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Kent State Graduate Goes from Kent State to Survivor: Ghost Island
From Long Island to 91Թ and now Ghost Island. That is the path 91Թ alumnus Jacob Derwin took to become a cast member on the 36th season of the CBS show Survivor, which will begin airing Feb. 28. This season’s show is called Survivor: Ghost Island. Long before t…
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Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Panel Discussion to be on Climate Change
The School of Communication Studies and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting will host the Spring 2018 Global Issues Forum with the panel discussion, “Advancing Understanding of Climate Change: The Role of Science and Global Communication.” The lecture will begin at 6:30 p.m. on…
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Kent State’s May 4 Visitors Center Focuses on Life Amid Tragedy in “Sandy’s Scrapbook” Exhibition
Sandy Scheuer was on her way to class on May 4, 1970, when she was shot and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen responding to protests of the Vietnam War at 91Թ. She was a junior honors student, a speech therapy major and a proud member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority.
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College of Communication and Information to Host Industry Exclusive Career Expo ’18
If you are registered to attend this year’s College of Communication and Information (CCI) Career Expo on Thursday, Feb. 15 in the Kent Student Center Ballroom, you will have the opportunity to meet representatives from some of the industries most respected communication-related organizations and de…
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Successful Christmas for Adopted Families at Battered Women's Shelter
This past Christmas season, the School of Communication Studies adopted a family through the Battered Women’s Shelter of Summit and Medina Counties to help brighten the holiday for a family in need. We were a part of a collective group of church groups, companies, government agencies, schoo…
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Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Offering Student Fellowship Stipend of $3,000 to Cover International Story
Each year, the 91Թ School of Communication Studies partners with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to offer a fellowship to provide students the opportunity to travel internationally to report on overlooked stories. Students may earn up to $3,000 this year to cover …
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COMM Professor Publishes Second Edition of Experience Communication
School of Communication Studies Associate Professor Jeffrey T. Child, Ph.D., released his second edition of his Introduction to Human Communication textbook, “Experience Communication” (EC). Child wrote the text to help make the latest and greatest scholarship about effective communication in the 21…
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Assistant Professor Publishes Chapter in Book Highlighting Political Humor
Assistant Professor for the School of Communication Studies Yesim Kaptan, Ph.D., published a chapter in the book, From Tahrir Square to Ferguson: Social Networks As Facilitators of Social Networks. Written by Juliette Dee, Kaptan co-authored the chapter, “Laughing with Tear Gas in Ou…
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Guitar Master: Advertising Student Shreds National Competition, Plays Guitar to the Tune of $10K
91Թ advertising student Michael Weber balances a 4.0 GPA with a thriving passion for music – a passion that recently propelled him to win first place on MTV’s talent show, “Amazingness.” The episode featuring Weber, ’19, aired nationally on Jan. 5, 2018. It featured six acts com…
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Journal of Communication Publishes Professor's Research on Co-Sexuality in the Workplace
COMM Assistant Professor Cristin A. Compton, Ph.D., co-authored “Organizing Sexuality: Silencing and the Push-Pull Process of Co-Sexuality in the Workplace” in the Journal of Communication Vol. 67, Issue 6, 2017, 874-896. The article was co-authored by Debbie S. Dougherty from the…
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