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Kent State public relations major Sarah Matthews stands near the Cleveland script sign at North Coast Harbor’s Voinovich Park with the city in the background. She is one of several Kent State students involved in the 2016 Republican National Convention.

Kent State Students Gain Valuable Experience During RNC in Cleveland

As politicians, delegates, media and communications professionals from across the country descend upon Cleveland for the 2016 Republican National Convention, so too will students from Kent State University, using the skills they’ve learned to gain valuable work experience. Public relations major …

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Kent State Experts Available for the RNC

  The following experts from Kent State University are available to media covering the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Their areas of expertise and topics they can discuss are provided, as well as links to additional information and contact information. Areas of expertise includ…

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Vivian Feke, a recent graduate of Kent State, is the winner of the 2016 Student Edward R. Murrow Overall Excellence Award for video. The award recognizes outstanding work by student journalists. (Photo credit: Gary Hanson)

2016 Journalism Grad Wins Student Murrow Award for Video Excellence

Vivian Feke, a recent graduate of Kent State University who studied broadcast journalism in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is the winner of the 2016 Student Edward R. Murrow Overall Excellence Award for video. 

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Kent State Advertising Students Named National Finalists in Collegiate Effie Competition

Team will present integrated marketing campaign to V8®+Energy brand team For the first time, a team of Kent State University students and alumni will compete as finalists in the Collegiate Effie Competition later this month. The students – Ellie Schering, ’17, of Malvern, Ohio; Emily Wahl, ’16, of…

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Kent State Senior Combines Passion for Public Relations and Fashion to Raise Awareness About Human Trafficking

Student helps bring UNCHAINED fashion show to campus on April 4 A project that began as part of a public relations course in Kent State University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication is now coming to fruition and raising awareness about human trafficking. Mackenzie Lunde, a senior fashio…

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 Danielle Sarver Coombs, associate professor in Kent State’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, lectures in a Franklin Hall classroom during an afternoon journalism class.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month Danielle Sarver Coombs Associate Professor   College of Communication and Information 2007-present Danielle Sarver Coombs is an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the College of Communication and Information. Her research focuse…

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Pulitzer Winner Joins Faculty of Kent State University's College of Communication and Information

Kent State University’s College of Communication and Information and its School of Journalism and Mass Communication will welcome alumna and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Connie Schultz to its faculty this spring. Schultz, who graduated from Kent State with her bachelor’s degree in journalism in…

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Gary Harwood, Danielle Wiggins, Chris Plonsky and Thor Wasbotten

2015 Alumni and Friend of JMC Awards Ceremony

JMC recognized its distinguished alumni and friend of the School at its annual Alumni Awards and Friends ceremony and reception in Franklin Hall on Friday, October 2. Kent State President Beverly Warren was in attendance to deliver congratulatory remarks in recognition of the accomplishments of thi…

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Poynter Kent State Media Ethics Workshop to Focus on “Enduring Trauma”

Attend in person all day or for specific sessions, live web stream available for main presentations Covering trauma – a tragic accident, a horrendous attack, a sickening court case, a catastrophic weather event – exposes journalists and victims to complicated questions about ethics, pri…

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Kent State student Keri Richmond poses on the second floor of the Kent Student Center. Recently, Richmond spoke on Capitol Hill about foster care and shared her experience as a foster youth. Photo Credit: Kami Swingle

Kent State Student Helps Congress Change Child Welfare Laws

The pain of moving from one home to the next, time and time again, for four years straight is helping Keri Richmond speak out for other foster children without a voice. Richmond, a Kent State University junior majoring in public relations in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, s…

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