Graduate Student Achievements

  • School of Communication graduate students at the 2019 Central States Communication Association conference

    School of Communication graduate students attended the 2019 Central States Communication Association conference, with many presenting their scholarly work.

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Class of 2022

  • David Birkam, Graphic Designer, WMUx, Western Michigan University
  • Paige Carrow, Customer Service Manager, C2Dx, Inc. 
  • Kayla Cromer, Employee Experience Specialist, Honor Credit Union
  • DeLeon Dyson, Communication Instructor, Western Michigan University; Operations Director, Can Do Kalamazoo; Executive Director, Kids Moving and Thriving
  • Megan Scott, Communications Specialist, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
  • Shweta Shree, Marketing Strategy Intern, Merrell 
  • Ally Sinclair, Inside Sales Representative, Epredia
  • Michael Slowik, Public Relations Coordinator, We Talk, Western Michigan University (Accelerated Graduate Degree Program)
  • Brittney Whitefield, Marketing & Public Relations Coordinator, Grand Rapids Gold Basketball

Class of 2021

  • Maddie Darling, Public Relations Associate, All Points Public Relations (Accelerated Graduate Degree Program)
  • Sammy Dellaria, Communications Coordinator, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Vanessa Hills, Global Learning Specialist, Western Michigan University

Class of 2020

  • Tirrea Billings, Senior Communications Manager, United Philanthropy Forum
  • Chris Popovich, Coordinator, Hockey Communications & PR, Chicago Blackhawks Hockey
  • Erika Whitehead, Account Manager, Culture Loupe

 

Ph.D. program placement

Class of 2023

  • Kelsey Zook, accepted to Bowling Green State University's communication program
  • Austin Frederick, accepted to Wayne State University's communication program
  • Chris Hunt, accepted to Kent State University's communication program

Class of 2021

  • Cemone Paul, accepted to Howard University's communication program

Class of 2020

  • Bahar Badiei, accepted to Rutgers University's communication program
  • Matthew Craig, accepted to Kent State University's communication program
  • Gina Reynolds, accepted to Purdue University's communication program