News & Events
After a national search, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (now the School of Media and Journalism) at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ has named Dr. Emily Metzgar as its new director, beginning July 1.
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This winter at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½, an art show and featured speaker on mental health will honor the life and legacy of assistant professor and artist Christopher Darling, who died June 2018.
The events will take place Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, hosted by the School of Visual…
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Congratulations to the finalists and winners of the 2nd annual FlashLab Innovation Pitch Contest. The competition came to a close Dec. 3 where seven students pitched their ideas and the judges crowned four winners. Each winning idea will share up to $10,000 from the Student…
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When Gretchen Lasso, senior journalism and digital media production major, interned at WEWS News 5 in Cleveland during summer 2018, she didn’t just gain relevant experience — she received professional-level awards and recognition for her hard work.
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The College of Communication and Information at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ is pleased to announce the return of the 2020 David and Janet Dix Lecture in Media Ethics funded through the generosity of David and Janet Dix.
Launched in 2019 with an endowment gift of $100,000 to the…
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Artifacts of May 4, 1970 – a survivor’s jacket, a gas mask and gun shell casing – tell a story that’s not often accessible to the general public. Assistant Professor Abe Avnisan and students in his digital sciences capstone course will bring these artifacts’ stories to…
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ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Student Media won 18 national awards presented by The College Media Association and The Associated Collegiate Press at the 2019 National College Media Convention in Washington, D.C. from Friday, Nov. 1 to Saturday, Nov.2.
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The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) awarded PRSSA Kent the highest national honors for a chapter, the 2019 Outstanding Chapter Award. Public relations major Vanessa Gresley, PRSSA Kent’s vice president of professional relations, earned the Gold Key Award, the…
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Professor Jacqueline Marino is a 2019 recipient of ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½'s highest teaching honor, the Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA).
Dating back more than 50 years and sponsored by the ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Alumni Association, the DTA is presented annually to three full-time faculty…
The School of Visual Communication Design at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ has named Daniel Alenquer to the position of Director as of July 1.