Dr. John McHale wins the Santa Barbara International Diversity Film Script Award

John McHale in office

Illinois State University School of Communication Professor John McHale and co-author Xavier Jackson have won the 2023 Santa Barbara International Diversity Film Script Award for their script Nurses Versus the Virus, a dramatic feature film about a Black male nurse on the front lines during the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Aimee Miller-Ott steps in as the School of Communication’s interim director

Dr. Aimee Miller-Ott once sat in the classrooms of Fell Hall as an undergraduate communication major. But as of August 16, 2023, she’ll now sit in the most important office on the building’s fourth floor—and assume the role of interim director in the top-ranked School of Communication at Illinois State University.

School of Communication welcomes the Black Communication Association RSO

The Black Communication Association meets at the Flats at ISU in February 2023.

The School of Communication welcomed the Black Communication Association (BCA) in 2021. With the goal of exploring the Black experience in multimedia, BCA offers movie nights, literature discussions, and intentional conversations led by a group of invested students. BCA leadership aims to better help students understand Black culture and its representation in the media.