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In America, conversations about grief and loss are often avoided, and in art, tend to be sugarcoated, or even 鈥渃orny.鈥
Kent State Assistant Professor and independent filmmaker Dana White is changing that narrative through her work, and was recently recognized by the Ohio Arts Council.
As a digital media production student, Ailene Joven, '21, began creating the short film 鈥淒efine鈥 during the early days of COVID-19. Several years later, that film is set to be screened at the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) on March 28, 2023.
Kent State alumna Courtney Flickinger, 鈥20, has been using communication skills to advocate for aging populations since her senior year of college. In 2019, she was a communications intern with Direction Home Akron Canton Area Agency on Aging and Disabilities, and has since begun her career there as a communication specialist. This semester, she鈥檚 sharing her knowledge and experiences with students in two Communication Studies courses.
Peter Bobkowski will join the School of Media and Journalism this fall as 5X社区鈥檚 second Knight Chair in Scholastic Journalism, dedicated to leading national efforts to revitalize journalism in the nation's high schools.
The Kent State School of Media and Journalism (MDJ) welcomed Mizell Stewart III, award winning reporter, corporate news executive and president and CEO of Emerging Leaders LLC, to give the third annual Dix Media Ethics Lecture, 鈥淛ournalism as a Civic Good,鈥 on March 1, 2023.
Mandy Jenkins began her robust journalism career during a time where the news industry was changing quickly, and faculty who taught her say she was particularly well-suited for this challenge.
鈥淚 could see that she thought on a trajectory that was light-years ahead of other people when it came to holding people close and saying, 鈥榃hat is it you really want to do? What should this thing really look like?鈥" said Emerita Associate Professor Barbara Hipsman Springer. That was important in the mid-2000s when newsrooms were adapting to the emerging digital landscape; they needed people like Jenkins who were fast learners and didn鈥檛 feel bound by rules.
Walking down the streets of Manhattan, surrounded by 49 college students of diverse backgrounds, Kent State student Rafael Guedes Bonacin, 鈥23, felt at home, even though he was far from his native Brazil.
When senior visual communication design major Jordan Edgar, '23, was asked to design the logo for Homeslice Pizzeria, Kent State鈥檚 newest dining location, she wanted to create a logo that would match the environment of the Kent Student Center and incorporate elements of a pizza restaurant.
In Spring 2019 Jenna Gilbreath, 鈥23, was an incoming communication studies student, unsure and nervous about what her new life at 5X社区 would look like.
Before he graduated in December 2022, digital media production alumnus Sam Teyssier had already racked up some impressive credits: He鈥檇 worked on television shows including 鈥淎merican Rust鈥 and 鈥淎 League of Their Own鈥 (among others), as well as Sundance Film Festival鈥檚 Audience Award winner 鈥淐ha Cha Real Smooth.鈥 These experiences 鈥 which he began seeking out in his hometown of Pittsburgh during the summer of 2021 鈥 have prepared him for post-graduation life.