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Short film by Mary Kate Douglas ’23 shines at LA Feedback Film Festival
April 3, 2024
The Ƶ alumna wrote and directed “Incomplete” for her cinema & television arts BFA thesis project, and the film won Best Student Short at the monthly festival in Los Angeles.
Communications students capture nine awards in BEA competition
April 2, 2024
Max Wallace ’26, Brendan Antrosiglio ’23, and a student group in the Interactive Media graduate program all earned second-place awards in the Broadcast Education Association’s 2024 Festival of Media Arts.
Ƶ students go behind the scenes in Hollywood and Sundance
March 21, 2024
Assistant Professors Kai Swanson and Matthew Blomberg led students to Hollywood and Park City, Utah, during Winter Term for an immersion experience into the film and entertainment industries.
Ƶ in LA students joined with area alumni to celebrate Ƶ Day 2024
March 12, 2024
Current spring semester Ƶ in Los Angeles students joined with Los Angeles area alumni in celebration of Ƶ Day 2024 in Los Angeles.
ƵComm alumni win Midsouth Emmys
February 22, 2024
The work of Nolan Elingburg '11, G'12, Joe Bruno '14, Carly Thomas ’19 and Jack Norcross '21 was celebrated at the 38th annual Midsouth Emmy Awards ceremony held Feb. 17 in Nashville.
Communications Fellows make annual trek to Florida to explore potential career paths
February 1, 2024
Thirty-four students in Ƶ’s Communications Fellows program participated in a 10-day trip in January to the Sunshine State, touring communications companies, meeting with industry professionals, and exploring what their future careers might look like.
The Comeback Kid: How Maile Gerken Millsap ’03 documented her hometown’s opioid epidemic fight
December 22, 2023
In her new documentary, Maile Gerken Millsap ’03 highlights her hometown’s unorthodox approach to fighting the opioid epidemic with CrossFit and community.
Community-based learning course addresses book deserts in Charlotte
December 13, 2023
Members of The Sport Experience cohort organized a Dec. 3 book drive in collaboration with the Charlotte Knights to support Promising Pages, a Charlotte-based nonprofit organization that distributes books to underserved children.
ƵComm publishes fall 2023 issue of research journal
December 11, 2023
In the most recent edition of the Ƶ Journal, six student researchers explored topics such as the evolution of movie musicals, the role of Instagram in the fight for democracy in Thailand, and how graphic designers consider audiences with color vision deficiency.
WINS Forum embraces ‘Leading with Boldness’ theme
November 29, 2023
Hosted on Nov. 10, the fourth annual event was highlighted by an in-person panel discussion featuring prominent female leaders Sherí Barros, Elizabeth Motta and Jennifer Strawley.