Announcing the 2021-2022 Meredith apprentices from Iowa State University
Meet the ten Iowa State students who have been selected to participate in the Meredith Apprentice Program for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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Richard R. Phillips receives LAS Distinguished Service Award
Richard R. Phillips (’78 journalism and mass communication) is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Iowa State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He was recognized April 7, 2021, at the Iowa State University Alumni Association’s 89th Annual Honors and Awards Ceremony, which recognized 2020 honorees.
Giles Fowler posthumously awarded ISUAA 2021 Faculty/Staff Inspiration Award
The late Giles Fowler, associate professor emeritus of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, has been posthumously named a recipient of 2021 Faculty/Staff Inspiration Award by the Iowa State University Alumni Association. Fowler and the other awardees will be recognized Friday, June 4, during a virtual ceremony. Registration closes at noon on June 3.
Greenlee alumnae named 2021 Iowa STATEment Makers
Madison Tuttle (’18 public relations), a public affairs specialist at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and Karla Walsh (‘10 journalism and kinesiology), a freelance journalist who writes about topics including food, health, fitness and the restaurant industry for national and local media, have been named 2021 Iowa STATEment Makers by the Iowa State University Alumni Association.
Kelly Howard receives ISUAA’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award
Kelly Howard (’08 journalism and mass communication) is the recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award from the Iowa State University Alumni Association. Howard was recognized at the 89th Annual Honors and Awards Ceremony, April 7, 2021, which recognized 2020 awardees.
Nominate Greenlee School alumni for Professional Achievement and Young Alumni Awards
The Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication is accepting nominations for its Greenlee Professional Achievement Award and Greenlee Young Alumni Award. Nominations for both awards will be accepted now through Dec. 15, 2021.
Announcing the 2021 Greenlee School alumni award recipients
Al Henkel (’82 journalism) is the recipient of the 2021 Greenlee Professional Achievement Award, and Adam Kuban (’07 M.S. journalism, ’05 journalism and meteorology) is the recipient of the 2021 Greenlee Young Alumni Award.
Navigating risk communications during a pandemic
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic a year ago, Dara Wald, assistant professor of environmental communication in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, had no idea how relevant her course Risk Perceptions and Communication (JLMC 560) would be for the graduate students in her class then and now.
Narratives can help science counter misinformation on vaccines
As public health agencies ramp up efforts to educate people about the COVID-19 vaccines, narratives can be a powerful tool. In a paper published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ISU’s Michael Dahlstrom examined how narratives or storytelling can help counter misinformation and provide a connection between science and the human experience.
Greenlee alumnus breaks barriers for journalistic research in Ghana
A Greenlee master’s program alumnus took talents back to a place he knew better than any other: home. Since leaving Iowa State, Dr. Etse Sikanku has invested his wealth of knowledge to challenge the systematic barriers of research in Ghana.
Since leaving Iowa State, Dr. Etse Sikanku has invested his wealth of knowledge to challenge the systematic barriers of research in Ghana.