
Monday, April 21, 7-8:30 p.m. at the Carriage House (Behind Nixon Hall)
Tuesday, April 22, 5-7 p.m. at the Carriage House (Behind Nixon Hall)

Come make a shirt for the Clothesline Project or a banner to carry on the Take Back the Night march. All supplies will be provided.

The Clothesline Project
Monday, April 28, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on the second floor of the Kent Student Center

The Clothesline Project is a visual display of shirts with messages and illustrations that have been designed by survivors of sexual violence, by their friends or by their families. The purpose is to increase awareness of the impact of violence against women, men and children, to celebrate their strength to survive and to provide another avenue for victims to courageously break the silence.

Take Back the Night
Monday, April 28, 7:30 p.m. at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Plaza

Raising Our Voices, Reclaiming Our Right
Kent State Unites to Take Back the Night

A march to speak out against sexual violence and give voice to those who have been impacted by sexual assault, intimate partner violence, stalking and sexual abuse.

All events are free, and extra credit/attendance verification is available for faculty members and instructors who are interested in class participation. If you choose to offer this to your students, there will be a verification of attendance slip at the end of each program for participants to return to you.

For questions, contact Jennifer O’Connell at 330-672-8016 or joconne5@kent.edu.

Kent State Hosts 40th Annual Meonske Accounting Conference, April 24-25

The Ohio Council of the Institute of Management Accountants will host its 40th annual Meonske Accounting Professional Development Conference and Seminar on April 24-25 at Kent State University.

“This conference is recognized as one of the top five accounting conferences in the country,” says Norman Meonske, Ph.D., professor emeritus of accounting at Kent State’s College of Business Administration and a national online instructor for the Becker CPA Review Course. Meonske, the conference namesake, says “We are going to have two days packed full of high-quality practical training for members of the accounting and financial community. We encourage registrants to take advantage of the early and group discounts because we expect a sellout of 600 people.”

The conference chairman is Nicholas Sucic, vice president and controller for the Davey Tree Expert Company in Kent.

The Friday morning financial reporting panel features Dennis R. Beresford, executive in residence, J.M. Tull of Accounting, University of Georgia; Leslie F. Seidman, executive director, Center for Excellence in Financial Reporting, Pace University’s Lubin School of Business and former chairman, Financial Accounting Standards Board; Jay D. Hanson, board member, Public Company Accounting Oversite Board; James L. Kroeker, vice chairman, Financial Accounting Standards Board; and Daniel Murdock, deputy chief accountant, Security and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant.

The keynote luncheon address “Achieving New Heights in Your Life” will be presented by Todd Huston, author, adventurer, world-record holder, inspirational speaker and inventor.

The first Friday afternoon session is “Quality Financial Reporting” by Accounting Today magazine’s “Paul & Paul” featuring Paul B.W. Miller, Ph.D., professor of accounting, University of Colorado, and Paul R. Bahnson, Ph.D., professor of accounting, Boise State University. The second afternoon session is “Accountants and Technology; Converging Trends + Technology = Opportunity” by Donald R. Tomoff, founder, Invenio Advisors, LLC.

The Thursday seminar morning session includes a “COSO 2013 Internal Controls” panel featuring Robert B. Hirth Jr., chair, Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) and senior managing director, Protiviti; Stephen E. Soske, partner, National Professional Services Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Jeffrey C. Thomson, president and CEO, Institute of Management Accountants; and Timothy F. Gearty, partner, Gearty & McIntyre, LLP, and national director and editor in chief, Becker’s CPA Exam Review.

The two concurrent Thursday afternoon tracks include “Conflict Management: Using Conflict to Your Advantage” by Gearty. Also included in Track 1 is “The Speed of Trust and Personal Leadership” by Gabe Zubizarreta, founding principal, Silicon Valley Accountants. Track 2 includes “SEC Enforcement” by Robert Burson, senior associate regional director – Chicago Office, Securities and Exchange Commission, and “Ohio Professional Standards and Ethics” presented by Meonske.

