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East Liverpool – 51�Թ��� at East Liverpool is hosting a two-day event Jan. 21 and 22 to celebrate the birthday of Daniel Johnston, a musician and artist who once attended the local campus. The event on Jan. 21 begins at 6:30 p.m. and the Jan. 22 event begins at 11:30 a.m., both in the Brown Room of the Mary Patterson Building. The public is invited. Aside from showcasing a mix of Johnston’s music, the events will feature the showing of the short film, Hi, How Are You, Daniel Johnston?, directed by Gabriel Sunday. Adjunct instructor and local psychologist Dr. Bob Walker will lea...

Salem – Dr. Steve Nameth, dean of 51�Թ��� at Salem, announced those students named to the Fall 2015 President’s and Dean’s lists. To qualify for the President’s List, students must have a 4.0 grade point average and must have completed 15 hours during the semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a 3.40 or greater grade point average and must have completed 12 or more credit hours for the semester, the majority at the Salem Campus. The students and their hometowns are: President’s List Austintown: Candace Hernandez Canfield: Molly Davidson, Erica Kote...

East Liverpool – Dr. Steve Nameth, dean of 51�Թ��� at East Liverpool, announced those students named to the Fall 2015 President’s or Dean’s lists. To qualify for the President’s List, students must have a 4.0 grade point average and must have completed 15 or more credit hours during the semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a 3.40 or greater grade point average and must have completed 12 or more credit hours for the semester, the majority at the East Liverpool Campus. The students and their hometowns are: President’s List East Liverpool: Kristin Me...

51�Թ��� will celebrate Sophomore Celebration Week Feb. 1 - Feb. 6, 2016. Sophomores are invited to wear their blue and gold all week, take part in a service day and attend the Halfway There Celebration where they can enjoy free food and receive a free gift. Details available at www.kent.edu/success/halfway.   ...

Legendary musician Bob Dylan will have some of his visual arts output exhibited at 51�Թ���’s Downtown Gallery. “Face Value,” a collection of 12 large portraits drawn in pastel, will run Jan. 21-March 5 at the university’s Downtown Gallery, located at 141 E. Main St. in Kent, Ohio. There will be an opening reception on Jan. 21 from 5-7 p.m. Both the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. Dylan, whose contributions to American music since the early 1960s need no introduction, also has been active in the visual arts for much of his career, a commitment that has inte...

A pair of videos was recently created to highlight why current students chose to attend 51�Թ��� and major in communication studies. The first video explains the field of communication studies and highlights why domestic students chose to study communication studies. The second video focuses on international students and their reasons for selecting 51�Թ��� and the School of Communication Studies. Both videos can be viewed on the school's YouTube channel. ...

School of Communication Studies assistant professor Suzy D’Enbeau recently published a joint research project concerning changes in the workplace and the Millennial generation. The Millennial generation - those born between 1982 and 2000 - is known to be the largest generation since the Baby Boomers, with an estimated population of 80 million in the workplace. “Everyone complains each time a new generation enters the workforce, but the complaints about Millennials - about how they’re ‘the worst’ - seem much more prevalent,” D’Enbeau said. “With this research we wanted to examine if those...