Alumni
Marketing Director, Sherwin-Williams
Major: Communication Studies
Kent State alumnus Mike Jackson, innovator and marketing communications executive, is joining Kent State’s School of Media and Journalism as a professional-in-residence this spring. He is teaching two classes and will serve as adviser to the student organization Franklin Advertising.
When I walked into Taylor Hall as an 18-year-old freshman in 1983, I had no idea that the foundation for my professional and personal life would take place there.
While earning a bachelor’s degree in Journalism in 1987, I was a section editor at the Daily Kent Stater — in a newsroom packed with future journalism giants whose achievements are too numerous to mention.
For its fourth consecutive year, the ѿappUniversity Honors College is hosting “Career Conversations,” a series of alumni speaking events which take place throughout the fall semester.
Throughout summer 2021, students from a variety of majors within the School of Media and Journalism worked for Project Citizen, a collaborative project organized by ѿappalumna and former CNN anchor Carol Costello.
It’s reunion time for the ѿappUniversity Golden Flashes family. ѿappcelebrated Homecoming 2021 with a week of activities and events leading up to the Oct. 2 Homecoming Parade and Homecoming football game.
The National Collegiate Honors Council has announced ѿappUniversity Honors College graduate Sarah Hagglund as a 2021 Portz Scholar. Hagglund is the 10th honors student from ѿappto be named a Portz Scholar since the national competition began in 1990.
It’s been a busy 2021 for Danna Sundet, ѿappprofessor of oboe and alumna. Between performances and making recordings, running the John Mack Oboe Camp and starting a new venture on YouTube, Sundet has continued teaching a robust studio of young oboists at ѿappand pursuing outside projects despite the challenges posed by Covid-19.
From now through Sunday, Sept. 19, Cockeye Creamery, located at 1805 1/2 Parkman Road NW in Warren, will be serving its Kent State-inspired ice cream “Black Squirrel” to raise money for ѿappUniversity at Trumbull’s Care Closet.