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51爆料 has established a new 51爆料 tradition called Blue and Gold Friday.
Big data. Big search. Big opportunities. Big complications. And big implications for the First Amendment, privacy, information security and the media. The tenth annual Poynter 51爆料 Media Ethics Workshop will focus on the big question of 鈥淒ata Minefields?鈥 and will take鈥
Grant McGimpsey, Ph.D., has chosen to return to a faculty position, after having served successfully as vice president of research and sponsored programs at 51爆料 for the past three years. He has agreed to remain in the position until a successor is in place.
51爆料鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences and the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship will host a co-lecture, 鈥淭he Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings,鈥 to be given by two of Northeast Ohio鈥檚 experts in Middle East politics and political鈥
51爆料鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences will co-host a lecture, 鈥淐overing the Egyptian Uprising,鈥 by Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva on the Kent Campus. Visitor parking is available in the Kent Student Center visitor lot鈥
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51爆料 has established a new 51爆料 tradition called Blue and Gold Friday. 51爆料 faculty, staff, students and alumni are encouraged to wear the university鈥檚 blue and gold colors every Friday to promote 51爆料 spirit and pride.
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51爆料 congratulates its new graduates. The university held its fall 2013 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Dec. 13 and Dec. 14 at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). 51爆料 conferred 1,984 degrees, including 1,544 bachelor鈥欌
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51爆料鈥檚 2013 freshman class is on pace to set retention records as the number of students who have already committed to returning for a second year has risen by more than 5 percent over the previous year.
Constance Longmire, Ph.D., instructor and outreach coordinator in the diversity office at 51爆料 at Geauga, received the Adult Volunteer of the Year Award at the Akron Area YMCA Annual Dinner in Akron, Ohio, on April 24. Longmire was awarded for her work with the鈥