September 8, 2024

Ads Club Takes Third Place in ACS Independent Division

Pictured here are members of the MSU Ads Club performing “Heard It Through the Grapevine” at the 66th Annual All Campus Sing on April 17, 2024. Club members sang advertising jingles and other songs featured in television commercials. The Club won third place in the Independent Division of the ACS competition, earning an award for the third consecutive year. Pictured are (front row, left to right) Aidan Schweitzer, Bek Schmidt, Jordan Sinkler, (back row, left to right) Sam Mitchell, Taryn Romaine, and Haley Shedd.

Elizabeth Thomas

Public Relations Alum Accepts Position Managing all North America Communications for Amazon Logistics

We recently caught up with Murray State JMC Alumnus, Heather Mix (PR 2017), to discuss the journey that took her from the classrooms of Wilson HALL to Internal Communication Specialist for Amazon. Q: What did your professional path after college look like?A: I like to think of my professional path as more of a winding […]

Faculty/Staff JMC Dept. Noteworthy

Dr. Debbie Owens Retires After 22 Years with Murray State JMC Department

Dr. Debbie Owens’ career in higher education spans 38 years, 22 of which have been at MurrayState University. She joined the faculty in 2002 as an associate professor with the Department ofJournalism and Mass Communications, in The Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of Business. Whileat MSU, Professor Owens has held numerous leadership positions, including electronic mediasequence […]

Faculty/Staff JMC Dept.

A Note from the Chair

JMC was busy in SP ’24. Our updated curriculum is nearly ready for primetime. The Murray State News has a new vitality, both in-print and online. And several JMC faculty members have been recognized for their significant contributions. Leigh Wright and Dr. Marcie Hinton were inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi honor society. The Murray […]