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2022 College of Media Teaching Award recipients announced
January 20, 2023 Each academic year, the College of Media seeks nominations for a teaching award that honors faculty who display a strong commitment to the undergraduate teaching mission. This year, Josh Heuman and Yiran Gao have been recognized as recipients of the 2022 College of Media Teaching Awards. Heuman, a teaching assistant professor in […]
AAF selects seven students for diversity, equity, and inclusion program
January 19, 2023 Seven seniors in the University of Illinois chapter of the American Advertising Federation were named to the American Advertising Federation’s Most Promising Multicultural Students Class of 2023—an honor given to only 50 students each year throughout the United States. Honorees include advertising majors Julie Garcia, Asia Griffin, Carmen Larios, Kassandra Leyva, Blake Morrow, and […]
Award-winning journalism alumna Kalodimos releases true crime podcast
Award-winning alumna Demetria Kalodimos (MS ’83, journalism) has released a nine-part true crime podcast about a 1975 cold case murder. Carol’s Last Christmas examines the murder of Carol Rofstad at Illinois State University in 1975. The podcast, which was produced by Kalodimos’ company, Genuine Human Productions, is the culmination of a two-year investigation with Alexandra Daskalopoulos, […]
Advertising alum Mike Wychocki credits college leadership and faculty for career inspirations
January 10, 2023 | Kelly Youngblood Since Mike Wychocki (BS ’83, advertising) graduated from the University of Illinois College of Media nearly 40 years ago, he has helped build and sell two advertising/marketing agencies, traveled around the world, and become Chief Marketing Officer of a global container-shipping transportation company. In all that time, Wychocki has […]
Brand Ambassador Program develops students’ brand management skills to benefit Illini athletes, community
January 9, 2023 | Kelly Youngblood and Vivian La, Communications Intern The first cohort of students in the Brand Ambassador Program are halfway through their yearlong experience, which pairs a student interested in social media and brand management with Fighting Illini student-athletes and local organizations. Since its inception just four months ago, the program is […]
New journalism master’s degree track focusing on science and technology receives campus funding
With a significant need for professionals to communicate science, discoveries, and innovations to the general public, a flexible hybrid/online program—with a focus on science and technology—will be offered through the journalism master’s degree beginning Fall 2023. Students can earn the Master of Science in Journalism degree with a focus on science and technology journalism entirely […]
Students in MACS honors course launch podcast about university life
December 8, 2022 | Kelly Youngblood When Angela Aguayo, associate professor of media and cinema studies, was considering a project for her MACS 199: Documentary and Social Change honors course that would help her students connect the community through media, the idea for a student-generated podcast came to mind. She knew podcasts were a familiar […]
Student-produced sci-fi film receives multiple honors at film festivals
December 6, 2022 | Holly Rushakoff “Do you think it’s possible to build a computer that simulates real life? … If you were living in a simulation, would you be able to tell?” So begins The Goji Project, a short science fiction film produced by students in MACS 480: Advanced Filmmaking last spring. The film […]