School of Media and Journalism
Covering the Egyptian Uprising: Award-Winning Independent Journalist to Speak at Kent State
Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences will co-host a lecture, “Covering the Egyptian Uprising,” by Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva on the Kent Campus. Visitor parking is available in the Kent Student Center visitor lot on Summit Street. The…
College of Arts & Sciences
Kent State’s “They Led the Way” Exhibit Receives National History Award
A civil rights exhibit created by Kent State University Professor Ann Schierhorn and featuring photography by Kent State Lecturer David LaBelle has won a national Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History. The exhibit “They Led the Way” chronicles the stories of eight…
Kent Campus
JMC Student Participates in McNair Scholars Program
Senior public relations major Endya Watson presented a research project focused on Hofstede’s Cultural Dimension and Global Public Relations Practice as part of the Kent State’s McNair Scholars Program. The McNair Scholars Program, a federal initiative started in 1986, aims to prepar…
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The Daily Kent Stater Wins Best Collegiate Newspaper in Ohio
The Daily Kent Stater (DKS) received first place among college daily newspapers in the 2014 Ohio’s Best Journalism Competition. Presented collaboratively by The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland chapters, the awards honor journal…
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The Burr Earns First and Second Place in 2014 AEJMC Contest
The Burr won first and second place in the first-person category of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Magazine Division’s student magazine contest. Senior magazine journalism major Christina Bucciere received the first-place award for h…
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"They Led the Way" Receives 2014 AASLH Award of Merit
Professor Ann Schierhorn, Lecturer David LaBelle and Althemese Barnes received an Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) in the 2014 Leadership in History Awards for their exhibit “They Led the Way." The Leadership in History Awards reco…
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JMC Students Shine at the Press Club of Cleveland's All-Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards
Three JMC students took top honors in the student media section at The Press Club of Cleveland’s Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards, with four first-place awards in print and TV news. In the Best Print Feature Story category: Grant Engle received first place for “Behind Those Haze l …
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JMC Receives First Telly Award for Student Produced Music Video
Kent State University Independent Films (KSUIF) received its first Bronze Telly Award for an original JMC student-produced music video, “Freaky Love” at the 35th Annual Telly Awards. Students were advised by JMC faculty members, Associate Lecturer Traci E. Williams and Associate Professor…
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Two of JMC's Own to be Inducted into the Silver Circle of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Fox 8 Cleveland News Co-anchor Wayne D. Dawson, ’79, and JMC’s Coordinator for Career ServicesJohn Butte will be recognized as broadcast pioneers when they are inducted into the Silver Circle of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Lower Great Lakes Region this S…
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Society of Professional Journalists Recognizes Kent State with Two National Honors
Kent State has won two finalist placements in the national Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) 2013 Mark of Excellence Awards: the Burr’s “The KSU Bucket List” issue (November 2013) for Best Student Ma gazine, and JMC senior Brian Smith’s “Piling On” for Best…
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