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From The Miami Hurricane: Musical Offers Sensational Selection of Characters

Could you use “crepuscule” in a sentence? Would you be able to spell “syzygy” off the top of your head? For stellar spellers and spell check abusers alike, the spelling bee is coming back to school in a big way this fall. On Wednesday, the Ring Theatre premiered the Tony award-winning musical, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” under the direction of Broadway veteran and Theater Arts faculty member Greg Brown. The quirky musical comedy centers around the titular middle school spelling bee and its equally unique competitors. The [...]

September 26, 2014|Uncategorized|
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UM Debate Team Wins Georgia State National Debate Tournament

The University of Miami Debate Team began its year as we did last year, by winning the Novice Division Championship of the Intercollegiate Debate Tournament at Georgia State University, held September 20-22 in Atlanta.  UM entered four two-person teams in the policy debate tournament, held under the auspices of the American Debate Association, the Cross Examination Debate Association, and the National Debate Tournament.  Competition was divided into Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Novice Divisions based on experience of the debaters.  UM’s squad entered a novice team, two JV teams, and an [...]

2019-12-17T19:42:11-05:00September 23, 2014|Communication Studies|
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PRSSA Kicks Off Year with Networking Event

“The Cotton Candy Connect” kicked off UM PRSSA’s fall membership drive in the School of Communication Courtyard Tuesday night.Nearly 40 students participated in the meeting networking activity. As they got to know each other personally and professionally, they were treated to freshly whipped up cotton candy.The fall membership drive continues through Oct. 1. Dues have been decreased this year to $50, with members asked to kick in 10 hours of volunteer time at events and fundraisers.“The Hamster Ball,” PRSSA’s next event, is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 2, on the campus [...]

September 22, 2014|Public Relations|
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Interactive Media Game Atlantis is an Official Selection for IndieCade

Atlantis, a game developed by professor Clay Ewing in collaboration with students Rebekah Monson and Franklin Zhang is an official selection for IndieCade. IndieCade is the largest global independent game festival, and Atlantis was one of 36 games chosen of over 1000 submissions from around the world to be featured to the community and festival attendees. The game is eligible to receive awards for the Developer’s Choice as well as Audience Choice and Media Choice awards. The game will be shown played at the conference which attracts over 5,000 independent [...]

September 18, 2014|Interactive Media|
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Richter Library Launches Subject Guide for Media Management Research

Terri Robar, Social Sciences Librarian at the Richter Library, created an online Media Management Subject Guide to tailor library resources to the needs of Media Management students. This guide lists relevant books, databases, videos, and websites for the areas of media research, programming, entrepreneurship, and technology. A similar guide already exists for Advertising and Public Relations students. Primary databases for media management research and projects include: ABI/INFORM, Academic Search Premier, Business Insights: Essentials, Business Source Premier, ComAbstracts, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Communication Abstracts, LexisNexis Academic MediaMark MRI, Mergent Online, [...]

September 15, 2014|Advertising, Journalism, Media Management, Public Relations|
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PRSSA To Hold First Meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 16

Wish you were here? We do, too! You are invited to attend UM PRSSA’s first meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 16 in the School of Communication Courtyard at 7:30 p.m to learn about the club and the exciting things happening this semester. It will also be a networking event so that you can connect with fellow members! The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) is a national network of college students interested in public relations and communications. Students benefit from a variety of programming, which enhances their personal and professional [...]

September 11, 2014|Public Relations|
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Emmy-winning Director David Nutter Supports First Feature Film Fund

Television director and producer David Nutter, who has directed hit television shows including Game of Thrones, Homeland and Entourage, has given a significant gift to support the School of Communication’s First Feature Film Fund, as part of the University of Miami’s Momentum2 campaign. The Fund enables Motion Pictures students to complete a feature-length film while they’re working at UM, a critical step toward a career in filmmaking, said Ed Talavera, chair of the Department of Cinema and Interactive Media. “It’s invaluable to our students to have a completed film,” he [...]

2023-10-26T13:33:08-04:00September 9, 2014|Motion Pictures|
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Cosford Cinema Kicks Off Fall Semester in 3-D

Screening the first 3-D film shown on campus, The Lego Movie, last week, the Bill Cosford Cinema inaugurated the ambitious technology upgrades the Division of Student Affairs, in partnership with the School of Communication and the student Cinematic Arts Commission (CAC), completed over the summer. “This technological upgrade for the Bill Cosford Cinema is terrific and timely for the University of Miami,” said Patricia A. Whitely, UM’s vice president for student affairs, at a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the Cosford’s new BARCO digital cinema projectors and Dolby 3D system. “This new [...]

September 8, 2014|Motion Pictures|
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Internships: Learning Media Management in London

By Natalee Fernandez, Media Management senior LeBron James wasn’t the only one who couldn’t handle the heat during summer 2014. I too decided to take my talents from sultry South Beach to temperate London. From June to August, I interned with ReelDealHD, a video production company specializing in commercials, branded content, and stock footage. The team at ReelDealHD allowed me to learn every aspect of their business. I began working with the company’s editing department to create a new portfolio of show reels that would be used to catch the [...]

September 3, 2014|Journalism, Media Management|
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Rothman to deliver BookTalk on Hitchcock

Professor of Motion Pictures William Rothman will deliver a BookTalk, "Must We Kill the Thing We Love? Emersonian Perfectionism and the Films of Alfred Hitchcock," on Wednesday, September 3 at 8 p.m. at Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave. in Coral Gables. The talk is free and open to the public, and is produced in conjunction with the University of Miami Center for the Humanities. A livestream of the event will be available at http://new.livestream.com/uainmedia/rothman. Rothman argues that the driving force of Hitchcock’s work was his struggle to reconcile the dark vision [...]

September 2, 2014|Motion Pictures|
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