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A College of Journalism and Mass Communications graduate student and a faculty member were two of UNL’s 10 initiates into the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars. Li and McCoy were inducted at the society’s meeting on Nov.…

by MICHAEL RIESE

Imagine having the opportunity to study in a Zen temple or a small coastal village or on the Isle of Crete.

In the past year, 71 students from the College of Journalism and Mass Communications studied in…

Could you or your business benefit by just a little extra communication training? One Day University seminars are just for people who want to learn more about various kinds of writing, public relations, photography, grant writing, social media or working…

by DAVID CHANG

Luis Peon-Casanova normally teaches journalism and advertising courses at UNL, but in August he had the opportunity to share his talents with students in Bolivia for 10 days. His knowledge on the topics needed for the courses…

By KERRY HOFFSCHNEIDER
IABC-Lincoln

There is a quote on the wall outside of Ruth Brown’s office in Andersen Hall on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus.

“Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind…

by CAROLINE BRAUER

When Belinda Wright left small-town Nebraska for a UNL education in public relations she had no idea she would be representing herself and her state on a national stage. In May 2010 Wright had the opportunity to…

by ALLIE HARMAN

“I was really down. This was my goal and it wasn’t happening.”

For Carissa Rose, a May 2010 advertising graduate of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications, expressing her post-graduation feelings was easy.

“It sucked not…

by KELYNNE JUNGCK

She’s deathly afraid of earthworms. She loves Portabella mushroom sandwiches from Lazlo’s. And her favorite place on campus is Andersen Hall. Shardea Gallion lives 550 miles away in Chicago, working as an off-site admissions counselor for the…

by NICOL WOODY

Greg Wiley has been a creative force to be reckoned with since childhood.

Back then, he would hang his drawings on his bedroom walls, along with music-related memorabilia. He loved art and music and used to drum…

by JAMIE SWINARSKI

One decision may certainly throw you; turn your life inside out, upside down. This was made literal for senior broadcasting major Garret Durst, around midnight on August 9, 2009.

Earlier that day, Durst had nothing…

by EMMA WOLFE

Many advertising students at the College of Journalism and Mass Communications dream of going on to work as art director at McCann Erickson or as an account coordinator for DDB advertising agency after graduation. But plans changed…

Advertising professor Nancy Mitchell had lost track of her former student, Corey Johnson. Years went by and the memories of a senior capstone class had almost been forgotten. This all changed when Mitchell attended an advertising conference and struck up…

by SUE BURZYNSKI BULLARD

As a University of Nebraska student, Emily Ingram was one of just five students nationally to win an ACES scholarship last April.

Just a few months later, she was hired as an overnight producer at

by McKENZIE WESSLING

Last summer, Jenna Gibson, Jamie Klein and Kate Veik got paid to eat mangos in Burkina Faso, watch dancers over dinner in an Ethiopian restaurant, sightsee in an African nature preserve and, finally, write about the scientists…

by GARY KEBBEL

With my first semester as dean of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications behind me, now is a good time to tell you about what we have been doing, and to seek your advice about what…

by EMILY SEARS

According to www.unodc.org, human trafficking is “A crime against humanity. It involves an act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring or receiving a person through a use of force, coercion or other means, for…

By ARNOLD GARSON
NU Class of 1964
President and Publisher, The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.

It’s ironic that an industry whose lifeblood is the reporting of facts has fallen victim to the creation of myths.

I see the numbers every…

by ANDREA SCHWARTZ

Getting the opportunity to study and observe at a major advertising agency is an experience that many students fantasize about—but so do some professors. With real world experience becoming more and more valuable, who says students should…

by COURTNEY PITTS

More than 50 students and editors from across the Midwest attended the American Copy Editors (ACES) regional conference at CoJMC on Saturday, Oct. 9.

Two students even drove 14 hours from Powell, Wyo., to learn more about…

by TAYLOR DANIELS

People in Lincoln dropped their jeans during the month of October for a good cause — The “Cotton. From Blue to Green.” denim drive. Cotton, Incorporated and UNL’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), paired in…