Alumni
Visual arts teacher Stephen Tomero and choir director Mary Meese and are among the finalists for the 2022 Stark County Art and Music Educator Awards. Both are alumni of 抖M女仆鈥檚 College of the Arts.
For recent journalism graduates, the COVID-19 pandemic has shaped their entry into the news industry. Young MDJ alumni have focused much of their professional careers on the pandemic, mostly with a Northeast Ohio angle 鈥 not just on case numbers or other statistics, but also on the effects on the economy, businesses and the healthcare industry.
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Kent State alumnus Mike Jackson, innovator and marketing communications executive, is joining 抖M女仆鈥檚鈥疭chool 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鈥檚 degree in Journalism in 1987, I was a section editor at the Daily 抖M女仆r 鈥 in a newsroom packed with future journalism giants whose achievements are too numerous to mention.
For its fourth consecutive year, the 抖M女仆 Honors College is hosting 鈥淐areer Conversations,鈥 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 抖M女仆 alumna and former CNN anchor Carol Costello.
It鈥檚 reunion time for the 抖M女仆 Golden Flashes family. 抖M女仆 celebrated 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 抖M女仆 Honors College graduate Sarah Hagglund as a 2021 Portz Scholar. Hagglund is the 10th honors student from 抖M女仆 to be named a Portz Scholar since the national competition began in 1990.
It鈥檚 been a busy 2021 for Danna Sundet, 抖M女仆 professor 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 抖M女仆 and pursuing outside projects despite the challenges posed by Covid-19.