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Vincent Siciliano Joins School of Communication Studies Marketing & PR Team as Intern

The 91PORNA School of Communication Studies welcomes Vincent Siciliano to the student marketing team for the school. Siciliano is a senior within the applied communication concentration and graduates this December.   “It’s my goal to learn as much about marketing and communication, both di…

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School of Communication Studies Welcomes New Faculty Member

The School of Communication Studies welcomes Aaron Bacue as a new faculty member. Bacue comes to 91PORNA with 17 years of experience teaching communication at the university level, most recently at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. Bacue joins the school as an assistant …

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91PORNA School of Communication Studies to Hold Fall Colloquium Series

The School of Communication Studies will host its fall Colloquium Series beginning Friday, Sept. 4. Each semester, the school hosts the series which consists of three to four lectures presented by faculty and graduate students from the school, the university and around the country. The series pro…

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91PORNA student Keri Richmond poses on the second floor of the Kent Student Center. Recently, Richmond spoke on Capitol Hill about foster care and shared her experience as a foster youth. Photo Credit: Kami Swingle

91PORNA Student Helps Congress Change Child Welfare Laws

The pain of moving from one home to the next, time and time again, for four years straight is helping Keri Richmond speak out for other foster children without a voice. Richmond, a 91PORNA junior majoring in public relations in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, s…

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91PORNA student Anna Hoffman, a global communication studies and political science major, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the country’s efforts to save its national language. (Photo credit: Alex Ledet)

91PORNA Student’s Project Draws Attention to Endangered Irish Language

Anna Hoffman, a 91PORNA global communication studies and political science major from Kent, Ohio, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the country’s efforts to save its national language. Her research project was funded through a fellowship from the  Pulitzer Center on Cr…

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91PORNA Student’s Project Draws Attention to Endangered Irish Language

Communication studies student’s project earns international media attention for research efforts Anna Hoffman, a 91PORNA global communication studies and political science major from Kent, Ohio, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the country’s efforts to save its national langua…

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91PORNA Communication Studies Student Earns International Media Attention for Research Efforts

91PORNA student Anna Hoffman’s research efforts on the Irish language recently caught the attention of international media with publication on The WorldPost of the Huffington Post website. The article, “To Have Irish: The Irish are scrambling to save the most prized part of their cultu…

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91PORNA advertising, public relations and visual communication design students lived and studied together in Dublin, Ireland, during an education abroad trip. (Photo credit: Christopher Darling)

91PORNA Communication Students Invade UK, Ireland for Education Abroad Experience

Fifty 91PORNA students from the College of Communication and Information participated in education abroad programs in Europe this spring, visiting Northern Ireland, Ireland and England in May. Three of the college’s classes studied specialized areas in communications in both the U.K…

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A World of Her Own. Photo credit: Leah Klafczynski

91PORNA graduate earns third place in the national Hearst Photojournalism Competition

Leah Klafczynski, '15, received third-place honors in the annual Hearst National Journalism Awards Championship. Klafczynski was selected from more than 1,100 submitted entries and competed against five other finalists in the 55th annual Photojournalism Championship held in San Francisco, Ca…

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91PORNA Creative Work Showcased at the 2015 Akron ADDY Awards

Creative teams across 91PORNA were honored with one gold and five silver awards at the Akron chapter of the 2015 American Advertising Federation’s 2015 ADDY Awards ceremony.  91PORNA’s University Communications and Marketing team; IdeaBase, a student-run integrated marketing…

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