Two alumni from the Gates Foundation offer advice to students
Over a dozen Communication students joined recent grads KC Cowen (B.A., 2008) and Almeera Anwar (B.A., 2012) for a career chat over lunch. Cowen and Anwar met through the Association for Women in Communications (AWC) during their days as students…
Career Kickstart: Resume and Networking Bootcamp
Last Thursday was the Career Kickstart event for resume building, networking, and interviewing skills. Twenty-two graduating seniors of the Communication Department came dressed to impress with resumes in hand and their two minute elevator speech prepared. With the students’ dream…
Professor Joseph’s class featured in “Perspectives” newsletter
The College of Arts and Sciences April 2013 “Perspectives” newsletter featured Professor Ralina Joseph’s Black Cultural Studies course and its partnership with the Northwest African American Museum (NAAM). This unique collaboration has caught the eye of many scholars around the…
Professor Joseph talks race on KOUW
On Monday, Professor Ralina Joseph spoke about her new book “Transcending Blackness” and mixed-race African American representations on KOUW. When asked about what transcending blackness means, she replied, “I chose this phrase because I think it’s a really disturbing one;…
Geary: interned at TVW, onto Foreign Intrigue in Cambodia
Undergraduate journalism student Devon Geary has dreams of becoming a travel or international correspondent reporter, and she is well on her way. Geary interned at TVW last quarter in partnership with the Olympia Legislative Reporting program, where she worked full-time…
Film screening and Q&A from alum Brett Bowker: “The Long Ride Home”
Recent alumnus Brett Bowker (B.A., 2010) is bringing us his first film as a producer and cinematographer called “The Long Ride Home.” The film premiered last year at the Seattle International Film Festival earning a ‘Best of Fest’ selection, and…
UW Comm Spring Auction 2013
Last Thursday marked the fourth annual Spring Fundraiser event in the form of a silent and live auction at the brand new Husky Union Building. The Department of Communication has raised $176,000 to date at past fundraising events, and in…
