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Dr. Noor Ghazal Aswad, an assistant professor in the Communication Studies department, received the NCA Public Address Division’s Emerging Scholar award.

Amy Martin, director of creative services and programming for WVUA 23, received the Governor’s Award during the AAF District 7 Leadership Conference on August 24.  

Associate professors Chandra Clark and Michael Bruce have produced “Do Right: the Stallings Standard”, a documentary following the story of Coach Gene Stallings. The documentary premiered on September 26. 

SLIS professor Jeff Weddle has won the FAPA 2024 Gold President’s Book Award for Poetry for his book, Driving the Lost Highway.

Faculty members from A+PR and JCM, along with doctoral students, traveled to Philadelphia to participate in the 107th AEJMC Conference.

JCM master’s student Miykael Stith interned at the popular syndicated celebrity and entertainment TV show “Extra” in Los Angeles this summer. 

Chris Chaei Washington and Alexz Adriyel have won a Gold People’s Telly for Best Student Film for their short film, “ONLY ONE NIGHT THO.”

The 2024 C&IS Faculty and Staff Awards Luncheon occurred Monday, May 6, at the Hotel Capstone. This yearly event honors members of the C&IS community who go above and beyond in their work within the college, as well as those promoted into the next phase of their tenure or contract. The people who were honored…

Chris Roberts, Ph.D., won the Dorothy Bowles Award for Outstanding Public Service from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). The award honors his work with the AEJMC election committee and the Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) ethics committee.   He is an associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media…

The AFC has won ten championships in recent tournaments, including sweepstakes champion at the National Online Forensics Championship tournament.