Day: January 13, 2016
JMC Department recommended for ACEJMC reaccreditation
The Department of Journalism and Mass Communications (JMC) welcomed the Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) team Oct. 26-28. The department will be recommended by the committee for reaffirmation in May 2016. Members of the accreditation team included the committee chair Ford Risley from Pennsylvania State University, Shirley Staples Carter from […]
Read MoreGravure Day focuses on GCM major
Chris Lovorn, regional vice president for Quad/Graphics, was one of the speakers at Gravure Day in March. This event allows graphic communications media students to hear and network with professionals in the print industry.
Read MorePRSSA hosts homelessness forum
PRSSA hosted “Home Is Where the Heart Is,” a community discussion on homelessness, as part of their Bateman Case Study project. The Feb. 26 open forum featured panelists from the Gentry House in Murray.
Read MoreFleischaker visits campus
John Fleischaker, an expert in open records law from Louisville, visited campus in April. He met with the editorial board of The Murray State News and spoke to several journalism classes.
Read MoreDepartment recommended for ACEJMC reaccreditation
The Department of Journalism and Mass Communications (JMC) welcomed the Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) team Oct. 26-28. The department will be recommended by the committee for reaffirmation in May 2016. Members of the accreditation team included the committee chair Ford Risley from Pennsylvania State University, Shirley Staples Carter from […]
Read More2015-16 Who’s Who nominees announced
Fourteen of the 92 seniors at Murray State University selected to the 2015-16 edition of Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities had majors in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications. They were Allison Marie Borthwick, Mary Catherine Bradley, Emily Francesca Conrad, Matthew Thomas Crane, Brennan Kathleen Handley, Kristin Brooke Henson, Paige Alexis Hoffmeister, […]
Read MoreHonor society inducts new members
The JMC department is well represented in the Murray State Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership honor society. Kelsey Randolph, a senior journalism major, currently serves as vice president, and Leigh Wright, assistant professor of journalism, serves as the faculty adviser. New members from the JMC department who were inducted in 2015 were Madison […]
Read MoreGross wins top Sigma Sigma Sigma award
Lexy Gross, a May 2015 Murray State University graduate with majors in journalism and political science, has won the Mabel Lee Walton Leadership Award for 2015. The award is the top individual award that can be won by a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma national sorority. She received the award from national vice president Courtney […]
Read MoreDept. hosts annual High School Workshop
The annual Journalism and Mass Communications High School Media Workshop drew nearly 300 students and advisers to campus in September. Dr. Kevin Qualls talked about studio lighting as part of the High School Workshop’s broadcasting track. The students and advisers came from 12 regional high schools. They were Calloway County, Graves County, Fort Campbell, St. […]
Read MoreEight top students recognized at spring honors banquet
The top students in each of the programs in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications were recognized at the annual JMC Honors Banquet April 9. The outstanding seniors were Andrea Moore, advertising: Ashney Williams, graphics communication media; Lexy Gross, journalism; Sierra Underhill and Kiaya Young, public relations; and Halle Pinkham, television production. Outstanding seniors […]
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