College of Humanities & Sciences

Journalism students earn national recognition in Hearst Awards

May 19, 2020

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Robertson School journalism students Georgia Geen and Hannah Eason were recognized in the national Hearst Journalism Awards in the Breaking News Writing Competition.

Robertson School students organize virtual summer camp for hands-on experience in advertising

May 18, 2020

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Students in the Robertson School of Media and Culture at Virginia Commonwealth University are organizing Camp ADventure, a free eight-week virtual summer camp that offers students and recent graduates hands-on experience in the field of advertising during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Robertson School continues online learning during summer

May 17, 2020

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The Robertson School will continue remote instruction for its summer classes amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Marcus Messner named director of Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture

May 14, 2020

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The Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture in the College of Humanities and Sciences at VCU announces the appointment of Dr. Marcus Messner as the school's new director.

The Class of 2020 has a message for its Robertson School professors

May 14, 2020

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Students from the Ad Club at VCU posted the a video on YouTube with an end-of-semester message for their Robertson School professors.

Robertson School celebrates international One Show winner

May 13, 2020

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The Robertson School of Media and Culture is excited to announce that it has a One Show winner among this year's Young Ones Award finalists. The Young Ones Awards identify the best young creative talent from around the world in a variety of creative disciplines.

Robertson School journalism students win three national awards

May 13, 2020

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Students from the Robertson School of Media and Culture won a first-place and two finalist awards in the Society of Professional Journalists' national college journalism contest, SPJ announced this week.

Digital Media Strategies course helps people learn how to effectively communicate during COVID-19 Crisis

May 11, 2020

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As the pandemic continues to change the way we live and work, many people are required to handle some form of COVID-19 communications even if it isn’t normally part of their job. To address this growing trend, the Virginia Commonwealth University Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture and Office of Continuing and Professional Education created a five-week course to help people learn how to handle digital communications in this type of worldwide crisis.

Going the Distance: Advertising professor honors seniors with drive-by celebration

May 9, 2020

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Honoring the class of 2020, Jessica Collins, assistant professor of advertising, coordinated a special drive-by celebration for her graduating seniors. “The ideas came to be after I heard how disappointed my students were when they realized we couldn’t have an in-person graduation. This seemed like a fun, safe way to give them their moment,” Collins said.

150 industry professionals help Robertson students in first virtual portfolio event

May 9, 2020

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The end-of-semester portfolio reviews for capstone courses at the Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture are an apex moment for students, mostly seniors, across all sequences in the mass communication program.