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The dynamic duo, Donna Fenn and Jake Sasseville, gave Ball State students a look into entrepreneurialism and the millennial generation during the latest David Letterman Distinguished Professional Lecture and Workshop Series. While Fenn, author of Upstarts! How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business, provided insight into the ways in which students can be […]
Cardinal Communications, Ball State University’s creative communications agency, hired 36 new members this month for an agency total of 74 members. Members range from freshmen to graduate students with majors in public relations, telecommunications, advertising, graphic design and sales. With the leadership of student account directors, staff members are completing work for sixteen clients ranging […]
New media can be found everywhere on a college campus, from a student’s hand-held smart phone to tablets being used to present class information. That influence expands well beyond campus limits, as advances in new media are shaping the way news outlets reach their audience. Ball State students had a chance to hear first-hand how […]
Dr. Adam Kuban, assistant professor of journalism, was awarded a $2,500 grant from the Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication from Penn State University for the creation of teaching modules. The Page Center awards grants to support scholars and professionals making important contributions to knowledge, practice, or public understanding of ethics and […]
Dr. David Sumner, professor of journalism and coordinator of the magazine journalism major, recently traveled to Istanbul, Turkey to attend the International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design, during which he presented “Winners and Losers in the American Magazine Market, 2001 – 2010.” The conference’s sponsors included Eastern Mediterranean University, Anadolu University and the […]
Minjeong Kang joins the Ball State public relations program after three years as assistant professor at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Her research focuses on measurement of public relations effectiveness and her doctoral dissertation examined the concept of public engagement as a key element in organizational communications. Dr. Kang is […]
1974 Ball State graduate Sam Smith will receive the 2012 Curt Gowdy Media Award this summer at the annual Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame ceremony in Springfield, Mass. The award is the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) top media honor. After earning his BSU graduate degree in 1974, the Brooklyn, N.Y.-native and former accountant spent three […]
This summer, Ball State students are working alongside media professionals from around the world at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Not only will these students travel for the single largest international sporting event, but they also will be producing original content for “Ball State at the Games.” This initiative is the brainchild of Professor […]
Ball State students to work at social media command center for Indianapolis Internet marketing firm as part of Super Bowl activities. By Marc Ransford Ball State University students are playing a key role in a social media effort to assist visitors to Indianapolis before and during the 2012 Super Bowl. Over the last several months, […]
Charles Fountain, a national sportswriter, can’t wait for the baseball season, sharing his joy with Ball State. “Hello everyone. Did you guys realize that there are four days until pitchers and catchers report to spring training?” That was Charles Fountain’s opening statement to a lecture hall of Ball State students and faculty as well as […]