Stacy Forster, Teaching Faculty III in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has received the 2022 Chancellor’s Hilldale Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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By the Numbers: Day of the Badger 2022
We raised $31,743.06 for the J-School’s annual fund, which offers discretionary support for current students.
“We The Vision” Documentary Shines a Spotlight on Historic Student Publication
“We the Vision” premiered on March 1 at the Marquee Theater at Union South. The documentary was directed and produced by Lansana and included interviews with a long list of TBV alumni and current members.
A Letter from the Director: Spring 2022
A letter from SJMC Director Hernando Rojas from the Spring 2022 issue of the Vilas Insider newsletter print edition.
Graduate Student Highlight: Luis Gryffin Loya
Ph.D. student Luis Gryffin Loya recently won a campus-wide teaching assistant award. We caught up with Gryffin to hear more about him and what he hopes to do after graduation.
New scholarship honors alum and TV executive Gerald J. Ruben
By Emily Knepple & Ashley Toy The estate of Gerald J. Ruben, a School of Journalism and Mass Communication alum who passed away in 2015, has established a scholarship in his memory. The Gerald J. …
Sharon Stark turns passion for philanthropy into professorship
Longtime supporter of SJMC Sharon Stark has pledged an estate gift that will establish a journalism professorship in her name.
Former director and longtime professor Hemant Shah retires from SJMC
By Emily Knepple Helen Firstbrook Franklin Professor of Journalism Hemant Shah is retiring after over three decades with the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Shah joined the department in 1990 and is affiliated …
Undergrad advisor and lecturer Robert Schwoch retiring from SJMC
By Emily Knepple School of Journalism and Mass Communication undergraduate academic advisor and lecturer Robert Schwoch is retiring after nearly two decades with the department. Schwoch received his B.A. from the SJMC in 1988 and …
Vilas Insider Newsletter Spring 2021
The spring 2021 issue of the Vilas Insider newsletter is here, and coming to mailboxes soon. You can read the digital versions of the stories with additional content here. Letter from the Director Spring Scholarship …