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CNN Documentary Features Student Work
Will Adams, a senior in the School of Communication, did much of the filming at J.H. Rose High School for CNN for its new, one-hour documentary "Big Hits, Broken Dreams," which debuted Sunday, Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. For the documentary, CNN chief medical correspondent and practicing neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta had exclusive access to the J.H. Rose football team for its full 2011 season, exploring concussions in high school football – what happens to the brain under concussive brain injury, and what parents, coaches, and athletes need to be aware of to try to protect themselves.
School of Communication Going Global
The School of Communication has proposed a Global Understanding course geared at providing students with a better understanding of intercultural and interpersonal communication worldwide.
“The programs under way in the School of Communication are both impressive and diverse. They involve study abroad, international research and exchange agreements,” according to Michael Dorsey, interim dean, College of Fine Arts and Communication.
In addition to the existing Italy Intensives program, the School of Communication is in the process of establishing similar programs in Poland and Germany. This comes shortly after SOC Director Linda Kean was honored with an invitation by Krosno State College in Poland to participate in a two-week summit on immigration around the world. See Dr. Kean’s comments as she describes the efforts under way. [ FULL STORY ]
Save the Date! CommCrew's 6th Annual Spring Reception Coming April 21
Mark your calendars for this year's sixth annual spring reception: Saturday, April 21, 2012 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Two public relations professionals who are also ECU graduates, will be presenting and the event will be located at the Greenville Museum of Art (802 Evans St., Greenville, N.C).
Speakers include Jamie Lynn Sigler and Sarah Evans of J Public Relations, which is one of the top luxury hospitality and lifestyles public relations firms in the country.
Broadcast Journalism program ranked nationally
The School of Communication is No. 6 on Education-Portal.com’s current list of "Top Universities for a Broadcast Journalism Major."
According to the website, the rankings were developed by the company’s team of writers and contributors, who are “a true collaboration of the best minds in education, with more than 200 teachers, professors, librarians, journalists, editors and subject matter experts contributing to it on a daily basis.”
While the university was recognized specifically for its broadcast journalism program, the journalism major at ECU is multi-platform, including print, webcast and broadcast journalism.
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SOC Presents High School Media Workshop Day
The ECU School of Communication recently presented its fourth annual High School Media Workshop, co-sponsored with the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association.
Approximately 150 students from 12 eastern North Carolina high schools came to ECU for the one-day workshop. The students involved work on their schools' papers, magazines, yearbooks and radio/TV stations. The students had the opportunity to attend sessions throughout the day on topics like: news reporting and writing; sports reporting; news anchoring; conceptualizing story ideas; publishing in the digital age; social media; yearbook design; and media law.
This year’s keynote speaker was ECU alum John Cooper, who has worked for the Charlotte-based NBC News Channel for more than 20 years. NBC News Channel is the network's affiliate news service where video of national and international stories is gathered and distributed daily to NBC affiliates nationwide. Cooper is the Deputy Manager of the Live Desk. His primary role is to work with reporters in the field and to oversee and produce their news stories. Cooper graduated from East Carolina University in 1989 with a degree in Communication.
ECU’s School of Communication Hosts Distinguished Health Communication Scholar
To help celebrate the school's five-year anniversary of its master's in health communication degree, Dr. Gary Kreps, an innovator in health communication and Visiting Scholar at the ECU School of Communication, spoke about the importance of scholarship in the growing field in a public lecture on October 26.
Kreps gave his lecture, “Communication and the Continuum of Care: A Mandate for Health Communication Scholarship,” at the East Carolina Heart Institute. The ECU School of Communication was presenting Kreps’ lecture in conjunction with the ECU Brody School of Medicine Department of Public Health Grand Rounds.
Kreps has been working in health communication since its early days in the 1970s. Health communication includes doctors discussing care with patients, governments advising the public on health issues and societies working to ensure that diverse populations learn about how to stay healthy.
“Increasingly my own work is focusing on reducing health disparities for vulnerable and at-risk populations both domestically and internationally,” said Kreps, whose research projects have earned external grant awards totaling more than $31 million.
In addition to his lecture, Kreps met with several School of Communication and Department of Health Education and Promotion classes over three days of his visit.
Kreps’ visit helped the School of Communication mark the fifth anniversary of the Master of Arts degree in Communication with an emphasis in health. A celebratory reception was held at the Heart Institute following the public lecture.
The School of Communication Helps Better Student-Athletes For the Future
Student-athletes have a standard to live up to. Every athlete understands that they not only represent themselves but East Carolina University as well, not just on the track, on the field or in the pool, but at all times. It is not easy to juggle two practices a day, an average of 16 credits, community service and a social life. Although Pirate Kelsey Brosi would be the first to tell you how hard this lifestyle is, she makes it look easy. [ Full Story ]
The East Carolinian: [SOC] Student moves from Greenville to NYC to Embark on the Internship of a Lifetime
Having finished all but seven of the hours she needs to graduate and already having completed an internship in Greenville, one student decided to branch out for her last semester. Senior communication major Melissa Plunkett (photo: right) will finish her four years at ECU interning with MTV in New York City.
School of Communication Graduate Student Receives Diversity Award from NASCAR
ECU School of Communication graduate student, Brittani Parker, who completed an internship with NASCAR, received special recognition from the organization.
“I still can't believe it,” Parker said. “I'm elated to know that NASCAR selected me for such a prestigious recognition. It's truly an honor to have interned with the NASCAR Foundation last summer and to be recognized for the NASCAR Diversity Internship Program Award.”
The award is in recognition of exemplary personal effort to incorporate diversity in the motorsports industry. Parker was recognized at the 4th Annual NASCAR Diversity Awards event in Daytona Beach, Fla. Key individuals from across the NASCAR community were present.
The NASCAR internship took place in the summer of 2010 following Parker’s May graduation from Winston-Salem State University. Parker’s internship was in the Charlotte office, where the NASCAR Foundation is located. She is now a graduate student in the School of Communication’s master’s degree program. The School of Communication offers a master of arts degree in communication with an emphasis in health communication.
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