Attendees for both days will earn 16 hours of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits. Friday attendees will receive a free deluxe executive computer/iPad backpack and the opportunity to win a new Apple iPad3.

Register prior to April 18 to avoid late registration charges. For more information or to register, contact the Kent State Special Events and Conference Services office at 330-672-3161 or go to www.ohio.imanet.org.

For more information about Kent State’s Department of Accounting, visit www.kent.edu/business/accounting.

Third Annual WhiteHot 5k Will Honor Kent State Alumna

Kent State University’s Department of Military Sciences will host the third annual WhiteHot 5k on Saturday, April 26, in honor of the late Kent State alumna Ashley White, ‘09.

Participants will “run to remember” 1st Lt. White who was killed in action in October 2011. White graduated and commissioned from Kent State in 2009.

“The race is a perfect way to bring together the friends and family of Ashley,” says Jennifer Abate, race coordinator. “We try to avoid it being just another 5k. The run is less of a competition than a memorial to truly honor Ashley’s memory.”

The race will start at 8 a.m. at Terrace Hall. The $25 registration may be completed at www.active.com or http://rsracingsystems.com, and the first 500 registrants receive a WhiteHot T-shirt.

Call 330-672-8211 or visit the WhiteHot 5k Facebook page with any questions.

Kent State University Bookstore to Host Book Signing on April 11

The Kent State University Bookstore will host a book signing on April 11 from noon to 2 p.m. for Harding, His Presidency and Love Life Reappraised, the second book by Sydney J. Krause, Kent State emeritus professor of English. The event is free and open to the public.

Harding is believed to be the "worst" of our presidents. However, the truth is much different. Stop in and hear Krause explain why.

Krause served as a combat infantryman during WWII where he was wounded at the Battle of the Bulge.

For more information about the University Bookstore, visit www.kent.bkstr.com or call 330-672-2762.

Kent State School of Theatre and Dance Presents Annual Student Theatre Festival

Features student-directed productions of Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus and Durang’s Beyond Therapy

Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance will
present its annual Student Theatre Festival on April 11-13
in the Erdmann-Zucchero Theatre, Center for the Performing
Arts on the Kent Campus.

Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance presents its annual Student Theatre Festival, Friday, April 11, to Sunday, April 13, in the Erdmann-Zucchero Theatre, Center for the Performing Arts on 1325 Theatre Drive on the Kent Campus. This year’s Student Theatre Festival features productions of Christopher Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus and Christopher Durang’s Beyond Therapy. Performances of Dr. Faustus are Friday, April 11, and Sunday, April 13, at 7 p.m. Performances of Beyond Therapy are Saturday, April 12, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, April 13, at 2 p.m. Admission to the Student Theatre Festival is free, and no tickets are required. Seats are limited.

The productions staged during the Student Theatre Festival are completely student directed, designed and produced.

Dr. Faustus, directed by student Tim Welsh, was published in the early 17th century and depicts the story of a German scholar who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for magical powers.

Beyond Therapy, directed by student Matthew J. Wheeler, is a farcical comedy about two New Yorkers seeking love through the help of their psychiatrists. Discussing his production of Beyond Therapy, Wheeler hopes the audience “enjoys the time [they] have spent…on [the show’s] journey of fun and laughter.”

For more information about Kent State’s School of Theatre and Dance, visit www.theatre.kent.edu.

Kent State Tuscarawas Scholarship Golf Outing

Kent State University at Tuscarawas is sponsoring the 13th annual Scholarship Golf Outing on Friday, May 2, at Union Country Club. The four-player, 18-hole scramble begins at noon with a shotgun start. Greens fees include lunch and dinner. Registration deadline is April 25.

All proceeds benefit Alumni Legacy Scholarships for deserving students at Kent State Tuscarawas. To enter a team or become an event sponsor, please contact Chad Conrad at 330-308-7445 or cconra1@kent.edu.

Department of Pan-African Studies to Hold Africa and the Global Atlantic World Conference

Kent State University’s Department of Pan-African Studies will host the Africa and the Global Atlantic World Conference on April 10 and 11 at Ritchie Hall on the Kent Campus.

