The College of Communication and Information (CCI)
COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION
TENTH ANNIVERSARY
INFORMATION
is one of the only colleges within the United States that has
such a diverse combination of communication, information and
visual disciplines within its schools.
With its four schools — Communications Studies (COMM),Visual Communication
Design (VCD), Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) and Library and Information
Science (LIS), CCI offers courses and opportunities, providing students a broad
educational perspective and intensive training, preparing them to enter the job market
with the skills needed to succeed.
New Highlights for Fall 2013:
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Flexible. Globally-oriented. Award-winning. VCD listened to its students and has reorganized the
internationally-recognized program to allow for more flexibility in the junior and senior years so
students can study abroad and participate in experiential-learning opportunities without adding time
to the now four-year curriculum.
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Intellectual. Internationally-recognized. Distinguished. COMM has added two new
concentrations to its already comprehensive program — global communication and health
communication. Global communication provides students with exposure to business processes,
information management, media systems and telecommunications structure, intercultural and
organizational communication practices. The health communication major promotes skills in health
care communication and training, social support, health literacy, media literacy and the design and
development of health messages, programs, and campaigns. COMM also offers minors in most of its
concentrations.
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Multi-media focused. Innovative and entrepreneurial. Hands-on, practical learning. JMC students
learn communication, analytical and problem-solving skills in a state-of-the-art facility. These skills are
needed not only in media professions but in any career field.
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Visit campus. CCI schools offer Shadow Days for prospective students. Students can sign up via
CCI’s website, http://www.kent.edu/cci.
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The CCI Commons is an on-campus residential college open to all majors within CCI. This unique
learning community is academically-based and designed to provide students with the tools and
support necessary to become successful in their college and professional careers. Olson Hall is
centrally located on campus near the Kent Student Center. Minutes from the respective buildings for
each of CCI’s four schools, students who live there are in the heart of Kent State.
Center photo © 2011 Bryan Rinnert/ 3 Sight Photography
Reasons for studying communication and information at Kent State CCI:
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According to a 2012 job outlook study by the National Association of Colleges and Employers,
communication skills rank first among most important job characteristics employers seek. Second and
third are analytical skills and teamwork skills.
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One of greatest areas of job growth is in health-related professions making health communication a desirable major for
incoming students.
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JMC distributes more than $40,000 in scholarships each spring in addition to university-wide scholarships.
VCD and COMM also have school-based scholarship programs.
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All JMC and VCD undergraduate students are required to complete an internship in their chosen major to graduate. This is an
opportunity to test skills and to gain real-world experience. Students who perform well in their internship often are offered
full-time positions after graduation by the organization with which they interned. CCI internship employers include: MTV,
NASA, Sony Records, Today Show, Abercrombie & Fitch, American Greetings, AOL, Progressive, Cleveland Clinic, USA Today,
Discovery and many others.
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The overall average salary offer to new college graduates at the bachelor’s degree level in communications is up 2.2 percent
over last year at this time, according to results of the fall issue of Salary Survey.
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The 2012 Internship and Co-Op survey showed the average hourly wage for communications interns was $15.91.
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CCI is a professional college where students get hands-on experience and classes taught by faculty
with experience in their disciplines.
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CCI has active student groups and mentoring programs for its students.
Above photo © 2011 David LaBalle