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Students Show Their Skill at 5th Annual PhilADthropy

After 25 hours of non-stop brainstorming, writing, designing, and creating, the School of Communication's fifth annual PhilADthropy ended Saturday morning with blear-eyed smiles and an impressive array of creative services to benefit local nonprofit organizations.  Sixteen local nonprofits were selected to participate in PhilADthropy, which pairs 120 School of Communication students with professional team leaders to develop campaigns and collateral in 25 sleepless hours of energy-drink fueled creativity. The nonprofits pitched their causes on Friday afternoon and returned Saturday to receive a variety of creative services, including print materials, web designs, [...]

February 19, 2014|Advertising|
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Students Invited to a Conversation with Retail Executive Stephen I. Sadove

Stephen I. Sadove, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Saks Incorporated, will speak with School of Communication students at 2 p.m. on Feb. 27 in Shoma Hall, room 3053 in the Communication International Building.  Sadove is widely regarded as an innovative leader in retail. He serves on the boards of directors of Colgate-Palmolive, JCPenney, Aramark and Ruby Tuesday. He also serves as chairman of the board of the National Retail Federation, the industry’s largest trade organization and government lobbyist.   Sadove joined Saks as vice chairman in 2002, and [...]

February 18, 2014|Advertising, Public Relations|
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Jyotika Ramaprasad Uses the Power of Messages to Change Lives

By Emily R. Mirengoff, M.A. Communication Studies Student For Dr. Jyotika Ramaprasad, the Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research and the Interim Director of the Center for Communication, Culture and Change, education is not about memorizing lines out of a textbook or simply accumulating degrees for a resume. It is about broadening students’ horizons, including their worldviews—helping them to learn about countries and cultures that are different from their own, and using that knowledge, as responsible citizens of the world, to give back to society. Dr. Ramaprasad learned these lessons [...]

February 18, 2014|Journalism|
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Library to Feature Retrospective of Lecturer Maggie Steber’s Photography from Haiti

"The Audacity of Beauty," a 25-year retrospective of photographer and photojournalism lecturer Maggie Steber's work in Haiti, will be presented on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. at the Otto G. Richter Library. Steber has documented her journey with Haiti through social and political upheaval, capturing unique moments that describe the beauty of the Haitian people, and sharing them with the world. Steber will share her 25-year relationship with Haiti in “The Audacity of Beauty,” an event at the University of Miami Libraries Special Collections. There will be an opening [...]

February 18, 2014|Journalism|
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Class Creates Edgy Game for Apple App Store

By Kat Meyers, journalism student School of Communication professor Clay Ewing and several of his students recently released a game to Apple’s App Store. In “Keep Your Edge,” squares are your sole chance of survival and circles are the death of you. Following six months of fine-tuning and a two-week-long Apple approval process, “Keep Your Edge” was made available for a free download. The objective of the game is to avoid circles while collecting as many edges as possible to become the “dominant” square. “Some students really want to make [...]

February 18, 2014|Interactive Media|
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