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![Leisel Kober, '18, filmed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign visit to Kent State alongside national media Leisel Kober, '18, filmed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign visit to Kent State alongside national media](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Liesel.jpg?VersionId=z7MQ.cab2ogjiju69AijGVWggsJJVAir)
During the 2016 election cycle, students in the Kent State School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) have had opportunities to work alongside national media. Since the primaries began in January, students have covered rallies throughout Northeast Ohio for both sides, and鈥
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![Photo by Aaron Josefczeyk / Freshman photojournalism major Nick Cammett captured images from the World Series for Baseball America magazine. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk / Nick Cammett, '20, took photos of the World Series games at Progressive Field.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/NickCammett.jpg?VersionId=um5Qtvn.HYI01C3RQhCJa331OxyQkiYx)
Even as the Cleveland Indians鈥 season came to an end during extra innings in Game 7 of the World Series, fans celebrated a historic six-month journey that began on a cold day in April. Many alumni and students from Kent State鈥檚 College of Communication and Information and the鈥
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Members of Kent State鈥檚 chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA Kent) traveled to Indianapolis for the 2016 PRSSA National Conference to attend workshops on topics like job application training, chapter development, public relations skills and鈥
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![Jullianne Peters at Progressive Field wearing her World Series shirt](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/indians-lilianne.jpg?VersionId=eBTzzFLSLsgHOwIpb0imVnJdE.tsqsOo)
For the first time in 19 years, the Cleveland Indians are playing in the World Series. Lillianne Peters, a digital media production major in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC), is playing an essential role for this historic championship run behind the scenes鈥
Franklin Advertising and PRSSA Kent will co-host their annual networking event, Communications Connection, on Nov. 9, 2016.
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![Photo by Joseph Young, '17 JMC Conversation](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/jmcconvoJY.jpg?VersionId=sxPFrXAW4FvYcMayfhabfgj21KvHthIa)
In 2014, Ohio was ranked second in the nation for drug overdose deaths. To educate Kent State and the surrounding community about the issue and fight this growing epidemic, Kent State鈥檚 School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the JMC Student Voice Team co-hosted a panel鈥
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![JMC Conversation - Effects of Heroin](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/HeroinPosterFinal.jpg?VersionId=RpdAfswAAi_ufuGC.qAyXlw6K45.VOIG)
A livestream of "The Effects of Heroin: A JMC Conversation" will be available on this page, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, from 6-8 p.m.
Learn more about this event.
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![Hagedorn Scholarship Recipients, 2016](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/web-hagedorn.jpg?VersionId=OahSn6vIFKBDhgrRJRnCEdgiA3g35GyL)
The Kent State School of Journalism and Mass Communication recently celebrated the Wallace J. Hagedorn Photojournalism Scholarship with renovations to the Wallace J. Hagedorn gallery and a dinner and reception with Hagedorn trust managers.
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The concept of social justice covers a diverse collection of human rights and equality issues, challenging societies to see all people as part of a common humanity.
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Kent State鈥檚 undergraduate public relations program has joined a select group of fewer than 40 colleges around the world that hold official certification from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).