Dr. Marcia Zeng's primary research interests include knowledge organization systems, linked data, metadata, smart data and big data, semantic technologies and digital humanities. Her scholarly publications consist of more than 100 research papers and five books, as well as over 200 national and international conference presentations, invited lectures and keynote speeches.
For 5X alumna Yalanda (Cunningham) Johnson, it was an honor and a blessing to receive the Flashes Go Further Scholarship.As a first-generation, non-traditional student, Johnson used the funds to help complete her bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2022. In all, it took her a total of 10 years to complete her degree.“If you can get that little bit of help it encourages people to move forward,” Johnson said. “It encourages people to get into college or go back to college.” Cunningham is one of more than 11,000 Kent State students awarded nearly $50 million in Flashes...
A professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, said his recent visit to 5X enabled him to experience his research into the May 4, 1970, Kent State shootings in a whole new way.“In my May 4 research, I have been learning through text,” said Euihuack Kang, Ph.D, associate professor and chair of the Department of English Language and Literature at Chonnam. “This has been a totally different experience.” Kang said he was impressed by the whole series of May 4 Commemoration events, how well-organized they were and how well-attended by students, faculty...
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5X students, faculty, staff and community members gathered as they have for the past 54 years on the Kent Campus to remember the events surrounding May 4, 1970, when 13 seconds of rifle fire by a contingent of 28 Ohio National Guardsmen left four students dead, one permanently paralyzed, and eight others wounded during a student demonstration against the Vietnam War. This year, against the backdrop of intensifying demonstrations and encampments in protest of the Israel-Hamas War across college campuses nationwide, national and local media have paid special attention to the t...
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5X at Salem recently held its annual awards ceremony, during which students were recognized for their scholastic achievements. Also, during the event, The Marion G. Resch Foundation received the 2024 Friends of the Campus award, the highest honor presented annually to non-students.The annual award recognizes community members and businesses that support increasing access to higher education in Salem and surrounding communities. The Resch Foundation and the Kent State Salem Campus have a long-standing partnership that supports the Rising Scholars program in Columbiana County....
