Congratulations to our wonderful undergraduate advisor Jessica Greenwald for her promotion to Academic Advisor III! 

Kelly Young has been inducted into the Wayne State University Academy of Teachers, Class of 2020: https://today.wayne.edu/news/2020/05/07/academy-of-teachers-inducts-new-members-37216

Congratulations to filmmaker and adjunct professor, Paige Wood, for her Kresge Arts Fellowship! Paige is one of three CFPCA faculty to receive a fellowship this year. Click here for more about these Kresge Arts in Detroit Fellows. 

Congratulations to doctoral candidate Jade Metzger who will join the Office of Teaching and Learning staff for the 2020-2021 academic year as a graduate assistant!

Media Arts & Film seniors, Abby Barnett, Ni-Gea Summer Dufeal, and Jordan Prisby, recipients of Microsoft-Quicken Loans summer video editing and videography internship.

These students will be working alongside industry professionals to mentor, teach and guide Detroit School of the Arts high school students during this summer's 6-week enrichment program focused on videography, video editing, and documentary-style filming.

And click here to check out the trailer for Brenna's new short film SMILE.

Congratulations to PhD candidate, Kelsey Mesmer (formerly Husnick) for winning the AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women’s Mary Gardner Award for Graduate Student Research.

AEJMC recognizes outstanding achievements of their conference members. Click here to see more about Kelsey's award.

Hailey Cloutier, Public Relations major, writes about the PRSSA Virtual Panel on the Future of Communications in a Changed World held in April.

Click here to read Hailey's article.

PRSSA Announces Friend of the Program, Look Out World Awards.

The Friend of the Program award honors Al Sebastian who goes above and beyond for the Wayne State Public Relations Program and our students.The Look Out World award honors Kristin Shaw and Stephen Jones who exemplify the future of the Public Relations industry. Click here for more information.    

Media Arts and Studies announces the 2020 Faculty Selects Honors list.

Wayne State University Media Arts and Studies recognizes excellence in student work with the Faculty Selects Honors List for 2020. Nominated projects from Spring 2019 to Winter 2020 semesters include short documentary and narrative films, webisodes, new media projects, producing packages and cinematography exercises. Additionally, the Wayne State University Green List 2020 recognizes excellence in screenwriting. The unique voices expressed in their work are a testament to the creativity and resilience of Wayne State University students. Click here to see the full list as well as the 2020 Showcase Reel on VIMEO.  

Department of Communication goes digital with annual Summer Doctoral Seminar, led by Timothy Sellnow (Ph.D., 1987).

The Department of Communication hosted its annual Summer Doctoral Seminar June 5-9, 2020. This year’s seminar was held fully online and examined a timely topic: Health, Risk and Crisis Communication. The guest scholar for the seminar was department alumnus Timothy L. Sellnow, Ph.D., professor of strategic communication at the University of Central Florida, who led a group of 18 doctoral students from 14 universities (including Wayne State) in an intensive exploration of theory related to health, risk and crisis communication. Click here for more information.

Lou Buhl also wins 2nd place in the Multimedia Story Contest from AEJMC.

Buhl's news story "From France to Detroit: Historical & Cultural Connections" takes 2nd place here.

Four Public Relations seniors work with Ford Community Corps, The Partnership for the Arts and Humanities.

Four seniors, Jaymi Gittens, Emma Seidel, Michael Raftery and Fernanda Bottini-Sinzato, were selected to work with the Ford Community Corps to assist The Partnership for the Arts and Humanities with their PR, advertising and community outreach this spring. The Partnership for the Arts and Humanities is a non-profit 501©(3) cultural arts organization that encourages the development of arts in local communities. The team’s goal was to increase visibility for their newest project by creating social media plans for various platforms. The plan included a press release, a video, fliers and several drafts of content for Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Doctoral student team along with Dr. Fred Vultee to have publication featured in Journalism Practice.

Vultee, F., Burgess, G.S., Frazier, D., and Mesmer, K. (in press). Here’s what to know about clickbait: Effects of image, headline and processing choices on audience attitudes. Journalism Practice.

• Department of Communication launches Covid-19 research page

• PRSSA produces their 2020 edition of Salute!