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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 Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University 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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Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ 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 Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹'s highest teaching honor, the Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA).
Dating back more than 50 years and sponsored by the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Alumni Association, the DTA is presented annually to three full-time faculty…
The School of Visual Communication Design at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University has named Daniel Alenquer to the position of Director as of July 1.
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Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ has placed in the top tier of the Effie Collegiate Brand Challenge from 2019-21 and in 2016. This competition gave students the chance to work with well-known brands like Subaru, Bose and V8. In 2019, advertising students earned second place for creating a marketing…
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An interdisciplinary team of Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University faculty will participate in a $13.3 million USAID grant to improve educational outcomes for Nigerian children, seeking to reach 200 schools and improve the teaching skills of over 5,000 teachers while impacting 200,000 students.