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The School of Communication Studies hosts the Communication In Action (CIA) event to showcase student work and the diverse range of career paths that are possible with a Communication Studies major.   This year's event will take place April 21, 5-7 p.m. in Taylor Hall, Room 226.  The following classes will be showcasing student work:   Intercultural Communication This course examines theory and application of communication between people of different cultures and different national systems.   The showcase will be featuring photos taken by stu...

KENT, Ohio - Serena Loftus, Ph.D., assistant professor of accounting at the 51���� Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, has been selected as a Top 50 Best Undergraduate Business Professor by Poets&Quants.  Loftus joined the college in Fall 2021 where she teaches Intermediate Accounting II. Prior to 51����, Loftus taught Management Accounting at Tulane University, where she received the Dean’s Excellence in Teaching of Undergraduates Award in 2018. She is also a Certified Management Accountant (CMA). Loftus was recently featured by the Cent...

KENT, Ohio - Seven finalists will compete in 51����’s John S. and Marlene J. Brinzo Center for Entrepreneurship’s annual CEBIpitch competition for a chance to win a share of $20,000 in cash prizes. The John S. and Marlene J. Brinzo Center for Entrepreneurship is housed in the 51���� Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship.  The annual CEBIpitch event helps 51���� entrepreneurship students launch and grow their startup companies and earn funds to support it. The event will take place virtually at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 21. The event is ...

Assistant Professor Abraham Avnisan is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is found at the intersection of image, text and code, often centering on culture and justice. He teaches on the faculty of the School of Media and Journalism and the School of Emerging Media and Technology at 51����. His latest artistic development, created in collaboration with Dan Paz and currently on display at the 51���� Design Innovation Hub, examines the incarceration business in the United States, specifically related to youth incarceration. “the seeing machine as 440,918,749 points – the ...

Adding a research project can seem like too much with jobs, classes and other responsibilities. However, every year, students are up for the Student Showcase challenge, entering research projects and creative works that run the gamut. This year's submissions ranged from "Analyzing Smallpox" to "What Music Brings People to Tears." Faculty judges assessed each poster presentation and after the tabulation of scores, awarded first place to Rilee Wilson, a senior Psychology and Criminology and Justice Studies double major. Riley’s entry, "The Impact of Covid-19 on Death and Mourning," ...

Megan Carrasco's journey to law school, and now as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Arizona Supreme Court, began at 51���� with her major in Communication Studies.   “Law is very much communication based; you never have to do just one thing in law,” Carrasco said.  After graduating in 2016, Carrasco, an Honors student, who minored in Public Relations and Spanish, spent time working and thinking about what she truly wanted to do before going back to graduate school. She ultimately decided the law school process and courses fascinated her, so she began law school ...

Sports play a significant role today, serving as a form of entertainment and fostering connections all around the world. The part of sports that people often forget to consider is the role of communication in sports.   This semester, J.D. Ponder, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the School of Communication Studies, is teaching “Sports Communication,” which examines the intersection of communication and sports. This course is designed to help students better understand the importance of sports in our world.  The course covers issues such as sports and politics, gende...