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Professors Anne Marx and Hal Walker in the Department of Leisure and Sport Management took more than 60 students from their introductory courses to the RBC Center in Raleigh recently to learn more about career options in the sport management industry.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Communications student Eugene Daniel told an audience of Internet experts from around the world that there needs to be more education on how the Internet operates and is governed. Daniel presented his views on the role youth play in Internet governance Nov. 16 at the Internet Governance Forum in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

School of Communications associate professor Frances Ward-Johnson was a presenter at the National Women's Studies Association's 30th Annual Conference held Nov. 12-15 in Atlanta.

Ross Wade, assistant director of Career Services in the School of Communications, presented Nov. 13 at the North Carolina Career Development Association's (NCCDA) annual statewide conference.

Alumnae Natalie Fava and Taylor Johnson had their film "Elsewhere: 3 Stories Afterwards" selected for the 2009 Carrboro Film Festival Nov. 22.

At the Lighthouse Tavern Nov. 11, a group of students from the School of Communications Television Production class, led by student director Aaron Moger and student producer Crystal Moyer, successfully recorded the pilot episode of "ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ City Limits."

Three students from the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Academy, along with faculty members Deborah Long and Brooke Barnett, were featured guests on the Nov. 11 broadcast of "The State of Things" by National Public Radio affiliate WUNC in Chapel Hill. The interview could be heard live on 91.5 FM and is now online for listeners to access.

Learn more about ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's newest graduate program at a special Interactive Media Open House on Thursday, Nov. 12 The full-time, one-year program is open to students with an undergraduate degree in communications, as well as those students with degrees in other areas.

Anthony Hatcher, associate professor of communications, has published an op-ed about the value of teaching in the Greensboro News and Record.