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Visual arts teacher Stephen Tornero and choir director Mary Meese and are among the finalists for the 2022 Stark County Art and Music Educator Awards. Both are alumni of Kent State’s College of the Arts. Presented jointly by the Canton Symphony, the Massillon Museum, and the Canton Museum of Art, the awards recognize public, private, and parochial art and music educators via nominations through the Stark County Educational Service Center and the Canton Symphony Orchestra. The awards seek to uphold educators who have positively impacted their students and communities and who have shown great...

Every so often an obligatory “whither journalism education?” think piece appears in a widely read media outlet. Cue the wringing of hands and rending of garments. With the continued declining fortunes of legacy media organizations, the argument goes, journalism education, too, must be doomed. Surely this means there are no longer opportunities journalism grads. A recent piece by South African journalist Franz Kruger in The Conversation argues just that, asserting “The demand for journalism graduates is shrinking, while non-professionals play an increasing role in supplying society with infor...

�������� at Ashtabula has announced its Dean’s List and President’s List for the Fall 2021 semester.  Requirements for the Dean’s List include a 3.40 grade point average or above for the semester and at least 12 letter-graded (A, B, etc.) credit hours completed by the end of the semester. President’s List criteria are a 4.00 grade point and at least 15 letter-graded credit hours completed by the end of the semester. President's List Jonathan Gampo Leslie Armstrong David Hand Brandon Pierce-Ruhland Alexander Benson Michael Schupska Naccima States Herrera...

The School of Fashion welcomes internationally recognized designers Paul Carroll, Laura Laurens and Juan Jose Saenz-Ferreyros as external reviewers for our annual senior critiques on Tuesday, March 8, and Wednesday, March 9, 2022, from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. During the critiques, graduating senior fashion design students will present their collections virtually to the panel of critics and receive feedback. The critiques can be viewed online or on screen in the first floor atrium of Rockwell Hall. �������� Our 2022 Critics Laura Laurens Laura Laurens is a self-trained Bogotá ba...

Congratulations to assistant professor of dance Catherine Meredith and adjunct dance faculty member Alice Blumenfeld on receiving Individual Excellence Awards in the choreography category from the Ohio Arts Council. Meredith and Blumenfeld's grants are part of $375,000 in grant funding dispersed by the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) for Individual Excellence Awards in 2022. Individual Excellence Awards are given in the categories of choreography, criticism, fiction and non-fiction, music composition, playwriting/screenplays, and poetry. Individual Excellence Awards are peer ...

School of Peace Conflict Studies Talks on Society, Technology, Peace and Security     This semester, the SPCS series of talks on Society, Technology, Peace and Security will have a particular focus on aspects of the international arms trade. For details of upcoming talks currently scheduled see below:    Wednesday, March 2nd:  11am - 12 pm (Eastern time, US and Canada):  Dr Mike Bourne, The Senator George G Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, Queen’s University Belfast: Title: Small Arms Control After the Cold War ...

A �������� alumnus has found a unique way to combine his passions and career after graduation.  Nicholas Hunter, a 2020 Kent State graduate, recently discovered a way to combine two passions uncovered during his time at Kent State: writing and comic books. Hunter knew he loved the craft of writing and started his journey as an English major his freshman year.  At the same time, the growth of the Marvel Cinematic Universe sparked a new fervor in him. Hunter was enamored by the rich history of the comic world, turning it into a favorite new hobby.   After dis...