Annual Career Development Conference Coming Soon

When Texas Tech students head home for the holidays, some may also be heading toward a career, thanks to help from College of Media & Communication alumni. The annual Career Development Conference in Dallas, presented by the Dallas COMC alumni and sponsored by the COMC, will be held Jan. 11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Mattito’s Centrum, […]

Take One, You Paid For It!

Imagine showing up two minutes before class, after studying all night for a midterm, only to realize you don’t have a scantron—a necessary tool for test-taking in most Texas Tech courses. Dylan Smyth, a senior electronic media and communication major, said he has dealt with this problem in one of the four classes he is currently taking in […]

Journalism Student Speaks at Disability Awareness Event

October is worldwide Disability Awareness Month, and Tech’s Student Disability Services office hosted events throughout week to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. George Stern, a senior journalism student who is blind, gave a speech called “Context of Disabilities” before the annual deaf bingo event Tuesday night. He started by asking the audience to name disabilities. […]

Are Study Abroad and Tourism the Same Thing?

Thursday’s “Tourism & Study Abroad: Problematics and Paradoxes” panel encouraged viewing study abroad as an empathy-driven cultural immersion—not a tourist trip. It began with a short documentary, “Framing the Other,” in which a Dutch tourist travels to the basin of the Omo River in the East African state of Ethiopia and takes pictures of the Mursi tribe in exchange for money. Mursi women are known for […]

All Paparazzi On Me: Felipe Goes to the Emmys

Last month, a College of Media & Communication alumnus stepped foot on the infamous red carpet, among celebrities most of us glimpse only on television. “It was my first time attending the Emmys, so it was pretty surreal being on the red carpet—seeing people from my favorite TV shows right in front of me,” said […]

Do You Like Sports and Entertainment? Get Certified!

Texas Tech’s College of Media & Communication is offering two new undergraduate certificates this fall—in sports and entertainment media. Students will still declare a major, but the certificates allow them to concentrate on an area that interests them and to get credit for the classes they have taken on the topic. Showing potential employers what they […]

Student Spotlight: Actor, Entertainer Finds Home in COMC

Udeme Michael Afangideh’s heart was not always in the Texas Tech College of Media & Communication. Afangideh, who goes by Michael, set foot on campus hoping to earn a degree that would provide a stable job after graduation. He said he started as a pre-pharmacy major and changed to nursing a month into his first year in […]