Beyond the Classroom

  • Students pose for a selfie after attending a theatre outing with Willis.
    Assistant Professor Erin Willis is faculty in residence for CMCI’s Communication and Society Residential Academic Program, known as CommRAP, which is based in Buckingham. The unique position allows her to connect with students outside of the classroom or office hours.
  • Erin Willis
    Students think, innovate and create outside classroom walls, from a workshop that bridges the generation gap to a program that lets first and second-year students learn where they live.
  • Orange illustration
    Sometimes, the elephant in the room is a glass of orange juice. Or more likely, a glass with something added to the juice. 
  • Richard Rocklin and Rebekah Sosa (MStratComm’18) take a selfie after Richard attended three consecutive workshops.
    When graduate student Matt Isola's family friend, Ted, received an iPad for his 90th birthday, Isola volunteered to show him how to use the tablet. The experience was a revelation for both. 
  • TEDxCU
    Before that iconic red circle appears on the stage and speakers deliver punchy TedTalks, hundreds of hours of preparation take place behind the scenes. 
  • student work
    For her Strategic Communications Campaigns class, Assistant Professor Jolene Fisher assigned students to pitch graphic and messaging ideas to a committee of representatives for ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß County's first Food Waste Awareness Week.
  • Como Fue poster
    An immigrant’s story becomes a cultural journey for CMCI students.
  • Nick Mundinger
      Update: Nick Mundinger, now a graduating senior, is the 2020 William W. White Outstanding Senior for the Department of Critical Media Practices. Chosen by department faculty, this award recognizes academic
  • Erin at her internship
    Junior Erin Baptiste has an eclectic group of interests: media, design, history and music.Originally from Dallas, Texas, Baptiste is the type of person who looks both backward and forward. As a dual major in Strategic Communication (
  • CUI collage
    CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß's student news website, CU Independent, continues its four-year streak as the best digital-only student publication at the Society of Professional Journalists Region 9 Mark of Excellence Awards.
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