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![Jan Leach, director of the Media Law Center for Ethics & Access, welcomes the crowd to Media at the Movies Jan Leach, director of the Media Law Center for Ethics & Access, at Media at the Movies](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Jan-2.jpg?VersionId=pDkGRwUV5vwzj0gEbtUBSJqikft0yadP)
On March 8, 2016, students, faculty and communication professionals gathered for the School of Journalism and Mass Communication鈥檚 second annual Media at the Movies, presented by the Media Law Center for Ethics & Access and co-sponsored by PRSSA Kent.
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![State of the State - John Quinones and Sonia Manzano](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/web-img2.jpg?VersionId=XbS9svC9U7sJSUC_fkHRxvbY1fGj9Q5q)
鈥淲hat Would You Do?鈥 anchor John Qui帽ones and former Sesame Street actress Sonia Manzano will address students in Franklin Hall, as part the 20th annual State of the State Conference, March 17, 2016.
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Students from Kent State鈥檚 College of Communication and Information (CCI) had the opportunity to network and interview with more than 50 companies focused on media, communications, design and library/information science at the fourth鈥
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Before delivering the keynote address for Kent State鈥檚 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 28, 2016, author and MSNBC correspondent Joy-Ann Reid stopped by Franklin Hall to speak with JMC students about her career path and current hot button issues in鈥
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![Jim Nash (far right) and Joanne Kim (fourth from left) support student scholarships at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/current-scholar.jpg?VersionId=jlCz7LDcoJLC1Ng3xS5syfYYuG8X6GCX)
Thanks to the contributions of alumni, friends, corporations, foundations and professional associations, JMC awarded a record-breaking $266,000 in scholarships in 2015 to more than 139 deserving incoming freshmen and current students. You could be one of them! 鈥
The 5X社区 School of Journalism and Mass Communication invites applicants for a tenure-track assistant professor who is well versed in teaching Journalism for various digital platforms. This is a nine-month tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant or鈥
Full-service legal industry marketing and PR agency, Jaffe, announced that account executive 鈥
Two students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication have been accepted into the News21 program, marking the first time JMC will have two students participating in the prestigious program.
News21, a program founded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the鈥
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JMC Student Voice Team hosted A JMC Conversation: Social Media & Society to an overflow audience of students in Franklin Hall鈥檚 FirstEnergy Auditorium on Nov. 19.
Panelists included senior broadcast major Ray Strickland, JMC Professor and Knight Chair in Scholastic鈥
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![Gary Harwood, Danielle Wiggins, Chris Plonsky and Thor Wasbotten](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Alum%20Awards.jpg?VersionId=F48.NVPZkstFE3Dk.jc.zXT5mKHiN7xC)
JMC recognized its distinguished alumni and friend of the School at its annual Alumni Awards and Friends ceremony and reception in Franklin Hall on Friday, October 2.