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| Associate Professor Matthew Hashiguchi’s documentary, The Only Doctor, will screened at the SCAD Film Festival Friday, Oct. 27, at 12:30 p.m. in the Lucas Theatre. |
| Baja Blue is an archival documentary edited from footage taken in 2015 when Georgia Southern Mechanical Engineering students built the UTV that currently sits outside of the IT Building. They are the first collegiate participants to race in the Baja 1000, the most dangerous off-road race in North America that takes place in Mexico every year. MMFP alumni awarded a Telly are Elijah Legg, Tyson Davis, Nic Cooper, Dylan Scheid, Madison Reynolds, Tahir Daudier, David Miller and Laura Hutson. Mechanical Engineering alumnus Robert Branch is also a recipient of the Bronze Telly Award. |
| Georgia Southern alumna launches dream career in Savannah’s film/tv industry |
| In 2021, the public relations area received Certification in Education for Public Relations (CEPR) from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). Read more here. |
| Alumnus James Kicklighter’s documentary examines first transgender singer in opera history to perform in a principal role. Read more here. |
| Each year, Dean Cummings challenges his Multi-Media & Film Production students with creating a TV show pilot. But because of the coronavirus, they were presented a new challenge. Read more about the new challenge. |
| The Georgia Southern Department of Communication Arts recently received an “A” grade for its commitment to providing its students with coursework in mass communication history from the American Journalism Historians Association. |
| GS students learn real life lesson in reality TV |
| Professor Reed Smith co-authored the fifth edition of Broadcast Announcing Worktest. Read more here. |
| Associate professor Elizabeth Desnoyers-Cola co-edited an academic journal. Read more here. |
| Bryce Hargrove was selected to be one of eight students nationwide to attend the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival National meeting in Washington, D.C. as a part of the ASPIRE program. Read more here. |
| Assistant professor of Multimedia Film & Production Abbey Hoekzema’s film “Mentor,” which is based in Savannah, was picked up by Reel South and will run on PBS. Read more here. Click here to watch it on PBS. |
| 20th annual Patti Pace Performance Festival to be held on Armstrong Campus |
| Assistant professor of Multimedia Film & Production Matt Hashiguchi’s documentary, “The Only Doctor,” received a 2019 Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund Award from the Tribeca Film Institute. The story takes place in Clay County, one of Georgia’s poorest and unhealthiest counties, and follows Dr. Karen Kinsell as she struggles to keep her rural clinic open to provide the only local healthcare in the entire county. For more information on the award, and other recipients, click here. |
| The Georgia Southern Department of Communication Arts recently received an “A” grade for its commitment to providing its students with coursework in mass communication history from the American Journalism Historians Association. |
| Alumna Ibi Owolabi selected as part of the Weird Sisters Theatre Project. Read more here. |
| Everyone’s favorite spooky family — The Addams Family — is coming to the Armstrong Campus this Halloween |
| Sarah McCarroll, assistant professor of theatre, is highlighted in the Statera Member Spotlight. Read the story here. |
| Congratulations to Brendan Ward who received a Dow Jones News Fund Internship with the Atlanta Business Chronicle. |
| “Émilie” wins several awards at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival |
| Georgia Southern theatre majors Mary Flott (senior) and Joey Hukin (sophomore) attended the National Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Both women were a part of the theatre program’s award winning fall production of “Émilie: The Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight” by Lauren Gunderson. Read more. |
| Congratulations to alumna Kelley Bradshaw Brock! She and her co-hosts, Ken and Daniel, at WUSY in Chattanooga who won the 2018 CMA Broadcast Personality of the Year award in a medium market. Click here to read the list of all winners. |
| Dean Cummings, assistant professor in Multimedia Film & Production, has been selected as one of AEJMC’s Scripps Howard Foundation Visiting Professors for 2018-2019. Dr. Cummings will be working with WPTV in West Palm Beach, Florida. For more information on the visiting professor program, click here. |
| Associate Professor of Communications and Africana Studies Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas, received the National Communication Association’s 2017 Black Caucus Rex Crawley Outstanding Service Award. Read more. |
| Assistant Professor of Multimedia and Film Production Matt Hashiguchi’s film “Good Luck Soup” broadcast nationally on PBS recently. Read more about this airing here. For more information on Hashiguchi’s project, click here. |
| The Georgia Southern University Theatre and Performance Program received several national awards in April from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for their production of “She Kills Monsters.” Read the story here. |
| Assistant professor Matt Hashiguchi served as the director of photography for a short documentary, “A Stakeholders’ Strike,” which The New York Times recently published. Click here to watch the film. |
| Alumnus James Kicklighter “Publicity, My Public Relations Degree and Film“ |
| Theatre and Performance Program Receives Full Membership in NAST |
| Theatre students perform “Do Not Open” at the Fringe |
| Alumnus James Kicklighter “Publicity, My Public Relations Degree and Film“ |
| Five Georgia Southern students joined the list of honored filmmakers and celebrities this summer at Cannes Film Festival in France. Read more. |
| Georgia Southern students to present oral history of world famous Vidalia Onion |
| Vidalia Onion oral history project story on WTOC |
| Professor Matt Hashiguchi served as the director of photography for a short documentary, “A Stakeholders’ Strike,” which The New York Times recently published. Click here to watch the film. |
| Communication Arts alumni named to the 40 Under 40 Class of 2014 |
| Georgia Southern instructor and student place second in 2013 Discover You Can Learn Make Share℠ program with the Main Street Farmers Market in Statesboro, Ga. See their entry video here |
| After the Curtain Call We Want To Make A Difference |
| University to air presidential debate in conjunction with DebateWatch initiative |
| Georgia Southern University Alumnus Beau Turpin Heading to Hollywood |
| Alumnus Beau Turpin mentioned in NY Times article regarding film shot in Savannah |
Last updated: 11/27/2023
