[Sigkm-l] News of the Information Architecture and Knowledge Management Program at Kent State University

[Thomas J. Froehlich]

IAKM News

The Information Architecture and Knowledge Management program at Kent State 
University began its third year with enrollment tripled from the first 
year, three graduates, new multiple degree options, a new faculty member, 
and a new Dean for the College of Communication and Information.  For more 
information about this Master of Science program, see the IAKM site at 
<http://iakm.kent.edu/>http://iakm.kent.edu.

Multiple Degree Option with Journalism and Mass Communications and Library 
and Information Science

To prepare professionals to span many fields and work effectively in new 
roles, Kent State University began offering the option of multiple advanced 
degrees in the fields of information architecture and knowledge management, 
journalism and mass communication and library and information science.  The 
new multiple degree option offers students seeking Masters degrees in IAKM, 
Journalism and Mass Communication and Library and Information Science the 
opportunity to earn two Masters degrees.  For more information on the 
Multiple Degree Option see 
<http://iakm.kent.edu/multiple.html>http://iakm.kent.edu/multiple.html.

Heiko Haubitz joins the IAKM program as Instructor

Heiko Haubitz joined IAKM faculty this Fall semester 2003.  He holds a 
Masters of Library and Information Science from Wayne State University. He 
is currently completing doctoral work in the School of Information at The 
University of Texas at Austin. His research focus is publishing, 
information architecture, usability, and user studies. He has developed 
courses in information literacy, web publishing and usability. He has given 
lectures on information management and usability in Germany and the U.S. 
Haubitz has been the recipient of numerous awards including a Fulbright 
Scholarship, the Eugene Garfield Dissertation Award and is a member of Beta 
Phi Mu.

To see other faculty participating in IAKM at Kent State, see the IAKM 
Faculty and Staff Page at 
<http://iakm.kent.edu/facultyandstaff.html>http://iakm.kent.edu/facultyandstaff.html.

Kent State Names Dean for Innovative College of Communication and Information

Following a national search, James L. Gaudino, Ph.D., has been appointed as 
the first Dean of Kent State University's unique College of Communication 
and Information.  Gaudino, who brings an impressive academic and 
professional background to Kent State, has served as executive director of 
the National Communication Association (NCA), in Washington, D.C., since 1988.

The College of Communication and Information was created as an innovative 
approach to the integration of complementary disciplines. The College 
includes the Schools of Communication Studies, Journalism and Mass 
Communication, Library and Information Science and Visual Communication 
Design.

For more information about this new innovative college at Kent State see 
the CCI website at 
<http://dept.kent.edu/cci/>http://dept.kent.edu/cci/.  For the full press 
release about the new Dean's appointment, see the Kent State site at 
<http://imagine.kent.edu/media/content/press.asp?id=221>http://imagine.kent.edu/media/content/press.asp?id=221.

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