News & Events
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Dec. 4, 2019
The College of Communication and Information at °µÍø½ûÇø is pleased to announce the return of the 2020 David and Janet Dix Lecture in Media Ethics funded through the generosity of David and Janet Dix.
Launched in 2019 with an endowment gift of $100,000 to the…
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Nov. 29, 2019
Artifacts of May 4, 1970 – a survivor’s jacket, a gas mask and gun shell casing – tell a story that’s not often accessible to the general public. Assistant Professor Abe Avnisan and students in his digital sciences capstone course will bring these artifacts’ stories to…
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Nov. 15, 2019
°µÍø½ûÇø Student Media won 18 national awards presented by The College Media Association and The Associated Collegiate Press at the 2019 National College Media Convention in Washington, D.C. from Friday, Nov. 1 to Saturday, Nov.2.
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Oct. 30, 2019
The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) awarded PRSSA Kent the highest national honors for a chapter, the 2019 Outstanding Chapter Award. Public relations major Vanessa Gresley, PRSSA Kent’s vice president of professional relations, earned the Gold Key Award, the…
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Oct. 17, 2019
Professor Jacqueline Marino is a 2019 recipient of °µÍø½ûÇø's highest teaching honor, the Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA).
Dating back more than 50 years and sponsored by the °µÍø½ûÇø Alumni Association, the DTA is presented annually to three full-time faculty…
June 26, 2019
The School of Visual Communication Design at °µÍø½ûÇø has named Daniel Alenquer to the position of Director as of July 1.
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June 11, 2019
°µÍø½ûÇø has placed in the top tier of the Effie Collegiate Brand Challenge from 2019-21 and in 2016. This competition gave students the chance to work with well-known brands like Subaru, Bose and V8. In 2019, advertising students earned second place for creating a marketing…
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April 30, 2019
An interdisciplinary team of °µÍø½ûÇø faculty will participate in a $13.3 million USAID grant to improve educational outcomes for Nigerian children, seeking to reach 200 schools and improve the teaching skills of over 5,000 teachers while impacting 200,000 students.
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April 29, 2019
Each year, the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD) — the authoritative body for typography worldwide — assesses and evaluates visual communicators’ work. For the past three years, °µÍø½ûÇø’s School of Visual Communication Design (VCD) has hosted the…
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April 24, 2019
Photo students at °µÍø½ûÇø consistently develop portfolios that stand up to national and regional competition. One student, Nathaniel Bailey, ’21, a journalism major with a concentration in photojournalism, has a robust portfolio under his belt and several significant honors.