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In its quest to enhance teaching universitywide, the University Teaching Council is pleased to invite all ������ faculty to apply for the 2016 Summer Teaching Development Grant by Feb. 28, 2016.

TechHelp's no-cost technology workshops are back, and they are in full swing this semester, now with more than 30 different topics available! 

Students, staff and faculty can view the full spring semester schedule and register for sessions at .

������ at Salem recently welcomed representatives from the Davey Tree Expert Company who presented scholarships to horticulture students Anna Detoro and Pamela Sears.

What starts as a ball of yarn quickly evolves into some much-needed winter apparel – from hats to scarves, in all colors and sizes.

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), essentially rubbers with liquid crystal properties, can do a number of fascinating things, especially in the fields of optics, photonics, telecommunications and medicine.

������ faculty, staff and students are invited to a celebration event on Monday, Feb. 1, at 4 p.m. at the Kent Student Center Ballroom, where ������ President Beverly Warren will shed light on the university’s new brand.

Legendary musician Bob Dylan is having some of his visual arts output exhibited at ������’s Downtown Gallery. “Face Value,” a collection of 12 large portraits drawn in pastel, runs now through March 5 at the Downtown Gallery, located at 141 E. Main St. in Kent. 

Jarrod Tudor, Ph.D., of Burton, Ohio, has been selected as the new dean and chief administrative officer of ������ at Geauga, located in Burton, Ohio, and ������'s Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg. Tudor has served as interim dean of ������ Geauga since July 1, 2014. He will begin serving as the permanent dean on Feb. 1, 2016.

 "I am so excited to be provided the opportunity to continue the momentum we've established at the Geauga Campus as we work to transform and improve the Regional Campuses," Tudor said.

Dear Colleagues: 

I am pleased to announce that three candidates for Dean of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design will be on campus over the next several weeks. As part of the interview process, each candidate will hold a public presentation at which they will discuss the following:

Jennifer L. Rice and Cindy Kristof, University Libraries, presented "Selling the Stream: Getting the Word Out on Digital Media" at the 2015 Academic Library Association of Ohio Annual Conference in Lewis Center, Ohio on Nov. 11, 2015.