Colin Donohue

Ten teams participated in Elon University's 50/50 Film Festival this weekend, a project that required students to write, shoot, edit and finalize their short films in only 50 hours.

From the Wilmington Star-News (2/27/09): The Star-News filed a complaint against the Wilmington Police Department Friday afternoon, seeking the release of all video recordings from the car crash that killed Officer Richard Matthews on Feb. 18.

The School of Communications has revised its curriculum to better prepare students for the breadth, depth and convergence of communications in the future.

Frances Ward-Johnson, associate professor in the School of Communications, has been elected to a national executive committee of the Public Relations Society of America.

From the Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press (2/18/09): Original notes taken by the investigator whose report led to the firing of nine county employees don't exist, a county official said Tuesday.

Two new faculty members with strong and varied professional and educational backgrounds joined the ranks in the School of Communications in the Winter and Spring of 2009.

Film distributor Reframe recently picked up Communications instructor Nicole Triche’s short film "Metacarpus."