Writing

Angelina DiFranco and the Dancing Wheels Company performing Incommunicado at the Big Umbrella Festival at Lincoln Center

Angelina DiFranco started dancing when she was just three years old and wearing a diaper under her leotard. “I was terrified of my dance teacher,” DiFranco joked. "No, she's great." She got her start at Starship Dance Studio in Guilford, Connecticut, about 90 miles from Lincoln Center in New York City. She knew she wanted to be a pro...

Honors student Olivia Eader takes a group of children on a hike through the woods as part of her summer research for the SURE Program.

Olivia Eader is a second-year Kent State University Honors College student from Bellefontaine, Ohio. She is the first recipient of the Dr. Elizabeth Howard Memorial Honors Scholarship, the newly established fund for Honors students in memory of Elizabeth Howard, Ph.D., who was a prominent member of the Honors College community, as well as ...

Kent State University sign on front campus.

Connor Lillis has always aspired to be a creative writer, but he thought that his writing would remain a part-time hobby. However, Connor’s Senior Honors Thesis has since helped Connor decide to pursue a career as a novelist after graduation. A senior Honors College student from Green, Ohio, Connor is graduating this spring with a major in...

School of Media and Journalism
Hearst Awards

Kent State finished among the top 20 programs in the nation and first in the state of Ohio in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program for 2016-2017. Students and alumni also earned several top individual honors.  Known as “the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate journalism,” the Hearst Awards Program presents scholarships to students for out...