2015
2015 Stories & News
Dr. Patricia Kay Felkins will retire at the close of the semester
“In some ways I will miss the students, faculty and colleagues,” she said. “I’ll miss all the opportunities we have for learning together. But I really believe that learning is a lifelong process.”
Big Boulder Initiative Workshop: Using Social Data for Social Good
SOC hosts discussion with Big Boulder Initiative
5th Annual International Symposium on Digital Ethics
Topics at the fifth annual symposium touched on topics from doxxing to digital journalism.
Alum, students help train tomorrow’s leaders
In 2006, Everett Gutierrez graduated with the first advertising and public relations degree from Loyola. Nine years later, he is the founding president of Legacy Leaders International, which helps mobilize and motivate people to become leaders for the common good.
Great Jobs for Three SoC Grads!
Through internship experience and student organization involvement, three SoC grads found full-time employment.
Geography of Poverty
Photographer Matt Black visited LUC to discuss how social media changed the way journalists can tell stories
Meet Kat, SOC's newest Academic Adviser
New Academic Adviser Kat Fraser hopes to help every student find his or her path.
The Phoenix takes top honors—again
For the second time in six years, the Society of Professional Journalists has named the Phoenix the best non-daily student newspaper in the country. “To me it’s kind of like winning a national championship,” said Don Heider, dean of the School of Communication.
Bronzeville Exhibit
Artist Philip Mallory Jones is taking the School of Communication back to the Bronzeville of yesteryear.
Faculty member Aaron Greer’s newest film; Service to Man
Associate Professor Aaron Greer’s film Service to Man steps closer to reality as it enters its final round of fundraising.
New Advertising Creative Program
Feeling creative? The School of Communication is set to begin a new Creative Advertising program
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Alums find broadcast jobs!
Three recent School of Communication alumni are proving that professional success can be simply a matter of broadening your horizons and expanding your search.
SOC working with journalists from the country of Georgia
Before the fall semester had even begun, several Loyola instructors were already back in the classroom working with journalists from the country of Georgia.
High School Digital Storytelling Workshop 2015
The high school workshop empowers students by giving them the tools and experience needed to tell stories through the art of audio, video, and the written word.
Commitment to Excellence Award
Assistant Dean Dr. Shawna Cooper-Gibson was selected as a recipient of the Loyola University Chicago Commitment to Excellence award for the month of June.
Jill Geisler - Bill Plante Chair of Leadership and Media Integrity
Internationally known management consultant and author Jill Geisler will join the School of Communication faculty at Loyola University Chicago as the inaugural Bill Plante Chair of Leadership and Media Integrity.
Celebrating the Career of Dr. Gilda Parrella
Don Heider, the dean of the School of Communication, remarked: “Professor Gilda Parrella has been an amazing colleague who always brings tremendous integrity to whatever she does. She is well regarded by her colleagues, and for the past four decades has touched the lives of innumerable students.”
The Great Cartoon Debate
“I think both David and Scott really touched on the power of their work. This is a form of storytelling that no one really talks about,” said Meghan Ashbrock, who managed the event. “I think there’s a lot of power in imagery and I don’t know that political cartoonists always get that type of attention.”
Students Win University Community Engagement Award
“The work of the Loyola students greatly enhanced RHA’s online strategy for reaching our supporters,” said Joel Africk, the association’s president and chief executive officer. “Everyone from lung cancer patients to children with asthma will benefit from our work with Prof. Kruvand’s class.”
Robyne Robinson Alum 1983
“I had amazing teachers that had real world experience in broadcasting and in print. Having people who knew what they were talking about really paved the way for me being in the city of Chicago.”
Dr. Bren Ortega Murphy Travels to Indonesia and India
Murphy said the trip renewed her sense of the importance of children’s literature as a way of understanding the world and our connection to it.
Mark of Excellence Awards
The awards recognized the best collegiate journalism of 2014 from Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky.
Cheryl McPhilimy Profile
“Cheryl has a way of moving about the professional world that I really admire.” she said. “Seeing a woman be able to take the Chicago business scene by storm is really inspiring.”
Working in Chicago Exhibit Opening
“It turned out to be this beautiful collection of all different people, all different backgrounds, all different beliefs, but they had that common Chicago working persona.”
BEA Awards
“All the various categories that students were recognized in, that’s pretty telling about the program we have here at Loyola.” Goheen said. “It just reflects that’s it not just one area, but the whole school.” Out of the 92 schools that entered the competition, only a few won five or more awards.
CBS-48 Hours Producers Visit SOC
"It always starts with people…if we don’t get the people talking to us, we don’t get the story"
New Digital Concentration for Pastoral Studies
Social media is what “announces the church to the world,” but that the ultimate goal of using it is to call people to the table. -Rocco Palmo
How Do You Get Your News?
"We have to make our society more understanding of how they get news. When we just had mainstream media, you didn’t have this many choices, but conversely, you didn’t have the same problems.
SOC Career Fair 2015
The career fair provided an invaluable opportunity for students to meet with so many prospective employers at one time. By seeing former Loyola students behind employee tables who attended the career fair themselves, students were provided with real-life examples of how opportunities the SOC provides can be important first steps in starting a career.