Marisa Laudadio successfully defended her senior honors thesis, “Examining the Intentional Use of Rhetoric in Legal Argumentation to Advocate for Foster Care Reform,” investigating the types of persuasive argument used by legal advocates to promote foster care reform in the United States.

Freshman Mia C. Robertson, a political science major from Starkville, was named overall-long national champion in her International Public Debate Association division out of 305 qualified debaters from 84 schools.

Brandon Grisham and the Reflector won the Grand Prize for best website and Mary Mad LaMastus won the Grand Prize for best web news article at the 57th Annual National Electronic Media Association awards in Los Angeles.

The Reflector staff took several top awards at the conference, including for general news reporting, sports photography, and commentary. In all, the Reflector won seven first place awards and 16 second and third place awards. 

Every Little Thing, a short film created by Nathan Cleveland and Emma Denson was recently chosen as one of four films to move on to the next round of short-film competition in Hollywood. The short film debuted in the Campus Movie Fest at MSU where Cleveland also received the Silver Tripod for Best Actor.

Communication Associate Professor Wendy Roussin, MFA, showcased selected works at the 13th JMCA & 13th Pollux Exhibition in the FotoNostrum Gallery in Barcelona, Spain.

The Center for Sommunity-Engagment: 2019 Annual Publication was created by Dr. Terri Hernandez and students Carly Pippin and Charlotte Corr.