Scholarship Application Time

The Mass Comm Department awards various scholarships each year.  Some scholarships are small scholarships while other could pay tuition for a couple of semesters.  Check out available scholarships at the SIUE Mass Com department web site.  You will need to choose a Mass Comm scholarship from the list linked below. The most prestigious scholarships include … More Scholarship Application Time

Black History Month: Mass Comm Marissa William Leads the Campus

The Mass Comm Department is proud to have our Mass Com senior Marissa Williams chairing this year’s Black History Month.  This year’s theme is “A Different World.” She aims at making the entire community understand that this month is “the month we celebrate the American heritage.” Here is a video in which she speaks of … More Black History Month: Mass Comm Marissa William Leads the Campus

SIUE Mass Comm Alum David Hopping Is Trained To Be Next Conan O’Brien

SIUE Mass Comm Alum David Hopping is being humorously trained to be next Conan O’Brien.  The late-night host Conan O’Brian teaches his production assistant, our alum David Hopping,  to be ready to “step in and be the next Conan O’Brien.”   David (MASS COMM B.A. 2013) has been working as his production assistant and is chosen by … More SIUE Mass Comm Alum David Hopping Is Trained To Be Next Conan O’Brien

Faculty and Graduate Students Present at Global Fusion conference

Faculty members–Mark Poepsel, Musonda Kapatamoyo and Jason Yu, and graduate student – Miles Davis, present their global communication research at the 2017 Global Fusion Conference in Athens, OH. The conference is held every year in Oct by the consortium of universities –Texas A & M, University of Texas, Temple, Southern Illinois and Ohio.  

Presentation at the Women Studies Speaker Series

Dr. Undrah Baasanjav (@undrah_b) will be opening the Spring Semester Speaker series of the Women’s Studies Program @SIUE on Feb 2, 2016 9:30-1030. Come and listen her talk “‘A girl move:’ Negotiating gender and technology in chess,” which will take place in Art and Design Building West 1104 on Tuesday. Dr. Baasanjav competed internationally in women’s World Chess … More Presentation at the Women Studies Speaker Series

Professor Undrah Baasanjav presented papers at IAMCR

Professor Undrah Baasanjav presented two papers “Transition to digital television in Mongolia: Challenges and opportunities for public interest services” and “Resisting the mind and body duality in chess” at the annual conference of the International Association of Media and Communication (IAMCR) held in Montreal, July 12-16. IAMCR is the preeminent worldwide professional organization which supports … More Professor Undrah Baasanjav presented papers at IAMCR

Professor Undrah Baasanjav was awarded a Summer Research Fellowship from the American Center for Mongolian Studies

Professor Undrah Baasanjav was awarded a Summer Research Fellowship of the American Center for Mongolian Studies. With the support of the ACMS, she completed a field trip to her hometown Ulaanbaatar, and explored opportunities and challenges for public interest services in Mongolia during the transition of television from analog to digital. In 2001, as a … More Professor Undrah Baasanjav was awarded a Summer Research Fellowship from the American Center for Mongolian Studies