iMedia

On Aug. 1 the School of Communications welcomed 40 students to the master’s program in Interactive Media. The enrolling students compose the largest class in the program’s three-year history.

Twelve faculty members and a 2010 graduate of the School of Communications participated in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) national conference in St. Louis from Aug. 10-13.

School of Communications visiting professor Brian Walsh produced a 20-minute documentary this summer about Bushwick Creek, a small inlet of water off the East River that nestles between the towns of Greenpoint and Williamsburg in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Interactive Media graduate Bradley Mu G’11 recently placed third in a contest sponsored by the University of California-Berkeley School of Journalism that asked participants to redesign and improve the nutritional food label. His entry, along with the first and second place winners, was featured in the Well blog on the New York Times website.

School of Communications and Interactive Media graduate Lars Bredahl ’10, G’11 has received media attention from USA Today and Florida news outlets for a project he completed in his iMedia Capstone course in the spring for the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel, Fla.

Communications assistant professor Derek Lackaff is participating as a faculty mentor at the Gary Chapman School on Digital Transformation in Porto, Portugal July 17-22.

Communications assistant professor Sang Nam presented his paper "Cultural Pluralism in Bartok's Dance Suite" at the 2011 International Conference of the College Music Society July 4 in Seoul, South Korea.

School of Communications Associate Dean Kenn Gaither was one of 15 mass communication administrators selected to the Scripps Howard Leadership Academy hosted by the Manship School at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

School of Communications Associate Dean Kenn Gaither co-authored a Public Relations Review article titled, "Arabs, the West and Public Relations: A Critical/Cultural Study of Arab Cultural Values."

Kevin Burrows G'10, of the School of Communications’ iMedia graduate program, and Tom Nelson, an associate professor from the School of Communications, traveled to Cloud County, Kan., the week of May 22, 2011, to construct an interactive website for the county’s museum and historical society.