On Saturday, November 17, 2012, more than 40 eager SJMC juniors and seniors and their mentors gathered at McNamara Alumni Center to kick-off the 2012-2013 SJMC Alumni Society Board's Mentorship Program.
The SJMC Alumni Society Board is now seeking nominations for its annual Above the Fold: Career Success Under 40 award. The award honors alumni who have achieved great success before the age of 40.
SJMC Assistant Professor Brendan Watson has been selected as one of 12 fellows to the 2013 Scripps Howard Journalism Entrepreneurship Institute. The program is held at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix, Ariz.
SJMC adjunct instructor Steve Wehrenberg, chief executive officer of Campbell Mithun, was elected in fall 2012 to serve a four-year term as a member of the Augsburg College Board of Regents.
As part of an ongoing effort to assess the curriculum and learning at the School of Journalism & Mass Communication, the school is asking for alumni, friends and professionals to volunteer to critique and assess assignments completed by SJMC students.
Through a partnership between SJMC and the University of Minnesota Law School, students can now earn their M.A. or Ph.D. in mass communication and a J.D. concurrently.
On Nov. 1, 2012, the University of Minnesota School of Journalism & Mass Communication's alumni magazine The Murphy Reporter was awarded three honors from the Minnesota Magazine & Publishing Association.
