University Communications and Marketing provides professional consultation and resources designed to assist the communications and marketing efforts of programs and departments throughout Kent State University's eight-campus network. This includes media relations and executive communication support by these UCM staffers:

Scott Rainone, Assistant Director, Media Relations, University Communications and Marketing Scott Rainone has spent more than a decade in newspaper journalism and public relations. As assistant director for university media relations, he assists university administration, faculty and staff with media placement and strategy, story ideas and writing. Rainone also works to enhance the university’s approach to placing stories about Kent State with regional and national media outlets.

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Susan Rogers, Assistant Director, Executive Communications, University Communications and Marketing In a Kent State career spanning three decades, Susan Rogers has written and edited news releases, magazine articles, ads, reports, event scripts and speeches (her specialty). An alumna of Kent State’s psychology and journalism programs, her work has been recognized in a number of national and international competitions.