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A team of Elon University staff and graduate students led by Ross Wade, assistant director of Career Services in the School of Communications, won an Innovative Excellence Award on June 2 from the National Association of Colleges and Employers at the organization’s national conference in Dallas.

School of Communications assistant professor Phillip Motley presented at the Association for Computing Machinery-International Collegiate Programming Contest May 28-29 in Orlando, Fla. Associate professor Amanda Sturgill was also in attendance to provide web-based coverage of the events.

Ross Wade, assistant director of Career Services for the School of Communications, and a team of four bloggers are finalists for a 2011 National Association of Colleges and Employers' (NACE) 2011 NACE Innovation Excellence Award (technology category).

Students in Elon University's Interactive Media master's program showed off the work they've done this semester in their capstone courses at the Interactive Media Exhibition May 18 on the second floor of Powell.

Students in Elon's Interactive Media master's program will showcase their work from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 18 on the second floor of Powell. All are invited to view the many projects that students have worked on during the past year.

Last year’s iMedia graduates, the first from the program, have landed in an array of positions with organizations across the nation. Of the 32 graduates who responded to a survey from Career Services, 31 are employed full-time in a position directly related to their career aspirations.

Four faculty members in the School of Communications were recognized for their outstanding work this academic year during the school's annual awards ceremony April 28.

What does it take to stand out as a job applicant in a competitive media and marketing industry, where companies are bombarded with applications and portfolios for their few open positions? Five panelists addressed that question and more on April 21 in a panel discussion held as part of the annual Interactive Media Showcase in McKinnon Hall.

When associate professor of communications Brooke Barnett was trying to find a textbook for the School of Communications Digital Media Convergence class she could not find one that she thought was a perfect fit. The class covers photography, videography, editing, web design and basic visual storytelling practices. And all that information wasn't readily available in one place.