But we're not the only ones who think highly of what we're doing: our faculty
have won numerous awards for their professional and scholarly activities. Our
Department has been recognized for its quality by the National Communication
Association. Stories on our unique programs have been featured in the
Chronicle for Higher Education, the Philadelphia Inquirer,
Philadelphia's NBC10, and Villanova Magazine. Our alumni are in some of
the top corporations, law schools, and graduate programs in the country.
But our success also comes from our unique approach to Communication. You can
click here to read more
about our mission…but here it is in a nutshell: a high-quality Communication
education only comes from the integration of theory and practice--and the
application of both to the process of creating a more just social world.
The results speak for themselves: students who join us have doors opened to
them--by their education, and by the unique opportunities reserved for
Villanova's Communication students.
But don't just take our word for it. Spend some time on our website, using the
links to the left, and explore what we have to offer. If you want to hear more,
please contact
us, and we’ll be happy to answer your questions about our curriculum,
faculty, and programs.
Registration time is coming soon! Want to get a jump start? Why
don't you
visit our page of advice on scheduling? More information about Fall
2010 COM courses coming soon!
Communication Dept. News
New!: The Communication Department is proud to
announce the launch of a new Virtual Reality tour, created by students and
faculty involved in our worldwide-exclusive
Vatican Internship program:the Virtual Tour of St. John Lateran, in
Rome. To see the tour,
click here. This tour is creating quite a stir, for its unprecedented
view of this stunning basilica. To read more "behind the scenes" stories
about the tour, check out the
article from Catholic News Service, check out the
FaceBook posting on the virtual tour, or check out our own Gustavo
Solis' (Fall 09 Vatican intern)
"behind the scenes" blog.
The Communication Department's
Vatican Internship program also got a lot of press coverage over the
summer. To read about the creation of our first amazing (and technologically
cutting-edge) Virtual Reality tours,
click here; to read about how one of our students helped the Pope launch
his YouTube channel,
click here. Keep watching this space for our next WORLDWIDE
EXCLUSIVE, VIRTUAL REALITY TOUR (Hint: think Michelangelo!)
COM students helping Nova Nation: Students from Prof. Bill
Cowen's Public Relations Campaigns course are working to help promote a new
company, Adography, created by two other Villanovans. Want to read about it?
Click here!
The Price of Life Hits the Road: In Spring, 2009, Department
student and faculty collaborated in an innovative Communication course
united the technical skills of documentary filmmaking with the desire to
produce social change. The film they produced, "The Price of Life," also
gained a great deal of attention this summer, and is currently being
submitted to film festivals across the country--and was shortlisted for the
Academy Awards. Now our faculty and students are taking the film around to
different audiences, using the film to help create social change. One such
showing was at Sharon Hill School--click
here to read about it! To read a story about the origin of the project,
click here, or
visit the film's
website. Want to be involved in the creation of our next Social Justice
Documentary?
Click here to check out our notes about Spring, 2010 COM courses!
Faculty News
Professor Susan Mackey-Kallis weighed in on NBC's late-night fight
between Conan and Leno (Click
here) and, over the holidays, on the celebration of Festivus (Click
here)!
Professor John O'Leary was the lead source in a story about the
motion picture Nine (Click
here), and was also interviewed on CNN Radio regarding the
longstanding success of The Simpsons.
Click here to listen to the interview!
Professor Len Shyles was recently interviewed on the future of
journalism. Want to check out what he has to say?
Click here to read more!
Professor John O'Leary contributed to a story on CNN.com on The
Simpsons' enduring popularity.
Click here to read it!
Professor Len Shyles was quoted in an Advertising Age
discussion of Comcast's recent takeover of NBC/Universal.
Click here to check it out!
Professor William Cowen was one of the public relations experts
consulted in a Baltimore Sun story on the city's embattled mayor.
Click here to read more!
Professor Len Shyles was featured in a recent Associated Press story on the
recent rescue of a failing newspaper by the state of New Hampshire.
Click here to read it!
Professor Hezekiah Lewis was featured in a recent Boxoffice magazine story
about the return of war films.
Click here to read it!
Professor John O'Leary was featured in a recent story on the new Michael
Jackson film, "This Is It," in the Christian Science Monitor.
Click here to read it (or
click
here to see the story as used by an ABC-TV affiliate)!
Professor Susan Mackey-Kallis was one of six faculty from across the country
to offer a seminar at the 2009 National Communication Association Institute for
Faculty Development. Dr. Mackey-Kallis' seminar was entitled, "The Rhetorical,
Phenomenological, and Critical Dimensions of Teaching with Film." For more
information on the Conference,
click here.
Professor Susan Mackey-Kallis was featured in a recent Christian Science
Monitor story about Oprah Winfrey's influence.
Click here to read it!
John O'Leary discusses the new film "The Road," and the work of Cormac
McCarthy as a whole, in a new article in the Arizona Republic.
Click here to read more!
For Communication Students
We have a page just for Communication student resources here.
We have constantly updated pages for Communication Dept. Undergraduate Opportunities: Scholarships, Employment, Conferences, and Internships. Click here.
