Awards and Honors
2014 JMC Alumni Awards: 17cҳ the Winners
JMC is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Alumni and Friends Awards. The school will honor the winners of the William D. Taylor Award, Fast-Track Awards and Sharon Marquis Friends of JMC Award at the annual reception on October 17. 2014 Taylor Award Winner Wayne Dawson, a 1…
School of Media and Journalism
School of Communication Studies To Honor Distinguished Alumni at Annual Homecoming Awards
KENT, OH – The School of Communication Studies will recognize three alumni for their contributions to the field of communication and bestow the Dominic Infante Scholarship during its annual Homecoming Awards and Reception Friday, Oct. 17, beginning at 5 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balco…
School of Communication Studies
17cҳ Geauga Faculty Member Receives YMCA Volunteer of the Year Award
Constance Longmire, Ph.D., instructor and outreach coordinator in the diversity office at 17cҳ at Geauga, received the Adult Volunteer of the Year Award at the Akron Area YMCA Annual Dinner in Akron, Ohio, on April 24. Longmire was awarded for her work with the Nordonia Hills YMCA a…
Kent Campus
17cҳ Honors College Graduate Named 2014 Portz Scholar
The National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) has named Allison Moats, a recent graduate of the Honors College and the College of Arts and Sciences at 17cҳ, as a Portz Scholar for 2014. Allison is a native of Ravenna, Ohio, and received her bachelor’s degree from the Department of A…
Kent Campus
17cҳ’s Iris E. Harvey Chosen as a 2014 Women of Note Honoree
Iris E. Harvey, 17cҳ’s vice president for university relations, is among the 2014 Women of Note and was recognized on July 24 at LaCentre of Westlake, Ohio. She is one of 15 women selected by Crain’s Cleveland Business for its 2014 class, honoring the women whose passion, dedication…
Kent Campus
17cҳ’s “They Led the Way” Exhibit Receives National History Award
A civil rights exhibit created by 17cҳ Professor Ann Schierhorn and featuring photography by 17cҳ Lecturer David LaBelle has won a national Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History. The exhibit “They Led the Way” chronicles the stories of eight…
Kent Campus
17cҳ Recognized as a “Great College to Work For”
17cҳ is being recognized again as one of the nation’s best. 17cҳ has been selected as one of this year’s “Great Colleges to Work For” by The Chronicle of Higher Education, the nation’s number one source of news, information and jobs for college and university faculty members a…
Division of People, Culture and Belonging
17cҳ’s Professional Sales Certificate Named a Top University Sales Program
17cҳ’s College of Business Administration was recently recognized by the Sales Education Foundation as a 2014 Top University for Professional Sales Education. Ellen Daniels, faculty member of the College of Business Administration at 17cҳ, said this is quite an accomplishme…
Kent Campus
WKSU Wins 12 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards
WKSU, a public radio station and service of 17cҳ, was honored by the Press Club of Cleveland with 12 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards at a ceremony held June 6 at the House of Blues in downtown Cleveland. The station won three first-place and two best-in-show awards, including B…
Kent Campus
17cҳ Architecture Graduate Students Earn High Honor in International Design Competition
17cҳ graduate students Jeff Jasinski of Wickliffe, Ohio, and Matt Dureiko of Stow, Ohio, both enrolled in the architecture and urban design program, placed second in an international design competition. The DawnTown 2014 Alternative Mobilities design competition, sponsored by the Mi…
Kent Campus