Mass Communications

Here are some of the recently published stories featuring Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students, alumni, faculty, and broader initiatives:

1. CNN Highlights SIUE’s Partnership with Illinois State Police on Cold Case Investigations; KMOX Radio Airs Coverage the Following Day

SIUE is receiving both regional and national attention for its innovative partnership with the Illinois State Police (ISP) to address unsolved homicides.

CNN featured the initiative on “CNN T...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Department of Mass Communications wrapped up another successful Mass Comm Week this spring, with a full schedule of speakers and sessions focused on the changing media landscape.

“The twentieth annual Mass Comm Week continues to connect the classroom with the communications industry,” said Mass Communications Department Chair Suman Mishra, PhD. “It gives students real-world context and motivation.”

This year’s ke...

 
Students from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville won top awards at the second edition of the Wildey Short Film Competition, held April 17 at the historic Wildey Theatre located in downtown Edwardsville.

“I am incredibly proud of our students. Their creativity, dedication, and storytelling talents stood out in their films,” said Suman Mishra, PhD, chair of the Department of Mass Communications.

The annual competition, hosted by Friends of the Wildey, a nonprofit organiz...

Tells of a College Journey that was Informative, Interesting and Inspiring

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville mass communications major Oliver Brammeier is receiving his bachelor’s degree during SIUE’s spring commencement exercises. Originally from St. Louis, Mo., Brammeier now lives in Edwardsville. As he is interested in creating content of his own and telling stories that resonate with people, Brammeier is looking forward to a career in radio broadcasting, film making or a...

“There’s power in the student voice and my presence here,” said Winter Racine, a second-year mass communications student in the College of Arts of Sciences (CAS), and a Senator for Students with Disabilities. “Advocacy can bring about transformation.” Racine was one of a number of speakers who introduced the fifth annual Ed Roberts Champions of Accessibility Celebration in the Morris University Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on Monday, Nov. 6.&#...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) students eagerly participated in hands-on lessons that demonstrated the hard work that comes with informing and entertaining the public. 

The CHS Media Literacy class visited SIUE’s Department of Mass Communications on Thursday, Sept. 7. Students toured the University’s television broadcasting studios, WSIE FM 88.7 The Sound Radio Station and the Alestle newspaper. 

“We wanted to show...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Chaya Gopalan, PhD, professor in the Departments of Applied Heath, Nurse Anesthesiology, and Mark Poepsel, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Mass Communications, have both received the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLi) Support for Creation of Open Educational Resources (SCOERs) grant. The grant is awarded to develop, improve and expand open educational resources by focusing on “The Human Conditi...

Prior to enrolling at SIUE, Anne Fulgenzi, political science and mass communications senior at SIUE, nursed ambitions of studying on a relatively larger campus. Coming to SIUE felt like merging into the background and missing out on life-changing opportunities.

But four years later it turns out she was laboring under a misapprehension because it is at SIUE that her star sharply rose, she admits, not only as an exceptional student, but also as a promising future leader with a deep appreciation...

The Department of Mass Communications in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) will host its annual Mass Comm Week from Monday, April 17 to Friday, April 21 on the Edwardsville campus under the theme The Current Role of Artificial Intelligence in Mass Communications.  This year’s event will not only engage contemporary issues in the field, but it will also bring to the fore latest and seminal research by mass communications faculty and serve as an opportunity for networking and caree...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Gary Hicks, PhD, professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ (CAS) Department of Mass Communication, will present The William and Margaret Going Endowed Professorship Award Lecture at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 19 in the Maple-Dogwood Room in the Morris University Center on the Edwardsville campus.   

The 2022 Going Award recipient, CAS’ most distinguished faculty award, will present an overview of his more than 25 years...

After relaunching under new leadership last fall, the Film Society in the College of Arts and Sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is off to a promising start this spring having hosted its first public screening of the 1955 Indian Bengali-language drama film Pather Panchali.

A club under the Department of Mass Communications, the Film Society is led by Bikash Pokharel, an international student from Nepal who is pursuing his master’s in media studies.

According to Pokha...

The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville awarded Gary Hicks, PhD, professor in the Department of Mass Communications, with the William and Margaret Going Endowed Professorship Award, the most distinguished faculty award of the College.

A member of the LGBTQ+ community with more than 25 years of work experience as a media and communications academic, Hicks’ research has focused on the impact of media on society’s marginalized communities.