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Spring semester ���ϲ����� Los Angeles students begin their second week in the city at Warner Bros. Studios.

A week of events is planned for students, faculty, and staff to learn about ���ϲ�����'s programs in major metropolitan areas around the country.

The spring program in Los Angeles will provide a unique experience this year for the 17 ���ϲ����� students participating.

Led by faculty members Israel Balderas and Jill Auditori, 11 ���ϲ����� students received a firsthand look at this year’s presidential primaries in South Carolina and New Hampshire as part of their interdisciplinary Study USA course, The Presidential Campaign Starts Here: The First Primaries.

The Feb. 4 broadcast, featuring ���ϲ�����’s women’s basketball team hosting Campbell University, was staffed entirely by women.

Thirty-four students in ���ϲ�����’s Communications Fellows program participated in a 10-day trip in January to the Sunshine State, touring communications companies, meeting with industry professionals, and exploring what their future careers might look like.

School of Communications faculty members Cara Lucia, Shaina Dabbs and Mark Cryan co-published a manuscript, titled “Why Living in a Sport Management Learning Community Matters,” in the Sports Innovation Journal.

Sturgill, associate professor of journalism, has been selected as the 2024-26 Center for Engaged Learning Scholar.

Liam Dupas ’26, Aaron Chan ’26 and Julien Dupas ’26 received a 2023 Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Award of Excellence for their micro documentary, “The Inspirational Story of Finn Curran-Ng’asi.” The project explores Curran-Ng’asi’s journey from gaming, vaping, smoking and generally unhealthy habits to transforming his life through calisthenics and weight training.

As a Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow, the journalism major and Leadership Fellow will travel this summer to Copenhagen, Denmark, to examine an underreported policy that leaves inmates released to the community with crushing debt.