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Four faculty members in the School of Communications were recognized for their outstanding work this academic year during the school's annual awards ceremony April 28.

What does it take to stand out as a job applicant in a competitive media and marketing industry, where companies are bombarded with applications and portfolios for their few open positions? Five panelists addressed that question and more on April 21 in a panel discussion held as part of the annual Interactive Media Showcase in McKinnon Hall.

When associate professor of communications Brooke Barnett was trying to find a textbook for the School of Communications Digital Media Convergence class she could not find one that she thought was a perfect fit. The class covers photography, videography, editing, web design and basic visual storytelling practices. And all that information wasn't readily available in one place.

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 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."

Elon University Interactive Media graduate students and faculty members will participate in sessions and document the events of the South By Southwest Conference, a popular interactive media and music conference celebrating its 25th year, in Austin, Texas, March 11-15.

Join faculty, current students and alumni for the spring Interactive Media Open House!

School of Communications instructor Phil Daquila produced five videos for The Wall Street Journal from the North American International Auto Show held in Detroit in January.