�鶹ӳ��

the big screen on the green Thursday, April 29, as the School of Health Professions presents the inaugural Bonnes Film Festival.

The Jandoli Institute will explore the role of corporate ticket companies in its next music and social justice online forum.

The Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program at �鶹ӳ�� announced the winners of two annual awards today. Aminata Fofana, a senior political science major, won the Margaret T. Bryner HEOP Scholarship. Rafael Quezada, a senior strategic communication major, received the Alexis Reyes Franciscan Spirit Award.

Worth it. That’s how Jeremy Castro, a senior journalism major from Raritan, New Jersey, sums up his time at �鶹ӳ��.

On Jan. 6, Americans watched as rioters stormed the Capitol to disrupt the certification of the electoral votes in the presidential race. For many, the date has become dubbed as one of those “Where were you when?” days in American history.

Dr. Chris Mackowski, professor of journalism and mass communication, serves as host of a series of Civil War programs taped recently for C-SPAN3’s “American History TV.”

�鶹ӳ�� senior sports media major Thomas “Tommy” Valentine has been recognized for his broadcasting skills by placing in the top 20 of the 2020-21 William Randolph Hearst Foundation Television News Competition.

The Jandoli Institute has launched a new project that identifies the qualities of good speeches. “We reached out to people who deliver speeches, people who write speeches, people who cover speeches and people who study speeches,” said Richard Lee, the institute’s executive director.

The Jandoli School of Communication at �鶹ӳ�� will offer a new master’s degree in digital journalism this fall that will prepare students with a digital skillset to reimagine how stories can be told.

Dr. Kimberly DeSimone, associate professor of leadership in the Jandoli School of Communication, and a diversity advocate at SBU, was an invited panelist for a March 3 Dixon Schwabl webinar titled "The Importance of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Advertising."

Dr. Kimberly DeSimone, associate professor of leadership in the Jandoli School of Communication, was invited to present at the United Nations International Women's Day Conference, held online March 8.

�鶹ӳ��’s Jandoli School of Communication will offer this fall a master’s degree in sports journalism, a program developed with input from alumni who are among the nation’s most prominent members of the sports media.

The Jandoli Institute’s next music and social justice forum will focus on punk music’s ability to question corporate behavior. The forum will take place on Zoom on Monday, March 15, starting at 7 p.m.

�鶹ӳ��’s Jandoli School of Communication held its first virtual Communications Day for high school students this week with sessions by top journalists, communicators and professors.

I am sure we are all tired of tagging this year as “unprecedented.” However, that was exactly the case for this year’s Super Bowl.

Dr. Richard Lee, associate professor in the Jandoli School of Communication, was selected to present a paper at an international music and cinema symposium organized by research groups at two French universities.

Dr. Chris Mackowski, professor of journalism and mass communication, has a feature article in the March 2021 issue of America’s Civil War magazine.

In a forum scheduled for Feb. 15, the Jandoli Institute will explore the role that musicians’ fans can play in promoting social justice.

�鶹ӳ�� journalism student Meghan Hall will investigate poverty and the pandemic this summer as the recipient of a prestigious Carnegie-Knight News21 fellowship.

�鶹ӳ�� alumna Julie (Kalata) Sheedy has been recognized by PR NEWS for her communications work during the pandemic as the chief marketing and engagement officer at Loretto.