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![Students win fall Hyde Park qualifying tournament.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/IMG_1220v2.jpg?VersionId=17YO.qeLXXR02Kx5M_9FIp0D.SasoXrA)
The Kent State University School of Communication Studies hosted its first-ever Hyde Park Forum Qualifying Tournament on Dec. 1, 2017, in Taylor Hall. The qualifying competition pits Introduction to Human Communication students against one another using persuasive public…
Applied communication junior Julia Hazel was the winner of this year’s fifth annual Kent State LaunchNET Elevator Pitch competition.
The competition gives students 90 seconds to pitch a business idea or personal skills to a panel of judges for a chance to win prize money.…
The College of Communication and Information celebrated Giving Tuesday 2017 with a “give thanks” event held in the CCI Commons in Olson Hall.
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Toastmasters three-time world champion of public speaking and Kent State University alumnus Rich Breiner, Ph.D., ’80, visited campus recently for the first time since graduation nearly 40 years ago.
School of Communication Studies (COMM) marketing assistant Mikala Lugen sat…
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![Panelists discussed how the global refugee crisis impacts Kent State students and people around the world at “Redefining 'Refugee': Stories from a Global Crisis.”](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/Refugee_Crisis_Panel_112017.3.png?VersionId=tXL6E8xO647qbEG88gJZYqBeZ2ALYXlV)
Panelists spoke to a packed house of approximately 80 people at the "Redefining 'Refugee': Stories from a Global Crisis" discussion held Nov. 17.
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![Communication Studies students plan panel discussion on the refugee crisis as part of a class assignment.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/reyes5_0.png?VersionId=RFzCX5X1fSWW.vZuu2p2Z48W95ZccGQi)
Communication Studies majors Eunice Reyes, junior, and Juleanna Smith, senior, will host a panel discussion titled, “Redefining 'Refugee': Stories from a Global Crisis” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15 in Rm.
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![Julia Hazel, Kent State junior communications major, won the prize for personal pitch during LaunchNET Kent State's elevator pitch competition. Julia Hazel, Kent State junior communications major, won the prize for personal pitch during LaunchNET Kent State's elevator pitch competition.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article_thumbnail/SPECIALFEATURE-ElevatorPitch1.jpg?VersionId=ipWZIhl4.K699RD_f6Meiz1Bqy9QUyRc)
Kent State University students recently used University Library elevators to compete in the fifth annual LaunchNET Elevator Pitch event, where they had 90 seconds to pitch a business idea to a panel of judges.
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![Four School of Communication Studies faculty members were honored with a Faculty Recognition Award at the University Teaching Council Conference.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Faculty%20Awardsv2.png?VersionId=um63X2IYB_ArofjRE_L7vtlfGZlN3CTo)
Each year, the Kent State University Teaching Council hosts the Celebrating College Teaching Conference.
At the conference, faculty members who “have made a difference in the life of a student” are recognized and receive a formal certificate from the Office of the Provost.
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![Associate Professor David Trebing, Ph.D., teaches a class in the School of Communication Studies.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/MEU_4264.jpg?VersionId=NwIl_AE5EX.y8s.q_5WTArgPzawQlHqO)
David Trebing, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Communication Studies, was named one of six university-wide finalists for the 2017 Outstanding Teaching Awards.