Points of Pride
The UIS Communication Department is proud of the following:
- Special Recognition of Students:
- Megan O’Dell (B.A. 2015) Reporter and Anchor-WAND-NBC
- Ken Pacha (M.A. 2015) is a Co-Host at Hip Hop Hump Day on WQNA 88.3
- Daymon Killiman (M.A. 2014) begins classes in the MA in English Digital Pedagogy this fall.
- Erica Cullens ( M.A. 2014) was recently recognized for her success in her second-year of the national Whitney M. Young Scholar program.
- Carley Reynolds (M.A. 2014) presented a paper at the University of Illinois Communications Collaboration Conference, Fall 2013, in Urbana.
- Note: Send your college career achievements to Kayla Nevill, Communication Department’s Graduate Assistant.
- ALSO …
- Broad curriculum offerings in both interpersonal communication and journalism/media studies
- Faculty members with diverse backgrounds in teaching and
professional experience
- 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 One – The Prairie Star)
- Several multi-media labs
- UIS Office of Electronic Media
- The Journal student newspaper
- UIS Theatre Minor , 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: