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HONORS STUDENT ANTICIPATES UPCOMING INTERNSHIP
Rachel Karas, an Honors College junior majoring in journalism with a minor in photojournalism, is looking forward to her internship in summer 2020 with the Columbus Dispatch. As a “metro” intern, she will be assigned to cover anything that happens in the downtown area or that is related to…
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INTERNSHIP MERGES COURSEWORK AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Evan Harms, an Honors College senior majoring in environmental studies with minors in park management and digital media production, completed an internship in 2019 as a naturalist with Cleveland Metroparks through CanalWay Center, a special nature center located along the Cuyahoga River in Cuya…
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INTERNSHIP ILLUMINATES HONORS STUDENT'S CAREER PATH
Elise Rickert, an Honors College junior graduating in December 2020 from Greenville, PA, interned at Akron Children’s Hospital during the summer of 2019 as a pediatric research scholar. Elise, who is majoring in speech pathology and audiology, initially learned about this opportunity from Dr. Huyck,…
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UNIQUE INTERNSHIP TAKES HONORS STUDENT TO NEW YORK
Mathew Blasio, an Honors College junior musical theatre major with a dance minor from Cleveland, Ohio, completed an internship during the summer of 2019 with Woodstock Playhouse in Woodstock, New York. During the summer, he acted in four productions: “Mamma Mia!,” “Newsies,” “Hair,” and a version of…
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INTERNSHIPS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE
For college students in many areas of study, an internship experience may be a requirement for graduation from their program or an otherwise necessary step to reach the next stage in their education and their eventual careers. Regardless of whether or not it is required, students in all majors can b…
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LOU RAFFIS RECOGNIZED AS DISTINGUISHED HONORS ALUMNUS
Lou Raffis, a 1981 graduate of Kent State University’s Honors College, was recently announced as the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Honors Alumni Award. He recalls his time at Kent State, saying that he truly benefitted from the academic preparation the Honors College gave him to attend graduat…
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WILLIAM PERRINE RECOGNIZED AS DISTINGUISHED HONORS FACULTY
William Perrine, a senior lecturer of fashion design and merchandising in The Fashion School at Kent State University, has been teaching at the university for fourteen years. He was recently announced as the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Honors Faculty Award. When asked how the environment at …
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KENT STATE HONORS COLLEGE STUDENTS HELP THE HOMELESS
On February 21, Jackie Searfoss, a representative of the Streetsboro United Methodist Church (SUMC), visited Kent State University to introduce the Honors College community to an initiative that SUMC is very passionate about. At the event, which was organized by Honors College special assistant Lori…
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Alpha Lambda Delta, Kent Chapter, Welcomes First Year Students as Membership Rises
On Feb. 19, 2020, the Kent chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta, The National Honors Society for First-Year Success, held its induction ceremony for eligible members from the fall 2019 semester. At the start of the spring 2020 semester, all first-year, registered full-time students who met the qualificatio…
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EXPERIENCE ABROAD ENCOURAGES EXPLORATION, SELF-DISCOVERY
Since its start in 2016, the Freshmen In Florence (FIF) program has allowed a select group of incoming honors freshmen to spend their first semester of college studying at the Kent State campus in Florence, Italy. During the fall 2019 semester, Laura Moll, a professor of English at Kent State who ha…
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