School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Distinguished Alumni, Friends Honored At JMCās Annual Award Ceremony
JMC celebrated the outstanding achievements of five alumni and one extraordinary āfriendā at its annual Alumni Awards and Friends Reception and Ceremony on October 4. JMC alumni, faculty, staff, students, as well as family, friends and colleagues of the award recipients, were on hand for the eveningā¦
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New Honors Course Helps Students be Smarter Than Their Smartphones
Undergraduate students across campus can now learn about the technology that has made smart phones such a success in a new course titled āBe Smarter Than Your Phone.ā John West, trustees research professor in Ā鶹¹ū¶³ās Liquid Crystal Institute created the course based on his career ā¦
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Faculty Exhibition Chronicles Public School Desegregation in Leon County, Florida
When journalism professor Ann Schierhorn was a high school student at Florida State University School in 1966, she knew she was witnessing a story that needed to be told. Her classmates Keith Neyland and Mahlon C. Rhaney, Jr. were the first African American students to desegregate theā¦
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Brazilian Student Journalists Visit Kent State, JMC
A group of Brazilian students from Pontifical Catholic University of Parana (PUCPR) are visiting Ā鶹¹ū¶³ this month to work on multimedia storytelling projects focused on American media and culture. JMC assistant professorMitch McKenney is helping Brazilian professors orgaā¦
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TV2 Scores Four Finalist Nods In College Media Competition
The College Media Association (CMA) announced the finalists for the 2013 Pinnacle Awards, and TV2 KSU is included in four categories: Best Television Newscast, for the March 2013 broadcast that featured breaking news of a United States Senate vote to prevent the shutdown of the Federā¦
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Summer Commencement Makes History
Summer commencement marks two significant milestones for our School: This is the largest group of masterās students ever to graduate from JMC, and this is the first time more graduate students than undergraduate students will receive diplomas. "This summer's graduating class of masterāā¦
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LaBelle Photographs to Be Featured 'Above The Fold'
The photographs of Dave LaBelle, director of photojournalism at JMC, will be featured in āAbove the Fold: The Photographers of the The Chanute Tribune,ā an exhibit at The Chanute Art Gallery in Chanute, Kansas. The exhibit runs from September 3 through September 28. The show will draw frā¦
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JMC Students, Director Comment on Plain Dealer Cutbacks
Changes in the business model of The Plain Dealer ā including significant reductions in newsroom staff and home delivery ā brought WEWS Channel 5 to the JMC newsroom at the end of July to speak with journalism students Christina Bucciere and Rebecca Reis and JMC Directoā¦
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Kent in Prague Premieres
Ten students from JMC and Communication Studies depart on August 3 for a two-week exploration of modern media and democracy in Prague, the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic. They will be accompanied by JMC Professor Candace Perkins Bowen and Communication Studies Professor Catherine Gooā¦
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Campus Lifeline: College 'Innovator Of The Year'
Campus Lifeline: A College Report on Suicide, the ground-breaking student project examining college suicide, has been honored with a prestigious national award: the Associated Press Media Editorsā (APME) Innovator of the Year for College Students. APME was unanimous in its selection of Camā¦
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