School of Communication. The School of Success!

The School of Communication is off to another successful year. Below are some of the awards and accomplishments of our students and faculty. It's no surprise that we are called "The School of Success"

Here are our highlights!

Communication Studies undergraduate, Meg McCoy, was selected as the CFAM student marshal for the December 2022 commencement.

Katelyn Lambert is awarded Top Thesis for "To him, we are just things": A feminist critique on the evolution of women's representation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Dr. Adam Tyma (Chair), Dr. Andrea M. M. Weare and Caitlin Cass (Committee Members)

PRSSA Nebraska awarded three Paper Anvil Awards to our students’ work. They are for:

Award of Excellence: One Choice Reviews Lives organ donation campus event
Award of Merit: Wear Black Give Back 2021
Award of Merit: Santa Paws fundraiser for Hearts United for Animals

MavPR earned a PRSSA Nebraska Award of Merit in the professional category for COMM UNO Magazine

Alumna Diana Muñoz was hired as Social Media and Communication Specialist at Great Plains Communications

Andrew Stem presented at the Chuck Hagel Symposium in Public Service

Lipschultz, J. H. (2023). “Big data” analytics: Technology, tools, and strategic change. In D. Pompper, K. R. Place, & C. K. Weaver (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Public Relations, pp. 363-372. Routledge.

The MavForensics Team competed at South Dakota State University in Brookings at the Jack Rabbit Joust and South Dakota State University Alumni Tournament, and we are proud to report our results:

Day 1

Dylan Harris After Dinner Speaking 1st
Kadance McDonnell Dramatic Interpretation 1st
Trinity Weers Program of Oral Interpretation 1st
Keira Miller Dramatic Interpretation 3rd
Trinity Weers Extemporaneous Speaking 3rd
Brooklynn Schmidt Impromptu 4th
Brooklynn Schmidt Persuasion 2nd
Abbie Faris Program of Oral Interpretation 4th
Diego Orellana Extemporaneous Speaking 6th
Diego Orellana Impromptu Speaking 3rd
Chloe Ellison Prose 2nd

Team Result Day 1 - CHAMPIONS

Day 2

Trinity Weers Extemporaneous Speaking 1st
Dylan Harris After Dinner Speaking 2nd
Brooklynn Schmidt Persuasive Speaking 2nd
Brooklynn Schmidt Impromptu Speaking 2nd
Keira Miller Dramatic Interpretation 4th
Abbie Faris Program of Oral Interpretation 3rd
Diego Orellana Impromptu Speaking 4th
Chloe Ellison Prose 4th

Team Result Day 2 - Runner-up

MavForensics results from the Wayne State’s Wildcat Whisper Swing

DAY 1

Riley Smith Program of Oral Interpretation 1st
Veronica Peck Program of Oral Interpretation 2nd
Abbie Faris Program of Oral Interpretation 4th
Abbie Faris Prose 1st
Brooklynn Schmidt Impromptu Speaking 6th
Kadance McDonnell After Dinner Speaking 2nd
Kadance McDonnell Dramatic Interpretation 2nd
Dylan Harris After Dinner Speaking 5th
Chloe Ellison Prose 6th

Team Result Day 1 - Runner-up

DAY 2

Riley Smith POI 1st
Veronica Peck POI 2nd
Abbie Faris POI 3rd
Abbie Faris Prose 4th
Brooklynn Schmidt Impromptu 6th
Kadance McDonnell After Dinner Speaking 1st
Kadance McDonnell Dramatic Interpretation 6th
Dylan Harris After Dinner Speaking 3rd and TOP NOVICE (Top First-Year Speaker)
Chloe Ellison Prose 7th
Keith Allen Prose 5th
Diego Orellana Extemporaneous TOP NOVICE
Diego Orellana - Impromptu Speaking 3rd and TOP NOVICE

Team Result Day 2 - Runner-up

Adjunct, Torri Panteleon co-hosted a Saturday morning high school football show on 1180 The Zone 2 (KZOT)

Dr. Joy Chao was interviewed by the journalist Wing Kuang, at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

PRSSA students Miranda McCord, Delaney Henton, Jordan Speckmann and Eva Burklund placed 2^nd in the PRSSA National Organ Donor Awareness Competition for their campaign One Choice Renews Lives. They will be recognized at the International PRSA Conference Awards Ceremony in Texas.