News & Events
Image
ҹ糡 alumna Courtney Flickinger, ’20, has been using communication skills to advocate for aging populations since her senior year of college. In 2019, she was a communications intern with Direction Home Akron Canton Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities, and has since…
Image
Peter Bobkowski will join the School of Media and Journalism this fall as ҹ糡’s second Knight Chair in Scholastic Journalism, dedicated to leading national efforts to revitalize journalism in the nation's high schools.
Image
The ҹ糡 School of Media and Journalism (MDJ) welcomed Mizell Stewart III, award winning reporter, corporate news executive and president and CEO of Emerging Leaders LLC, to give the third annual Dix Media Ethics Lecture, “Journalism as a Civic Good,” on March 1, 2023.
Image
Mandy Jenkins began her robust journalism career during a time where the news industry was changing quickly, and faculty who taught her say she was particularly well-suited for this challenge.
“I could see that she thought on a trajectory that was light-years ahead of other…
Image
Walking down the streets of Manhattan, surrounded by 49 college students of diverse backgrounds, ҹ糡 student Rafael Guedes Bonacin, ’23, felt at home, even though he was far from his native Brazil.
Image
Award winning reporter and news executive Mizell Stewart III will discuss “Journalism as a Civic Good” at 7 p.m. on March 1, 2023, in Franklin Hall’s First Energy Auditorium (Room 340).
Image
When senior visual communication design major Jordan Edgar, '23, was asked to design the logo for Homeslice Pizzeria, ҹ糡’s newest dining location, she wanted to create a logo that would match the environment of the Kent Student Center and incorporate elements of a…
Image
In Spring 2019 Jenna Gilbreath, ’23, was an incoming communication studies student, unsure and nervous about what her new life at ҹ糡 would look like. During an incoming student visit day, one person and one conversation reassured her that she was on the right…
Image
Before he graduated in December 2022, digital media production alumnus Sam Teyssier had already racked up some impressive credits: He’d worked on television shows including “American Rust” and “A League of Their Own” (among others), as well as Sundance Film Festival’s…
Image
Laura Gordon, '87, had such a fulfilling experience as a ҹ糡 student, that she now gives back so that others may find their way to the types of relationships and encounters that helped set her on her path. “I think it’s really important to give back when…