This second biannual conference is themed “Revisiting Black History, Identities, Sexualities and Popular Culture,” and aims to explore new ways of studying the complex experiences of Africana people worldwide.

The conference kicks off April 10 with a Department of Pan-African Studies open house at noon followed by a reception starting at 5 p.m. in the Uumbaji Gallery Foyer of Ritchie Hall. Student performances Under the Boabab: A Festival of Pan-African Arts will follow the reception from 7 – 8:30 p.m. The keynote address and nine open sessions will take place from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on April 11.

The keynote speaker, Horace Campbell, professor of African American Studies and political science at Syracuse University and noted Pan-African scholar and writer, will speak from 12:15-1:45 p.m. on April 11, during a lunch session in Ritchie Hall, Room 215. From his early years in Jamaica, Campbell has been involved in the liberation struggle and in the struggles for peace and justice. From his years in United Kingdom and the Caribbean, he has been an influential force, offering alternatives to the hegemonic ideas of Eurocentrism. In an attempt to theorize new concepts of revolution in the 21st century, Campbell has been seeking to popularize the philosophy of Ubuntu and to expand on his ideas of fractals and the importance of emancipatory politics. His new book, Barack Obama and 21st Century Politics: A Revolutionary Moment in the USA, is about the centrality of the humanist philosophy of Ubuntu to emancipatory politics and the reconceptualization of revolution in the 21st century.

Session topics on April 11 include:

• Traditions and Aesthetics of Pan-African Music
• The Process of Acceptance: Being a White Instructor in Pan-African Studies Department
  
• Passing, Black Bodies and Race in Literature and Culture
• Cosmology and Identities in Transatlantic and Islamic Traditions
• Education, Historical Relationships and Multinational Corporations in Africa
• Women and Power Across Borders
• Media, Identity and Knowledge Preservation in Pan-African Cultures
• Language, Race and Endurance in Transnational Literature and Culture
• (De)Constructing, Femininity and Blackbodies
  

“The hope is that participants will come away with a renewed, supported and better understanding of the challenges that people of the African Diaspora are facing,” says Cinnamon Small, outreach coordinator for the Department of Pan-African Studies. “We want them to have the space to learn how to address the issues surrounding cultural competency and challenge hegemonic ideas.”

Conference registration is $50 and includes a reception, continental breakfast and lunch. For more information on the conference and to register, visit www.kent.edu/cas/pas/conference/index.cfm.

Kent State Tuscarawas’ Rose and the Rime on Stage April 11 and 12

Kent State University at Tuscarawas student Michaela
Bennett plays the title character of Rose in Rose and
the Rime.

Kent State University at Tuscarawas will present Rose and the Rime on April 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. Comprised of Kent State Tuscarawas students, faculty and staff, this performance debuts the annual Spring Production on the Performing Arts Center Dale Foland stage.

Tickets are $10 or $5 with a Kent State FlashCard. Tickets can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center Box Office, online at www.tusc.kent.edu or by calling 330-308-6400. The box office is open Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free parking is available for all shows.

The Rose and the Rime is the 2008 ACTF and Kennedy Center Honors Award-winning show by Nathan Allen, Chris Mathews and Jake Minton. In this modern take on the world of fables, this is the story of the fictional town of Radio Falls, which has been frozen over by the Rime Witch for as long as anyone can remember. Rose, a young girl and the town’s shining beacon of hope, takes it upon herself to journey to the witch in the hope of finding out the truth about her town and changing fate.

Directed by Assistant Professor of Theatre Bill Auld, the cast includes Michaela Bennett, Alyssa Wallace, Elyse Bois-Jobidon, Jeanne DeWeees, Michelle House, Mike Lute, Jonathan Miday, Ashley Mizer, Alexandria Roberts, Makaya Sherrell, Sarah Spies, Kait Gallagher -Wilsterman and Don Irven. Shawna Grimes is lightening designer, David Furbay is the sound designer and Tamara Benson, adjunct faculty member, is the stage manager.

Kent State Tuscarawas is located at 330 University Drive NE in New Philadelphia.