Tommy Kopetskie

Thirty-four students in Elon University’s Communications Fellows program participated in a 10-day trip in January to the Sunshine State, touring communications companies, meeting with industry professionals, and exploring what their future careers might look like.

School of Communications faculty members Cara Lucia, Shaina Dabbs and Mark Cryan co-published a manuscript, titled “Why Living in a Sport Management Learning Community Matters,” in the Sports Innovation Journal.

Liam Dupas ’26, Aaron Chan ’26 and Julien Dupas ’26 received a 2023 Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Award of Excellence for their micro documentary, “The Inspirational Story of Finn Curran-Ng’asi.” The project explores Curran-Ng’asi’s journey from gaming, vaping, smoking and generally unhealthy habits to transforming his life through calisthenics and weight training.

As a Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow, the journalism major and Leadership Fellow will travel this summer to Copenhagen, Denmark, to examine an underreported policy that leaves inmates released to the community with crushing debt.

To conclude this year’s study away course in the Caribbean, Interactive Media students hosted presentations on Jan. 24 to highlight their Projects for the Public Good supporting Barbados Red Cross and Lifelong Skills Training Inc.

Rob Higgins and the Elon men’s basketball team might have won the game, but that’s just part of the story. Here’s a deep dive into Elon’s last-second win over Presbyterian College and how ESV chronicled the moment that landed on ESPN’s “SportsCenter.”

Ten School of Communications students will be recognized at the 2024 Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) Conference held Feb. 2 in Montgomery, Alabama.

Members of The Sport Experience cohort organized a Dec. 3 book drive in collaboration with the Charlotte Knights to support Promising Pages, a Charlotte-based nonprofit organization that distributes books to underserved children.

Faculty members Amanda Sturgill, Byung Lee and Shannon Zenner led informal presentations for colleagues highlighting several artificial intelligence resources that can be leveraged in academic settings.

In the most recent edition of the Elon Journal, six student researchers explored topics such as the evolution of movie musicals, the role of Instagram in the fight for democracy in Thailand, and how graphic designers consider audiences with color vision deficiency.