School of Communications

School of Communications associate professor Michelle Ferrier counseled new entrepreneurs regarding business motives and models for success during the closing keynote of the inaugural BlogHer Business |Entrepreneurism | Technology conference March 25.

Junior Communications major Jay Light has been accepted to work at this year's Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, from May 8-23.

School of Communications Associate Dean and Associate Professor Kenn Gaither was interviewed by the Council of Public Relations Firms for a blog post summarizing how schools of communication are preparing public relations students.

Paul Parsons, dean of the School of Communications, has been named the 2010 national Journalism and Mass Communication Administrator of the Year. The honor was announced March 18 by the Scripps Howard Foundation in conjunction with the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).

Join the North Carolina Open Government Coalition for "Sunshine Day in North Carolina: Securing a future for dialogue on open government" today, Thursday, March 17 at the Historic Salisbury Foundation train depot.

School of Communications associate professor and Sunshine Center Executive Director Brooke Barnett appeared on News 14 Carolina March 15 to discuss transparency in government and public records issues in advance of North Carolina's Sunshine Day celebration March 17.

School of Communications Associate Dean Kenn Gaither published a column in the Rock Hill (S.C.) Herald on growing up with his father, a civil rights activist and member of the so-called "Friendship Nine."

Meaghan Britain, a senior strategic communications major and student of German, has been accepted to the Congress-Bundestag Exchange program. The highly competitive, fully funded program is "a full-year work-study scholarship program with a strong focus on cultural exchange between the U.S. and Germany," according to the program's website.