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Communication and Media Studies Department

Pictured left to right: Lenny Shedletsky, Jessica Hallett, Russell Kivatisky, and Lisa Skillin. Jessica Hallett is the 2013 Outstanding Communication Scholar Award recipient.
Lenny Shedletsky, Jessica Hallett, Russell Kivatisky, Jessica's Mom!
David Pierson, Chair of Communication and Media Studies, at the department open house with USM president Theo Kalikow.
David Pierson and Theo Kalikow
George V. Corey, class of 2013, majored in communication. George will be pursuing a degree in business management at Harvard in the fall 2013 semester. Photo by Dennis Gilbert.
George Corey, Communication Graduate pictured here
Congratulations to our more than 100 graduates. Michael Emery, graduate in media studies, is pictured here. Photo by Dennis Gilbert.
Mike Emery Graduating with MES degree.
Dennis Gilbert presents at the annual media studies service learning showcase in Talbot Lecture hall. Over forty graduating media studies students presented work from the service learning practicum course.
Dennis Gilbert presents student work at service learning showcase
Sharon Conley, Outstanding Graduating Senior in Media Studies award recipient is pictured here at the College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences award celebration.
Sharon Conoley, Outstanding Graduating Senior in MES

image of film stillsBeginning in Fall 2013 the Department of Communication and Media Studies will be offering a minor in Cinema Studies. This new minor offers students the opportunity to gain deeper knowledge of one of the most culturally significant media of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. With broad-based and specialized courses on the analysis, history, and theory of many different kinds of cinema—from mainstream Hollywood to the international avant garde—the Cinema Studies minor will provide students a multidimensional understanding of movies as forms of art, products of industry, and modes of communication.  More info >>


News & Events

Professor Lenny Shedletsky
Posted May 29, 2013
Explore the good, the bad, and the ugly of discussions and gain a keener ability to think about your own discussions. All are invited to attend this important presentation and discussion. Wed, 06/26/2013, 1:00pm - 2:30pm, Abromson Center, Portland campus, USM.
Students look at camera
Posted May 1, 2013
The screening of original films from the Advanced Production course will take place on Thursday, May 9th at 7:15 pm in the Talbot Auditorium, USM Portland campus.
WMPG BEAR
Posted April 24, 2013
Jessica Lockhart's Audio Production II students' work is now available on the WMPG.org website. Visit the producer's showcase archives for April 23rd at http://www.wmpg.org/archivefiles/producers.htm.
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