On April 25-28, 2024, the School of Communication, in partnership with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, the School of Theatre and Dance, and the Woonsook Kim School of Art, will host the second annual Foxtail Film Festival at the Normal Theatre.
The School of Communication boasts nine registered student organizations (RSOs) that focus on personal growth, professional development, communication skills, and offer students both social and volunteering opportunities.
The fall 2023 College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Address and Awards Ceremony will be at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 5 in the Old Main Room in the Bone Student Center.
The College of Arts and Sciences will conduct a food drive to benefit the School Street Food Pantry, September 18-29. Collection boxes are available in the College office (141 Stevenson Hall) and in all school and department offices.
Professor of English Dr. Christopher Breu will deliver the 2023 Fall College of Arts and Sciences lecture at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 28, in Room 242, Schroeder Hall. A reception will follow the lecture in the Schroeder Art Gallery. His talk, “In Defense of Sex: Rethinking Embodiment and Desire in the Twenty-First Century,” is free and open to the public.
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.
Emily Bollinger is a national award-winning photographer, a musician, and a filmmaker. And now they’re about to become WGLT’s first graduate assistant.
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.
On August 15, 2023, Dr. Stephen Hunt will step down from his longtime leadership role and regain his faculty status. It’s the end of an era, but Hunt leaves an indelible legacy.
After four decades of the longstanding COM Week tradition, the time has come to reimage professional development in the School of Communication at Illinois State University. Beginning this fall, the Career COM-petency program will replace the former model and mark the start of a new era.
