School of Communications

If you walk around the offices of Martin Chase Productions, a small subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company, you'll see office labels in the shape of Mickey Mouse ears, you'll notice posters from several popular Disney movies, and you'll pass by animations drawn on the wall. It's the dream environment for junior media arts & entertainment major Asha Wilson, a lifelong Disney fan and intern with the production company.

Communications assistant professors Gerald Gibson and Ray Johnson will be among 20 other Broadcast Education Association faculty members from across the country to participate in the selective two-day Warner Bros. Media Lab July 14-15 in Burbank, Calif.

When searching for internships, college students are often taught the importance of cultivating personal contacts and maintaining communication with potential employers. It's sound advice because it works.

Ross Wade, assistant director of Career Services for the School of Communications, along with three career development colleagues from UNC Chapel Hill, Duke University and UNC Pembroke planned and facilitated a one day conference on the use of social media tools in career development practice.