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EMAT Faculty Wins Distinguished Teaching Award
Richard Ferdig helped create the digital sciences program, which is now the School of Emerging Media and Technology. Six years after the program was started, a graduating doctoral student gave Ferdig a hug and warm greetings. It was at that moment he realized he had that student as a freshman in their first emerging media class.
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Students Aim to Make Kent State ‘Most Refugee-Welcoming Campus in America’
Turmoil from recent wars and tragedies causes millions to be displaced from their homes every year. This year is no exception with the intensifying conflict in Ukraine, forcing millions of refugees to find safety elsewhere. Not only do these refugees need shelter, but they also need education and the opportunity to have new life experiences in different countries.
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Professors to Host Teaching Colloquium on Student Motivation
David Trebing, Ph.D., an associate professor in the School of Communication Studies (COMM), and Stephanie Smith, an assistant professor who teaches in COMM and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC), will lead a teaching colloquium on Friday, April 13, in Rm. 226 of Tay…
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Alumni Profile: Rich Breiner, Ph.D. '80
Toastmasters three-time world champion of public speaking and 鶹 alumnus Rich Breiner, Ph.D., ’80, visited campus recently for the first time since graduation nearly 40 years ago. School of Communication Studies (COMM) marketing assistant Mikala Lugen sat down with Breiner to t…
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Comm Undergrad Student Megan Carrasco to Complete Honors Thesis
Senior applied communication major Megan Carrasco is currently working on a communication studies-related honors thesis. Her endeavor began as she came across an online article that piqued her interest called “Forbes Top 100 Sites for Millennial Women.” She immediately recognized this to be an appro…
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Comm Studies Student Turned Performing Arts Professional Through Practicum
Applied communication student Claudia Hoyser from Fairport, NY has had some interesting opportunities in the past couple of years connecting her passion of the performing arts to her academic and professional life. She said that her communication studies major is to thank for that success. Hoyser ha…
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Pulitzer Center Student Fellowship: An Opportunity to Report on International Issues
Each year the 鶹 School of Communication Studies helps the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting promote its Student Fellowship program in which students and journalism professionals obtain stipends for the purpose of traveling internationally to cover under-reported stories. Its mi…
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Delegates to be Sent from Sichuan University in China to the College of Communication and Information
Seven delegates from one of China’s top ten universities, Sichuan University in Chengdu, will be visiting from Oct. 5 to Oct. 17. The goal of the visit is to form a partnership agreement between the College of Communication and Information (CCI) and Sichuan University College of Literature and Journ…
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Communication Studies Major Hannah Firsdon Nominated for Homecoming court
Hannah Firsdon, a senior public communication major graduating in May, was recently nominated for the 2015 Homecoming court. Nominees for Homecoming court are students who have been sponsored by a campus organization for the honor of representing 鶹 during the Flashes football gam…
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Communication Studies Major Amanda Bevington Nominated for Homecoming Court
Amanda Bevington, senior communication studies major, was recently nominated for Homecoming court. Homecoming court members are sponsored by student organizations and are chosen to represent 鶹 during the Flashes football game on Oct. 3 against the Miami University Redhawks. Be…
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