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Alumna Josie Loza

Alumna named editor.

UNO School of Communication alumna Josie Loza was appointed editor of Momaha.com, a site operated by the Omaha World-Herald. "I couldn't be more thrilled," she said. Momaha, which provided this photograph, is an online community for moms to share ... continue


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Professor will deliver Great Plains lecture. Associate Professor Hugh Reilly has been selected to deliver a prestigious Paul A. Olson Lecture this spring at the Center for Great Plains Studies in Lincoln. Reilly's research includes books detailing newspaper coverage of Native Americans during the 19th Century. He teaches in journalism and advertising and also serves as coordinator of all internships in the School of Communication. The lecture is scheduled for Feb. 15.


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UNO speech team on the road to Nationals. Four students qualified for Nationals Saturday, as UNO won the team championship at Kansas State. Stephanie Larsen (persuasion), first-year competitor Tunnette M. Powell (persuasion), Stephanie Lanai Henderson (after dinner speaking), and Dan Cutter (prose) qualified. The results guarantee that the entire 13-member team will compete at Nationals in April. Individual and team results at UNO Forensics can be found on Facebook during every weekend of all competition. Our competitive public speakers, fifth in the nation with four national champions in 2011, are challenging for another top national finish in 2012. In recent competition at Austin, Texas, Niveditha Rajagopalan was awarded a first place in persuasion. UNO Forensics had a third place team finish.

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Welcome to the School of Communication


The School of Communication offers dynamic teaching, research/creative activity and service in the College of Communication, Fine Arts and Media. Our students in broadcasting, journalism, speech and graduate studies in communication enjoy state-of-the-art facilities, award-winning instruction from top professors, and learning from internationally recognized scholars. The School of Communication enthusiastically embraces the University of Nebraska at Omaha's metropolitan mission and strategic goals of student focus, academic excellence and community engagement. In fact, we have been recognized with the campus award for academic excellence! Additionally, our public relations student organization also has been nationally recognized for community engagement.

Are you interested in learning more about communication? For those students seeking careers in journalism, public relations, advertising, training and development, broadcasting, new media, corporate communication, media studies and communication education, the UNO School of Communication is the place to be... continue


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Mission

The School of Communication provides a student-centered, dynamic environment designed to elevate, empower, and engage students to become skilled, ethical citizens and professionals who can excel in diverse local and global communities.


Vision

Our vision is to be a recognized leader in innovative teaching, leading-edge research/creative activity, and community engagement initiatives. We will achieve this by supporting and attracting exceptional faculty and outstanding undergraduate and graduate students from within and outside the metropolitan area.

Approved April 14, 2010


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The calendar.

January
27 - Digital Measures Faculty Refresher, AS 110, 10 a.m.

February
3 - Captivate Software Workshop, AS 183, 9 a.m.
10 - Captivate Software Workshop, AS 183, 9 a.m.

March
18 - 25 - Spring Break

April
19 - High School Media Conference, MBSC, 9 a.m.
24 - Maverick PR/PRSSA Presentations, MBSC, 4 p.m.
26 - Alumni Panel, MBSC, 12 p.m.; Reception, Thompson Alumni Center, 4:30 p.m.; and 57th Annual Communication Awards Banquet, Thompson Alumni Center, 6 p.m.



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Spring 2011 CommUno