Awards and Honors
2014 JMC Alumni Awards: ӰƵ the Winners
JMC is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Alumni and Friends Awards. The school will honor the winners of the William D. Taylor Award, Fast-Track Awards and Sharon Marquis Friends of JMC Award at the annual reception on October 17. 2014 Taylor Award Winner Wayne Dawson, a 1…
School of Media and Journalism
School of Communication Studies To Honor Distinguished Alumni at Annual Homecoming Awards
KENT, OH – The School of Communication Studies will recognize three alumni for their contributions to the field of communication and bestow the Dominic Infante Scholarship during its annual Homecoming Awards and Reception Friday, Oct. 17, beginning at 5 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balco…
School of Communication Studies
ӰƵ Geauga Faculty Member Receives YMCA Volunteer of the Year Award
Constance Longmire, Ph.D., instructor and outreach coordinator in the diversity office at ӰƵ at Geauga, received the Adult Volunteer of the Year Award at the Akron Area YMCA Annual Dinner in Akron, Ohio, on April 24. Longmire was awarded for her work with the Nordonia Hills YMCA a…
Kent Campus
ӰƵ Honors College Graduate Named 2014 Portz Scholar
The National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) has named Allison Moats, a recent graduate of the Honors College and the College of Arts and Sciences at ӰƵ, as a Portz Scholar for 2014. Allison is a native of Ravenna, Ohio, and received her bachelor’s degree from the Department of A…
Kent Campus
ӰƵ’s Iris E. Harvey Chosen as a 2014 Women of Note Honoree
Iris E. Harvey, ӰƵ’s vice president for university relations, is among the 2014 Women of Note and was recognized on July 24 at LaCentre of Westlake, Ohio. She is one of 15 women selected by Crain’s Cleveland Business for its 2014 class, honoring the women whose passion, dedication…
Kent Campus
ӰƵ’s “They Led the Way” Exhibit Receives National History Award
A civil rights exhibit created by ӰƵ Professor Ann Schierhorn and featuring photography by ӰƵ Lecturer David LaBelle has won a national Award of Merit from the American Association for ӰƵ and Local History. The exhibit “They Led the Way” chronicles the stories of eight…
Kent Campus
ӰƵ’s Professional Sales Certificate Named a Top University Sales Program
ӰƵ’s College of Business Administration was recently recognized by the Sales Education Foundation as a 2014 Top University for Professional Sales Education. Ellen Daniels, faculty member of the College of Business Administration at ӰƵ, said this is quite an accomplishme…
Kent Campus
WKSU Wins 12 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards
WKSU, a public radio station and service of ӰƵ, was honored by the Press Club of Cleveland with 12 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards at a ceremony held June 6 at the House of Blues in downtown Cleveland. The station won three first-place and two best-in-show awards, including B…
Kent Campus
ӰƵ Architecture Graduate Students Earn High Honor in International Design Competition
ӰƵ graduate students Jeff Jasinski of Wickliffe, Ohio, and Matt Dureiko of Stow, Ohio, both enrolled in the architecture and urban design program, placed second in an international design competition. The DawnTown 2014 Alternative Mobilities design competition, sponsored by the Mi…
Kent Campus
ӰƵ Video Selected a Winner in the 35th Annual Telly Awards
The Telly Awards has named a fundraising video created for the new Center for the Visual Arts at ӰƵ as a bronze winner in the 35th Annual Telly Awards. The ӰƵ video submission was one of nearly 12,000 entries from all 50 states and numerous countries. Produced by …
Alumni and Giving