Sarah Angle, an instructor in the Department of Strategic Communication and the faculty advisor for Roxo, was interviewed last Saturday by Oprah Winfrey during her virtual event, “Your Life in Focus: A Vision Forward — Live Virtual Experience,” inspired by her sold-out arena tour. In March, Angle wrote an article for Texas Observer about her feelings… Read more »
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Roxo Launches Campaign to Promote Social Distancing
By Jenni Royston, News and Media Studies major, Class of 2020 During the coronavirus pandemic, social distancing has become an important factor in flattening the curve and students in Roxo, the TCU student-run advertising and public relations agency, has launched a social media campaign to promote social distancing. Their key insight is “COVID-19 decided today…. Read more »
Strategic Communication Students Build Cross-Cultural Connections
By Jenni Royston, News and Media Studies major, Class of 2020 Schieffer College students in the Strategic Communication department are traveling to Edinburgh, Scotland January 31 through February 5 to partner with HYPED, University of Edinburgh’s Hyperloop team, and enhance their communication for the Hyperloop project. During a study abroad trip last summer led by Dr. Lambiase, she… Read more »
TCU Strategic Communication Students Participate in Challenge for Emerging Leaders
Four seniors from TCU’s Department of Strategic Communication participated along with 14 other public relations students in the fourth Challenge for Emerging Leaders, hosted by The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations, November 14-16. SMU hosted the event. With the overall goal of developing and inspiring emerging leaders, the Challenge is an intensive,… Read more »
MHMR Foundation Hires Roxo For Rebranding Services
By Desaray Hickombottom, Communication Studies major, Class of 2020 Roxo, TCU’s student run advertising and public relations agency, has recently partnered with the M H M R Foundation to rebrand the nonprofit. M H M R Foundation requested Roxo’s help with a two-phase task centered around increasing brand awareness of the foundation. “We started… Read more »
Strat Comm Major Uses Skills Learned in Class to Grow His Nonprofit
By Desaray Hickombottom, Communication Studies major, Class of 2020 “The numerous networking opportunities that come along with being a student in the Bob Schieffer College of Communication are tremendously helpful in spreading the word about our charity and recruiting other like-minded individuals that have a passion to serve,” says Ryan Almusawi, a sophomore strategic… Read more »
Strategic Communication Major Publishes Third Children’s Book
By Desaray Hickombottom, Communication Studies major, Class of 2020 Liv Shin, a junior strategic communication major from Lake Oswego, Oregon, has already made her mark on TCU’s campus. Liv runs her own publication company, Shindig Publishing LLC, has published three children’s books, and won Top Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Submission at the 2019 Bob Schieffer… Read more »
Associate Professor Earns Best Research Paper Award
Jong-Hyuok Jung, an associate professor of strategic communication, received the best research paper award at the Korean Advertising Society’s Global Colloquium in Seoul this summer. The title of the research paper he presented at the academic conference is, “A Study of Mobile Payment Service: U.S. Consumers Motivations and Intentions.” During his visit to Seoul, Jung… Read more »
Student Spotlight: Macy Thompson
By Desaray Hickombottom, Communication Studies major, Class of 2020 From having a successful YouTube following to having sponsorships with Bed Bath & Beyond, Macy Thompson has made it known she’s a force to be reckoned with. Thompson, a sophomore strategic communication major from Santa Clarita, California, transferred to TCU this fall from San Diego State… Read more »
Associate Professor George Receives Fulbright Fellowship
By Desaray Hickombottom, Communication Studies major, Class of 2020 Dr. Amiso George, TCU strategic communication associate professor, has received the Fulbright Global Scholar Fellowship to spend part of next year at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Dr. George will develop strategic communication courses for the journalism and business departments and teach… Read more »