More Headlines for the Week of Dec. 10, 2007

Kent State Professor Receives Gold Eddie Award for Magazine Article

Kent State’s Jacquie Marino, an assistant professor of magazine journalism in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is the recipient of a prestigious Gold Eddie Award. The Eddie Awards recognize excellence in magazine editorial and design and are given each year by Folio magazine.

Marino received the award for the article “Blood Brothers,” which appeared in Cleveland Magazine in June 2006. The article chronicled the experiences of several Marines from Brook Park's 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment. The 3/25 lost 48 Marines during one tour of duty in Iraq, 16 in a single week.

“It felt good to know that others were moved by the Marines’ story,” Marino said. She added that she was absolutely thrilled to receive the Gold Eddie Award.

Marino also has won many local awards as well as the national Clarion Award from the Association for Women in Communications in 2000. She has been a journalist for 13 years and has written for a variety of publications, such as The Plain Dealer, Memphis magazine and Agence France-Presse. Marino currently is a contributing editor of Cleveland Magazine.

Marino has been an assistant professor at Kent State since the fall of 2006. She teaches feature writing, news writing and magazine publishing regularly. Next semester, she is teaching political journalism, a new special topics class she created with Thom Yantek, a professor of political science.

Marino graduated from Kent State in December 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication and a bachelor’s degree in political science. In May 2002, she graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a master’s degree in nonfiction writing.

December Listening Posts Cancelled

The Listening Posts scheduled for December at several of the campuses have been cancelled. The Division of Human Resources will reschedule the sessions for the Spring 2008 Semester. You can always view the Listening Post Schedule online.

Listening Posts provide an informal way for employees to share their interests and concerns with university representatives. For more information, contact Karen Watson, employee relations specialist, at 330-672-5050.

Kent State Stark presents A Dickensian Christmas

The Kent State Stark Campus will present A Dickensian Christmas, performed by the Lyric Theatre Ensemble, on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 8 p.m. in the Main Hall Auditorium at 6000 Frank Avenue NW in Jackson Township.

The Lyric Theatre Ensemble, the professional vocal ensemble in residence at Kent State Stark, includes vocalists Catherine Robison, soprano; Laurel Seeds, soprano; James Smith, tenor; Kenneth Kramer, baritone; and Kenneth Furlan on piano. This event features an evening of readings and songs from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

A Dickensian Christmas is free and open to the public; however, tickets are required. To obtain tickets, call the Kent State Stark Box Office at 330-244-3348, Monday through Friday, from 1 to 5 p.m.

For additional information, contact the Kent State Stark Music Department at 330-244-5151 from Canton or 330-535-3377, ext. 55151, from Akron.

Special Employee Ticket Offer

The Kent State Athletic Ticket Office is offering a special buy-one, get-one free ticket promotion to any home athletic event during the semester break.

The offer is available by showing your university FlashCard at the time of purchase. This promotion is good for general admission tickets to the following events:

Women’s Basketball — Tuesday, Dec. 18, and Friday, Dec. 28
Men’s Basketball — Thursday, Dec. 20; Saturday, Dec. 29; and Wednesday, Jan. 9
Wrestling — Saturday, Dec. 29, and Friday, Jan. 4
Men’s Track — Friday, Jan. 11
Men’s and Women’s Track — Saturday, Jan. 12

Call the Athletic Ticket Office at 330-672-2244 for more information or visit www.kentstatesports.com for event times and game opponents.

E-Inside Takes a Holiday

The e-Inside newsletter is taking a holiday vacation. See you on Jan. 14, 2008, when e-Inside kicks off Spring Semester 2008! Remember that e-Inside’s interactive message boards will still be available during the hiatus.