VCU Robertson School launches student-led PR agency set to aid area nonprofits

Sep 12, 2017

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‌This year the Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture estimates it will provide nearly $30,000 of free public relations work through a new student-led initiative. Agency, the newly named senior–level public relations course, launches this semester with three classes and 46 students. In its inaugural semester, the program is already serving three area nonprofits who applied to the program over the summer.

New scholarship opp for Robertson School students from the Tidewater area

Sep 5, 2017

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The Barbara J. Payton Scholarship will provide an annual award to a deserving undergraduate student who is from the South Hampton Roads, Virginia region (Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake or Portsmouth) studying in the Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture. Preference will be given to a student from the Public Relations sequence.

Advertising professor to be featured in upcoming art exhibit

Aug 30, 2017

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Advertising professor Bizhan Khodabandeh, along with more than twenty other artists, will attempt to answer a large hypothetical question through a new art exhibit being held Richmond.

Welcome Back: A recap of the Robertson School's summer news

Aug 23, 2017

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A recap of all the Robertson School's news from this past summer.

New Faculty Spotlight: Baobao Song, public relations

Aug 23, 2017

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Baobao Song ‌Baobao Song, Ph.D., is one of our newest professors in the public relations sequence. She will begin teaching classes this fall.

New Faculty Spotlight: Jeanine Guidry, public relations

Aug 22, 2017

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Jeanine Guidry, Ph.D., is one of the newest professors in the School's public relations sequence. She will begin teaching courses this fall.

New Faculty Spotlight: Yi Grace Ji, public relations

Aug 21, 2017

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Yi Grace Ji, Ph.D., is one of the newest professors in the School's public relations sequence. She will begin teaching courses this fall as an assistant professor.

New faculty spotlight: Mallory Perryman, journalism

Aug 16, 2017

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A Q&A with the newest hire in the journalism sequence, Mallory Perryman.

Robertson School launches new summer program for visiting Chinese students

Aug 7, 2017

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Last month,the Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture’s Jiangxi Media & Culture Program, which was created in part to create a media and academic immersion for Chinese students studying mass communications.

Robertson School journalism professor wins VCU Distinguished Teaching Award

Jul 20, 2017

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Marcus Messner, Ph.D., an associate professor of journalism in the Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture, has been announced as the winner of the VCU Distinguished Teaching Award—one of the highest teaching honors a faculty member may receive from the university.