The Mass Communications Department offers a comprehensive curriculum that provides students with a broad exposure to the different avenues of communication and the ability to delve deeply into a specific emphasis area. Courses are taught by faculty who are highly skilled in their discipline and have earned both regional and national accolades for their professional work and teaching excellence.
Students receive excellent opportunities for professional development outside of the classroom through student groups such as Public Relations Student Society of America, Campus News, The Advocate and Ad2Club. The department boasts regional and national student awards in journalism, photography, advertising and documentary work through independent and collaborative projects. Graduates of the program are extremely prepared to excel in a variety of media and communication fields, and are highly sought after by local and regional employers.
Winners of the 2012 North Dakota Professional Communicators (NDPC) College Communications Contest were recognized at the NDPC state conference held in April. More than 75 students and teams from seven North Dakota and western Minnesota schools participated in the annual competition. NDPC presented awards in 35 categories. MSUM students received 46 of the 91 awards [...]
FARGO – Well-known in the area as a photographer of the land and sky, Wayne Gudmundson trained his eye on an entirely different subject for his latest project: people. By: John Lamb, INFORUM FARGO – Well-known in the area as a photographer of the land and sky, Wayne Gudmundson trained his eye on an entirely [...]
A celebration recognizing and honoring Dave Holsen’s life will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 12 at the Moorhead Knights of Columbus, 915 ½ Main Ave., Moorhead. University friends and colleagues are invited to this service. David ’72 (mass communications, elementary education) passed away in April at Wiltshire, England. He worked at MSUM for [...]
Regene Radniecki, mass communications, attended two conferences at the University of Minnesota, April 27-28. The first conference was “Covering the Southern Borders: European and U.S. Journalists compared reporting on Immigration and Immigrants in the Mediterranean and Southwestern U.S.” Senior reporters and editors from American, British, French, and Italian media came together to discuss their experiences [...]
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Natasha Smith talks about her experience
