Department of Communication News
Spring 2016 - Worcester State University
News from the Chair
Have a safe and enjoyable spring break!
Julie Frechette, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
WSU Department of Communication
Department of Communication Student Achievement Awards
Academic Achievement Award
Allyson Hassett is the recipient of the Department's highest academic award. As part of her degree, she served as a research assistant in the major, and presented the findings of her study at the 2016 WSU Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity. She is an executive board member for the Omega Psi chapter of Lambda Pi Eta. Currently, she serves as an intern at the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce. In the fall, she will pursue her Master’s Degree in International Business at the University of Hull, U.K.
Community Leadership Award
Salvatore Tecci is the recipient of the Department's Community Leadership Award. He has served as the President of the Worcester State University Radio Club for the past two years. Last summer, he interned full time for a Public Relations firm in Boston. Currently, Sal is studying abroad in South Korea. He is a member of the Omega Psi chapter of Lambda Pi Eta.
Community Service Award
David Rixham is a dedicated member of the Department. As a journalism concentrator, he has worked as a reporter for The New Worcester Spy, an online news and literary magazine edited by the students of Worcester State University. During the 2015-16 academic year, David has developed news podcasts on campus activities through the Center for Community Media. He aims for a career in broadcasting and has done a commendable job reporting on campus athletics and other aspects of WSU life.
Lambda Pi Eta National Honor Society Inductees
Department of Communication Honors Society Induction
Photo: Front Row (left to right): Prof. Julian Berrian (Lambda Pi Eta Advisor), Stephanie Rizzitano, Marissa Avanzato, Celina Frias, Prof. Julie Frechette, Prof. Alta Carroll. Back Row (left to right): Shqipe Ameti, Allyson Hassett, Samantha Patterson, Kenneth Boucher, Alex Macdougall, William Camacho.
Photo Exhibitions
Brittany Severance - Home: Manicured
March 18-April 16, 2016. Brittany Severance will exhibit three photographs from a new body of work entitled Home: Manicured. The opening is March 18 at the Worcester Center for Crafts, 5:30-7:30 PM and at ArtsWorcester in the Aurora Gallery, 6-8 PM. Her work will also be shown March 18-April 18 at the Small Works Exhibition at the Lemonade Stand Gallery in Key West, Florida.
Suzanne Gainer: Wonder
March 3-31, 2016, Acton Memorial Library Meeting Room Gallery. Inspired by the natural world, Wonder is a collection of works by photographic artist Suzanne Gainer. The exhibit will feature works from her Flora series along with her most recent work Arribadas: photographs of the mass-nesting event of the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle.
Eric Nichols: Affinity
Students and Alumni in the News!
Tammy Rebello, a recent graduate of WSU’s Department of Communication program, has worked with Lynn Blanchard, a WSU communication minor, to write a series of books about closed asylums throughout New England. The first book, Abandoned Asylums of Massachusetts (Arcadia Publishing & The History Press, 2016), offers some insight into what happened in twelve of the mental hospitals and schools in Massachusetts during the 20th century. Read more here!
Upcoming Events
3rd Worcester Armenian Film Festival
The Department of Communication is co-sponsoring the 3rd annual Worcester Armenian Film Festival, which will take place at WSU on April 2, 12:30-5pm at the Science & Tech Building Room 102, Ghosh Auditorium. Film director Eric Nazarian will be the featured guest speaker. The event is free and open to the public.
Action in Media Education Summit April 15-16, 2016
ACME's fifth international summit, “Action In Media Education: New Directions for Media Literacy Education in the Digital Age,” organized with Sacred Heart University’s (SHU) Media Literacy and Digital Culture Graduate Program and co-sponsored by Project Censored, will be held at SHU’s School of Communication & Media Arts on April 15–16, 2016. To participate, please contact Julie Frechette, Department Chair. Join us for action-based presentations and discussions about the greatest opportunities and problems that face us in media literacy education today!
Important Reminders
Registration for Summer 2016 opens on Tuesday, March 8th.
Summer Session I starts Monday, May 23rd and ends Friday, July 1st.
Summer Session II starts Tuesday, July 5th and ends Friday, August 12th.
For a full listing of summer classes, click here.
March 21-25th * SPRING BREAK
Monday March 28 - Fall 2016 Pre-registration Begins! Be sure to set up an appointment with your department advisor as soon as you're back from Spring Break.
New Waitlist Option for Fall 2016 Pre-Registration Enrollment
Starting this April, students will have the option to add themselves to waitlists for fall day-school courses via WebAdvisor. This VIDEO explains the process. Students can join a class waitlist by selecting “Waitlist” in the Action column. Once completed, WebAdvisor registration will reflect their addition to the waitlist. When a seat becomes available in a class, due to another student’s withdrawal or the increasing of the course’s capacity, the first student on the waitlist will receive an email to his/her worcester.edu email address inviting acceptance or declination of the seat. The student has 24 hours to respond, before the seat is offered to the next student on the waitlist. If a student elects to accept a seat in a course, the registration process is the same as previous semesters in WebAdvisor.
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About us - Department of Communication, Worcester State University
Email: jcrown@worcester.edu
Website: Worcester.edu/Communication
Location: 486 Chandler Street, Worcester, MA, United States
Phone: 508 929-8829