Internships: Honing headline skills and much more at Mashable
I’ve been interning at Mashable for about a month now, working as a copy editing intern for the Mashable Publishing Partner (MPP) program.
Internships: Student Gains Global Experience at The Estee Lauder Companies
By Peri Diamond, PR Student This summer I had the opportunity to intern at The Estee Lauder Companies with the MAC Cosmetics Travel Retail Americas Division as the Public Relations and Special Events Intern. Working in the travel retail industry has allowed me to explore more about unique retailing opportunities and public relations in niche markets. In addition to being able to expand on the knowledge I have gained from my classes at the University of Miami, I have also been able to learn more about global communications in a [...]
Middle- and High-School Students Train at Hurricane Debate Institute
More than 40 middle- and high-school students from about a dozen Miami-Dade schools trained and competed in the 23rd annual Hurricane Debate Institute at the School of Communication over three week-long sessions in June and July. Students learned speech and argument skills, public forum, policy debate, student congress debate and Lincoln-Douglas debate. The camp is highly interactive, featuring brief lectures, drills and debates, and written feedback to help them track their skills, said Leandra Lopez, co-director of the program. "We want to help them become better debaters, but we're more focused in [...]
Christina Cyprien’s Photo Essay on a Military Mom
This spring, Christina Cyprien, a student in professor of practice Maggie Steber's photojournalism course, documented the life of Ashlee Etienne, a military mom. The photo essay captures touching moments of the daily struggles and triumphs of a military family. Cyprien's work is an excellent example of how students learn and grow as visual storytellers at the School of Communication, Steber says. Cyprien writes: "As a daughter raised in a single-parent household by my mother who took care of five children practically on her own, I've come to admire and respect the [...]
Study Abroad: Navigating the Panama Canal
By Nick Sirio, Gabriella Canal and Mira Shah, Galapagos Summer Abroad Program Shortly before 5 p.m., the cruise ship Ocean Dream entered the Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal. Sixteen of us from the University of Miami had been waiting hours for the ship to make its move. We were on the first leg of a three-week long summer abroad study program focused on the Galapagos Islands with stops in Panama and in Guayaquil, the biggest city in Ecuador. We first saw the Ocean Dream in the far distance, a [...]
University of Miami Wins National Student Advertising District 4 Competition
For the third year in a row, the University of Miami School of Communication’s National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) team – the Miami Collective -- won first place at this year’s American Advertising Federation’s National Student Advertising District Competition. The UM team now heads to Phoenix, Ariz., June 5-8, to compete nationally against 18 other district-winning schools. This is the third consecutive year UM has defeated competitive schools such as Florida State University, the University of South Florida, and Ringling College. In 2011, UM took home the national championship after advancing [...]
Miami Marlins Community Foundation Supports SoC Student Scholarships
Thanks to the Miami Marlins Community Foundation, more talented students will be able to attend the School of Communication. The Foundation recently presented the school with a $5,000 check for the Suzanne Rayson Scholarship Fund for student scholarships during UM Family Weekend with the Miami Marlins, April 27-29, 2013. The Suzanne Rayson Scholarship Fund benefits students studying Broadcast Journalism who have shown an interest in sports broadcasting. Rayson, who served as the Marlins director of broadcasting from 2002 to 2008, died after a battle with cancer. The Miami Marlins Community [...]
Broadcast Journalism Major Selected for Pulitzer Center Fellowship
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting has selected Nicholas Swyter, a sophomore majoring in Broadcast Journalism and International Studies, for an international reporting fellowship in Panama this summer. Swyter, 20, a Panamanian citizen, will report on the construction of a major dam in that country and how the project is affecting indigenous tribes in the region. "It is a great honor to receive this fellowship," Swyter said. "I have visited relatives in Panama since I was an infant, and it will be a very rewarding experience to get to know [...]
School of Communication Names 2013 Outstanding Seniors
A number of bright and talented students can be found at The School of Communication. Each year, the SoC names a group of outstanding seniors who have achieved academic excellence during their time at the University of Miami. Brooke LeMaire was named the 2013 Outstanding Senior in Public Relations, the school’s most popular major. "It's a true honor to be recognized among such a talented student body,” LeMaire said. “I'm so grateful for the wonderful opportunities UM has offered in order to provide a well-rounded and hands-on education.” LeMaire, 22, [...]
SoC Professor & Graduate Student Producing New Study on HIV/AIDS Prevention in Guatemala
Communication Studies Associate Professor Victoria Orrego Dunleavy& Ph.D. candidate Jasmine Phillips are on a mission this summer to improve the health of people in Guatemala. The School of Communication professor and graduate student are producing a new study about HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention targeting young adults (18-25 years) in the Tz'utujil Mayan community of Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala. The study aims to design an HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention campaign based on culturally-appropriate forms of communication and current knowledge of, and beliefs about, HIV/AIDS. It is the first study of its kind [...]