GRADUATING STUDENT CELEBRATION (This Friday in the communication office, 6th floor One Park Place South)
On Friday May 9 we are planning to hold a reception for graduating seniors in our front office area of the 6th floor of One Park Place South. Food and drink will be provided. Please join us in celebrating our graduating seniors.
Congratulations to our many award winners who were honored at the banquet. Allow us to introduce you to a couple of the students whose work and dedication was recognized at the event.
2008 AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENT CELEBRATION
You are cordially invited to come and share in the awards and achievement celebration of the Department of Communication. We will be presenting students and faculty with various awards and scholarships, and lunch will be served.
*For ticket information contact Marilyn Stiggers at 404-413-5680 or via e-mail at mstiggers@gsu.edu by April 11, 2008*.
Friday, April 18, 2008, 12pm - 2pm Veterans Memorial Hall Alumni Hall, 30 Courtland Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
STUDENTS TAKE TOP HONORS AT THE ANNUAL "CAMPUS MOVIE FEST".
Student from the Department of Communications recently took the top awards in various categories in the annual Campus Movie Festival which allows students from all over Georgia to compete by creating a short film in a very short period of time. Dept. of Communications graduate student Micah Stansell won Best Comedy honors for his film "Jib Shot, The Movie".
Watch below.
NEW THEATRE PRODUCTION, "ARTISTS INCLINED", BEGINS.
Artists Inclined is a compilation of short pieces- 3 vocal, 3 dance, 1 pantomime, 2 theatrical- collected by the Players of GSU, the GSU Dance Ensemble, the Musical Theatre Alliance, and the Sustainable Energy Tribe (GSU's environmental group). All the pieces are either humanitarian and environmentally themed and touch abstractly on current issues concerning society and the environment today. It is an exclusively student organized, directed, choreographed, and designed production and extremely varied in its
use of movement, song, acting, and visual media. Appropriate for all ages.
Pieces include:
* pantomime piece outlining the strife of refugees
* dance piece set to MIA's World Town
* dance piece set to Jack Johnson's Horizon Has Been Defeated
* dance piece set to TV on the Radio's Staring at the Sun
* vocal rendition of the Age of Aquarius
* vocal rendition of Air from the musical Hair
* vocal rendition of Rent's La vie Boehme
* student written piece performed as collection of war letters written to
and from soldiers throughout history
* student written piece performed as a ode to the environmental writings of
Thoreau and Emerson
Dates/Times: Thursday-Saturday February 21st-23rd 8:00pm, Sunday February
24th 5:00pm (opening night reception after Thursday's performance) Location: GSU's Alumni Hall Theatre, on the corners of Gilmer and Courtland
Street, downtown Atlanta Price: $5 for all tickets Contact: Players of GSU: gsuplayers@gmail.com OR 404-413-5693
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION FACULTY MEMBER JEFF BENNET PUBLISHES LEAD ARTICLE IN ONLINE JOURNAL. The National Communication Association online publication COMMUNICATION CURRENTS, features one of Dr. Bennett's most recent works as its lead article. Here is a link to the site. http://www.communicationcurrents.com/
Broadcast Journalists from 11 Countriesto Discuss International News Coverageat CNN-Georgia State University Forum "Overseas Reporting: How America is Seen by Correspondents from Around the World" A CIME Tenth Anniversary Event ATLANTA – Broadcast journalists from 10 countries on four continents will discuss world news coverage August 29 at a CNN-Georgia State University media forum. The World Media Forum – “Overseas Reporting: An Evening with World Broadcasters” – will take place Wednesday August 29 from 5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. in the University’s Speaker’s Auditorium on the first floor of the new Student Center, located at 44 Courtland St., N.E., Atlanta, 30303-3973. Refreshments will be served at 5 p.m. The Forum is open to the public and will be hosted by the Center for International Media Education (CIME) as part of its Tenth Anniversary Celebration. The forum will feature a question-and-answer session.
The 14 journalists – taking part in CNN’s Journalism Fellowship -- includes the CNN international journalist of the year, one reporter who covered the war in Lebanon last year, and other correspondents from Australia, Germany, India, Israel, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Turkey They will discuss experiences in overseas news coverage of political, social, and economic issues affecting their countries and the United States.
The broadcasters are recipients of CNN Journalism Fellowships from a program launched by Ted Turner 18 years ago. The CNN Journalism Fellowship aims to formalize training into a recognized curriculum tailor-made for the individuals, emphasizing safety, technology in the field, and ethics than ever before.
The forum’s sponsors, in addition to CNN, include four Georgia State University units: the Center for International Media Education, the Department of Communication, the Office for Student and Scholar Services, and the Journalism History Society.
Film and Video Students creating winning entries at Campus Movie Fest.
Two graduate film/video students recently created winning entries in the prestigious Campus Movie Fest Film Festival. Micah Stansell (Click here to watch his movie) and Raegan Hodge (Click here to watch her movie), both received honors for their work. The dept. is very proud of the achievements of these students.
Francis Ford Coppola's Recent Visit to Georgia State University.
Francis Ford Coppola, the celebrated director of films such as Apocalypse Now and The Godfather trilogy, recently screened his new documentary that explores the inspirations and obstacles of his filmmaking career at the Rialto. A picture gallery of the event and more details are availble....READ FULL STORY....
Communication Graduate Student a finalist in Hollywood Reporter competition. Shana Gildersleeve, one of our MA graduate students in film production, has learned that she is a semi-finalist in The Hollywood Reporter Key Art Awards Student Competition for designing a trailer for "Walk The Line." The student reception will be held at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 31, during which six finalists will be announced.
Communication Adds New Faculty. Dr. Three new faculty will join the department in fall. Alessandra Raengo (PhD, N.Y.U) teaches in the moving image studies area, and her work relates to late 20th century constructions of race in American visual culture. Tomasz Tabako (PhD, Northwestern) is a scholar of rhetoric and social movements, and has co-edited a multi volume definitive history of Solidarity in Poland. Hongmei Li (PhD, U.S.C) will join our international communication program, and her research analyzes advertising in China. We're delighted to welcome them to the department, and enthusiastic
about the contributions they will make to our academic programs.
Communication Film Production Faculty a Finalist.
Congratulations to GSU professor Niklas Vollmer. His team, which included University of South Carolina professor Laura Kissel and GSU grad student, Phoebe Brown are finalists in the International Documentary Challenge which gives filmmakers 5 days to develop, shoot and edit a documentary in a given genre.
Communication Film Production Faculty Wins for two films.
Professor Ly Bolia was recently honored for two films he currently has in release. "Once Upon a Jedi,”recentlyß screened at the San Francisco International Children's film Festival. In addition, Georgia Public Broadcasting recently held a competition called C-47: Georgia short film showcase. Ly's film, "Blame Falls,” won the competition and will be featured on Georgia Public Broadcasting.
Teaching Advocacy Skills Dr. Carol Winkler has received a multi-year $1 million grant to develop a city-wide debate league for students in Milwaukee high schools. Urban debate projects have been recognized for encouraging communication and advocacy skills in young women and men attending the poorest public schools, by, among others, First Lady Laura Bush, who visited Atlanta’s Benjamin S. Carson Honors Prep Academy Magnet School to draw attention to these efforts
