points of pride
The UIS Communication Department is proud of the following:
- Special Recognition of Students:
- Carol Schulte received the Outstanding Service to Communication Department award.
- Sue Huskins received the Outstanding Master's Project in Communication award .
- Christina Xamis received the Outstanding Master's Thesis in Communication award.
- Graduation Marshals were Marissa Sumrell (undergraduate) and Carol Schulte (graduate).
- Broad curriculum offerings in both interpersonal communication and journalism/media studies
- Faculty members with diverse backgrounds in teaching and professional experience
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Internship opportunities for undergraduate students in newsrooms, public relations offices, non-profit organizations, multi-media production companies and other locations throughout Central Illinois
- Close relations between the department and professional organizations
such as the Illinois
Broadcasters’ Association, the Association for Women
in Communication and the Association for Women
Journalists (Springfield Chapter)
- Excellent multi-media resources on campus, including:
- Fully equipped television studio
- Photography studio
- Campus radio station (STAR 96-The Prairie Star)
- Several multi-media labs
- UIS Office of Electronic Media
- The Journal student newspaper
- UIS Theatre Program, which provides opportunities to speak, act,
direct and produce
- Affiliation with Lambda Pi Eta, a communication honor society
- Excellent multi-media resources on campus, including:
