Beyond the Classroom

  • Photo by Marshall McKinley for the 鈥淥tterbox X Target鈥 campaign
    For Marshall McKinley (StratComm'19), photographing a campaign for Otterbox was a formative opportunity to turn his passion into professional work.
  • Necklaces
    Abby Siegel (CritMedia鈥19) is compelled to do something that鈥檚 usually ill advised in polite culture: Approach strangers to ask about their race and religion.
  • Pat Finn teaches
    In Improv for Strategic Communication, taught by actor and improv aficionado Pat Finn, students learn the same games that he and other comedians鈥攊ncluding Saturday Night Live alumni going back decades鈥攑lay to prepare for the stage.
  • NOAA
    鈥淭here鈥檚 something special about moving around a 3-D space, or seeing it move around you, that makes it seem more real,鈥 says Will Brewer, a critical media practices student whose classwork was displayed on a room-sized global display system through NOAA's Science on a Sphere program.
  • Serene speaks at 91福利社 NEXT in Denver.
    This year, Serene Singh became the first woman in university history and the first 91福利社 student in 25 years to earn a Rhodes Scholarship. In the fall, she'll head to Oxford University in England as part of a path she hopes could one day lead to a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • Ashley Hopko and Tessa Diestel
    As students in the Carnegie-Knight News21 fellowship program, Tessa Diestel (Jour'18) and Ashley Hopko (Jour'19) traveled the country investigating intolerance, racism and hate crimes. Their project, Hate in America, won the 2018 Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Digital Reporting.
  • Students pose for a selfie after attending a theatre outing with Willis.
    Assistant Professor Erin Willis is faculty in residence for CMCI鈥檚 Communication and Society Residential Academic Program, known as CommRAP, which is based in Buckingham. The unique position allows her to connect with students outside of the classroom or office hours.
  • Erin Willis
    Students think, innovate and create outside classroom walls, from a workshop that bridges the generation gap to a program that lets first and second-year students learn where they live.
  • Orange illustration
    Sometimes, the elephant in the room is a glass of orange juice. Or more likely, a glass with something added to the juice.聽
  • Richard Rocklin and Rebekah Sosa (MStratComm鈥18) take a selfie after Richard attended three consecutive workshops.
    When graduate student Matt Isola's family friend, Ted, received an iPad for his 90th birthday, Isola volunteered to show him how to use the tablet. The experience was a revelation for both.聽
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