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  • Whether you’ve been working for a few years or are just finishing an undergraduate degree, the 10-month Interactive Media program will power your career to the next level. You’ll study design, theory and create interactive projects as you develop multimedia skills valued by a wide-range of employers.

  • Interactive Media students spend January in countries such as Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, Iceland and Portugal. Students work in teams capturing interviews, photographs, audio and video to help nonprofits build community recognition, increase volunteer efforts and boost fundraising by creating websites or interactive DVDs. Learn more

  • Each week, students have the chance to participate in workshops that build on classroom lessons, offer informal project critiques and introduce students to experts in the field. Want to learn something new? Great! Sessions can be tailored to student interests.

  • Thirty-four students competed for six spots to attend South by Southwest Interactive in March 2011. In this client style review, teams had five minutes to sell their work and five minutes to field questions. Stay tuned as we approach South by Southwest Interactive March 9 - 13, 2012.

  • Students developed mock-ups of iPhone interfaces. They gathered information, created sketches and worked through multiple variations of their ideas. The final mock-ups were presented in class and discussed in multiple critiques. Bradley Mu: iPhone Mock-up

  • Interactive Media alumni work in a variety of fields all across the country. Ninety-seven percent of the most recent graduating class was employed within four months of graduation. Alumni land jobs in New York, LA, Boston, San Francisco, Charleston and Charlotte. Learn more

  • The program provides frequent exposure to industry trends and professional practices. A recent workshop provided the opportunity to chat, via Skype, with leading industry professionals at Happy Cog, Philadelphia. The Happy Cog team shared their expertise designing for CMS (Content Management System). Design for CMS slides

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A New Way to Learn

Elon’s 10-month, full-time program prepares graduates to think strategically across media platforms; plan and create interactive media content consisting of text, images, sounds, video and graphics; and manage information for interactive news, entertainment and persuasive communications.

Students learn from award-winning professors, build their own interactive media projects in state-of-the-art facilities, and help chart the future of media communication. All in less than a year. All at Elon.

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iMedia News

M.A. in Interactive Media Open House - Saturday, Feb. 11
Join us for an Interactive Media Open House on Saturday, Feb. 11 from 9-11 a.m. in Powell 210.
iMedia teams share finished work from "Fly-Ins"
Students in the Interactive Media program this month aided nonprofit organizations in Iceland, Costa Rica, Mexico and Panama as part of their studies.
Career Moves: Networking helps iMedia grad nab job
A recent Elon University iMedia graduate got his start at a Washington firm after turning to Career Services for networking and résumé prep.
Interactive Media program announces Twitter scholarship contest
Elon’s Interactive Media program is launching a scholarship contest via Twitter. Two $3,000 scholarships will be awarded.
Phillip Motley, Amanda Sturgill present at research in service learning conference
School of Communications assistant professor Phillip Motley and associate professor Amanda Sturgill each presented work at the International Association for Research in Service-Learning and Civic Engagement (IARSLCE) annual conference Nov. 2-4 in Chicago.
Frances Ward-Johnson speaks at National Black Public Relations Society Conference
School of Communications associate professor and interim department chair Frances Ward-Johnson was an invited speaker at the 11th annual National Black Public Relations Society Conference and Career Fair held Oct. 27-30 in Milwaukee.
Randy Piland's photos published in Scouting Magazine
Randy Piland, a senior lecturer in the School of Communications, spent a couple of weeks this summer providing coverage of the 2011 World Scout Jamboree in Sweden.
Elon students, alumnus, staff member present at Associated Collegiate Press/College Media Advisers conference
Two Elon University students, a staff member and an alumnus all presented sessions at the Associated Collegiate Press/College Media Advisers joint national college media convention Oct. 26-30 in Orlando, Fla.

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