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����ֱ�� State University has earned its eighth consecutive recognition from Tree Campus USA, a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals.

����ֱ�� State University’s College of Arts and Sciences is the intellectual heart of ����ֱ�� State University. Its 16 academic departments encompass the humanities, social sciences, natural and mathematical sciences.

Marcia Lei Zeng, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, and Julaine Clunis, student in the School of Library and Information Science, (with Vladimir Alexiev) presented “Innovative Use of Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS) that are Published as Linked Open Data (LOD)” at the first Asian Networked Knowledge Systems Workshop.

Richard (Rick) Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, and Alexander Mawyer, University of Hawaii at Manoa, authored “Response to Nash on Creole Spatiality and Pitcairn Island.”

The second edition of a book co-authored by Marcia Lei Zeng, School of Library and Information Science, and Jian Qin, titled Metadata, has been released by ALA Neal Schuman Publishers. The first edition was published in 2008. It has been called the definitive text on metadata.

The Wick Poetry Center at ����ֱ�� State University will expand its successful Traveling Stanzas project with $125,000 in new funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of the Knight Arts Challenge.

Be a big part of Homecoming 2016 on Oct. 1 by submitting your best ����ֱ�� State University design for the official Homecoming 2016 T-shirt contest. The contest is open to all faculty, staff, students and alumni.

“We wanted to get the ����ֱ�� State community involved in Homecoming early this year,” says Joy Wesoloski, Homecoming chair and assistant director for alumni relations. “This is a great way to show your ����ֱ�� State pride and share your excitement for Homecoming.”  

The ����ֱ�� State Women’s Golf League now has openings for the upcoming season and encourages ����ֱ�� State women golfers of any ability, whether employed or retired, to join. Tee times begin at 4:45 p.m. on Monday afternoons. The league consists of 10 two-partner teams competing in a friendly atmosphere throughout the summer.