The School of Communication Studies congratulates its 2020-2021 scholarship winners: Arnold & Dorothy Danes Book Scholarship Emily Prayner School of Comm Studies Memorial Scholarship Oliva Martin Michael Dubetz Endowed Scholarship Kandise Young Rozell Duncan Memorial Scholarship Madison Greene, Kaylyn Lloyd The Feezel Family Scholarship for Global Studies Aleesia McKinney Garmon-Murvay Scholarship Hannah Miller Nancy Mitchell Endowed Scholarship Kathryn Bilek, Chloe Drake Linda Moore Scholarship Macey Bahlow, Tyler Gardner Dr. Dominic...

Kent State Junior Theater Studies Major Kelly Harper is the winner of the $2,500 Activism and Advocacy Scholarship established to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop. Harper’s entry, a script for a play titled “My Dear Aunt Flow” about women’s experiences with menstruation, was recognized as the winner in the scholarship competition recognizing outstanding student storytelling about social movements, activism or advocacy. Harper, of Cincinnati, said in her entry that she has “always been very passionate about women’s health and education, women’...

The Kent State University at Tuscarawas Computer Design, Animation and Game Design program will have three speakers featured on the Vector online game conference on April 24 and 25, 2020. Vector is a game conference in its fifth year. While normally held at Eastern Kentucky University, the event this year is being held online and brings together creative minds from the world of digital media. Maxwell Kunze, a junior majoring in Computer Design, Animation and Game Design, will be speaking on the role of meme (virally popular concepts or ideas) culture in games. Kunze has always loved video g...

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. Kent State University Assistant Professor Abe Avnisan and students in his digital sciences capstone course will bring these artifacts’ stories to life via the exhibit “May 4: Through the Looking Glass.” Throughout the semester, students have been using photogrammetry – a technique that involves taking a number of overlapping photos and using a software to create three-dimensional images showing the object’s depth – to recreate di...

    The Kent State University Online MBA program is ranked #46 among the world’s top online MBA providers in 2020 by QS Quacquarelli Symonds. “The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is obliging higher education providers to ensure that they are able to offer outstanding teaching and learning experiences in the virtual classroom, and demand for online education is likely to accelerate as lockdowns across the world continue,” said Nunzio Quacquarelli, CEO and founder, QS Quacquarelli Symonds. “QS are offering a ranking that has proved itself ahead of the curve in trying to capture bo...

Kent State University’s Online Master of Business Administration (MBA) program is ranked No. 46 among the world’s top online MBA providers in 2020 by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a leading provider of services, analytics and insight to the global higher education sector that is headquartered in London. “The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is obliging higher education providers to ensure that they are able to offer outstanding teaching and learning experiences in the virtual classroom, and demand for online education is likely to accelerate as lockdowns across the world continue,” said Nunzio Quacquar...

Interactive Online Poetry Project Honoring Earth Day Earth Stanzas is an interactive poetry project in honor of Earth Day to which anyone can contribute. Hosted by The Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminar and the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University, Earth Stanzas draws on the inspiration of eight poets who engage the beauty, depth and interconnectedness of the Earth. Earth Stanzas ...