Media College News

The G2 computer lab will be open during the following times the week of finals (5/1-5/5).

Monday, 5/1, 8:30 am – 9 pm
Tuesday, 5/2, 8:30 am – 9 pm
Wednesday, 5/3, 9:30 am – 9 pm
Thursday, 5/4, 11 am – 6 pm
Friday, 5/5, NONE – Visit the main office if you need access to G2.

West Virginia University released the official list of 2017 May Commencement keynote speakers. Topping the list was WVU Reed College of Media Alumna Margie Mason (BSJ,1997) who will deliver the keynote address for her alma mater.

Mason delved into the unseemly world of Indonesian slavery and brought home a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service and a Grammy winning Mountain State native whose music has been covered by legends of the industry and sung at presidential inaugurations top the ranks of speakers at the University’s commencement ceremonies this year.

Marshall University, in partnership with West Virginia University, will hold a “Career Kickoff” event designed for undergraduate students prior to our INTEGRATE West Virginia conference on Friday, June 2 from 8:30 to 11 a.m.

The Career Kickoff will take place on Marshall’s campus in Huntington and feature mock interviews, resume reviews, networking opportunities, professional headshots and more. This event is free and open to all undergraduate students and their accompanying advisors/faculty, and includes a lunch directly following the event.

Journalism students at West Virginia University Reed College of Media and Morgan State University School of Global Journalism and Communication partnered to investigate the inequities in food access in both urban Baltimore and rural West Virginia.

The West Virginia University Reed College of Media recently received a grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation that will help students gain valuable media skills while sharing the stories of Appalachia.

Two West Virginia University faculty members who embody WVU’s land-grant mission of teaching, research and service are the recipients of WVU’s 2017 Heebink Awards for Distinguished Service to the state of West Virginia.