Scholar of the Month Pratim Datta Associate Professor of Management and Information Systems and Director of the Ph.D. Program College of Business Administration 2007-present Pratim Datta is an associate professor in the Department of Management and Information Systems and director of the Ph.D. Program at the College of Business Administration. His research examines global technology and supply chain management in the areas of user experience, design, security and deployment. Datta has more than 55 publications in journals and conferences with more than three best papers in top intern...
The Office of Public Health Practice and Partnerships (OPHPP) recently completed a survey of northeast Ohio local public health departments on workforce development. The survey, conducted among health commissioners, environmental health directors, nursing directors and other senior administrators, inquired about education and training needs for current employees and the desired competencies of recent college graduates seeking employment in the field. According to Assistant Dean of Operations and Community Relations Ken Slenkovich, director of the OPHPP, respondent...
By Morgan JunipaÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University faculty, staff and students gathered between R!sidence halls Centennial A and Bon April 24 for the annual T111e Planting Ceremony to commemorate Arbor Day and to celebrate the wtnnera of this year's RecydeManla competition. More than 460 universities acrou the U.S. and Canada were lnvttecl to practice waste minimization durtng the eight-week competition. ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì placed second in ltle state fer recycling 263,354 pounds of material, which ii equivalent to keeping 67 cars off the road for a yt,ar. In the residence hal Chalenge, Engleman Hall rece...
Save Energy and Costs During the Summer Months ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University faculty and staff are getting in the habit of shutting down their offices when the university closes over winter break, saving money and energy. The university can save energy and money over the summer as many employees take vacation orotherwise have time away. If you plan to be away please follow the same protocol as winter shutdown for your space.Turning off and unplugging computers. "A lot of the electronics have a 'vampire load,' which means those items still use energy even when they are tumed off," says Malan...
Kent state University faculty, staff and students collected 263,354 pounds of recyclables during the 2014 RecycleMania challenge, recycling an average of33,000 pounds weekly. Between Feb. 2 and March 29, 480 colleges and universities across the United States and Canada participated in the eight-week competition that ranks schools based on how much recycling, trash, and food waste is collected. ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì's per capita classic, or the amount of recycling collected per person, was 9 .6 pounds based on the population at the Kent Campus. That was enough to retain the Bragg in' Wheel for a thir...
New Wheels on Campus Tum Heads By Cindy WeissThe green flash that you see out of the comer of your eye on the Lefton Esplanade is not an alien pod or an lnaect on steroids. This "sunpowered trike," as its inventor calls it, is an B.F - an "electric, light, fun" vehicle driven to work by Paulette W..hko, director of research compliance In the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, and a student in the executive master of public health program at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University. It la the only one In Ohio so far, and one of Iha flrst 400-or-ao made. The green machine fly1ng past ...
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Celebrates Earth Week from April 21 to 25 ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University and local businesses will celebrate Earth Week Aprll 21-25 during on-campus events throughout the week. "Wlat ties us all together is that in the springtime, people are often more aware of the environment around them," says Melanle Knowles, manager of sustalnablllty fur ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Facllltles Planning and Operations. "This Is a good Ume to stop and consider our relationship with our local environment."To celebrate Earth Day, on Tuesday, April 22, from 9-11 :30 a.m., a children's book reading and children'...
An internationally recognized social geographer, a metadata expert and a leading researcher in the science of liquid crystals and nanomaterials received ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s 2014 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards at a ceremony and reception yesterday on the Kent Campus. Outstanding Research Award Winners James Tyner, Ph.D., professor of geography; Marcia Lei Zeng, Ph.D., professor of library and information science; and Quan Li, Ph.D., senior research fellow in ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì’s Liquid Crystal Institute, were recognized for notable scholarly contributions that have an impact on soci...
Science Mall "Science Springs Forward" event will celebrate addition at College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology to the Science MallÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University faculty, staff and students will notice a new building on the Kent campus 1his fall when the university welcomes the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology to lhe Science Mall. A midpoint construction event themed ·science Springs Forward,·wm take place on Wednesday, April 23, from 3:30 to 5 p .m. on the Science Mall in front of Henderson Hall and the construction site of1he new bulldlng. ...
Pasted Apr117, 20141 Ron Kirksey ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University's Division of Information Services last week formally retired two major obsolete systems as part of the division's strategy to respond to advances in technology and save resources. The two systems, the tape library of stored information and the telephone PBX (private branch exchange) switch, have been replaced by upgraded technology, and will result in cost savings related to data centers in Moulton Hall and the Kent Campus Library. "Retiring this equipment is part of an ongoing response in which we save money and put better...