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Vice Dean wears many hats in new post

These days, when he is not making films or teaching how to make them, Sanjeev Chatterjee is engaged in the business of academic administration as the first-ever vice dean at the School of Communication.

School experiments with classroom podcasting

The School of Communication is experimenting with podcasts in two COM 110 courses to determine if the new technology will enhance students’ learning.

Lights, camera, classroom: students adapt to new settings

The lights are low and the projector is set up as the crowd sits in plush red seats, waiting for the show to start. But this is not movie night in the Bill Cosford Cinema - it is Associate Professor Alyse Lancaster’s CAP 114 class.

Grad placement rate surpasses national average

After only a few months at his new job, an editor sent print journalism graduate Eric Kalis to South Beach to cover a flag football game sponsored by the NFL.

UMTV sketch comedy host to bid farewell after four years

Spencer Weinkle, executive producer and host of Off the Wire, will be hosting his final show in December. The show will be sent to uncharted territory with Weinkle’s imminent graduation.
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Adventurous and Educational six-weeks in Spain

Five School of Communications students, whose majors range from advertising to Visual Journalism, maximized their summer experience with an adventurous and educational six-weeks in Spain. Students toured some of Spain’s oldest and most important newspapers, and did as the locals do, eating delicious tapas, visiting museums, walking, and street shopping.
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Our China group recently visited Beijing and the Great Wall…

Here’s a photo.
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Tequila: A Drink, a Town and a New World Heritage Site

Read the story by Irma Murillo.

Student’s Reporting Appears in The New York Times

Mitch Carr’s reporting from Mexico made it into The New York Times on July 3.

Summer in Shanghai Student Journalism Project

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Miami Student Films Premiere in Hollywood

Nine student directors presented their films at the first School of Communication Los Angeles screening for an audience of over 400 alumni and industry professionals. The screening, held on May 18th at the Paramount Studios Theatre, showcased the exceptional work of graduate and undergraduate students from the Motion Pictures Department. Dean Grogg and Dr. Lazarus introduced the event.

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