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Kent State Employee Chronicles Changes in the University Over the Past 45 Years

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Dianne Centa, pictured here in 1977, has witnessed many changes at �鶹��ý since she started working there in 1973. She recently celebrated 45 years at Kent State.

In 1973, American pop group Tony Orlando and Dawn scored a number one hit on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Singles with the song “Tie a Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree.” In 1973, the Sears Tower – now called the Willis Tower – opened in Chicago, making it the tallest building in the world at the time. In 1973, Dianne Centa walked onto the �鶹��ý campus to start her new job. Glenn A. Olds was Kent State president at the time. Ms. Centa, a senior library associate, recently celebrated her 45th year working at Kent State this past February. “I used to tell people I wo...