Remember Communication

Week 2008 Starts Today!

Communication Week is an annual celebration of the ideas, insights and information that permeate the Communication arts and professions. The week presents a variety of exhibitions, screenings, forums, panels, special events and other activities throughout the School that engage faculty, students, alumni and special guests in a wide-ranging exploration of Communication in all of its aspects. The program, which runs from February 15 -February 22, is stimulating, informative, enlightening and fun!

This year’s week will celebrate global and multi-cultural communication and the role of the communication professions on the international stage. Guests include Alumni, Pulitzer Prize Winners, Public Relations, Advertising, Journalism and Motion Picture industry experts, and many more.

For a complete schedule and news advisories visit http://com.miami.edu/comweek.

 

 

 

-Jobs & Internships-

  Jobs and internships posted this week on the jobs board and in the Reading Room include:

·        Fellowship- Ketchum New York's Summer Fellowship Program

·        Multiple Openings-Central Florida News 13

·        Internship-Mega Films

·        Internship- Samsung Mobile

·        Internship- Walt Disney

·        Internship-Capsule Media

·        Internship-Diamond Public Relations

·        Internship- BodenPR

·        Account Executive- BodenPR

·        Multiple Internships- HBO Latin America

 

-Casting-

  Casting Calls posted this week in the Reading Room include:

• Casting For TV Extras, Women And Men 18-85!!!! (Coral Gables, FL) MEGA FILMS is casting extras for an amazing new mini-series starring some of the biggest names in Hispanic television today! No experience needed, learn as you go! Send us your headshots and/or demo reels! NO ONE WILL BE TURNED AWAY! ALL TYPES NEEDED! SEND YOUR INFO TO CASTING@MEGA.TV

 

• The CW Television Network and the creators of "America's Next Top Model" and "Project Runway" are about to offer you the opportunity of a lifetime! Is now casting an untitled reality competition that will take viewers (and cast members) behind the fashion world's velvet rope for a chance to work side-by-side with a who's-who of high fashion and a chance at a career-launching grand prize. They are having an open call Saturday the 16th at the Four Points Sheraton 4343 Collins Ave. Miami Beach, Fl. 33140 from 11-4pm. For more information or to pre register for an audition email Jwildcasting@gmail.com  .Be sure to include a current photo, contact info and a brief bio along with description of why you deserve a job at a top fashion magazine.

 

-Events & Meetings-

·        Remember Tonight (2/15) The School of Communication will be hosting writer, director, and producer John Landis, for a COM week special event. We will be screening 2 of his classic films – AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON and ANIMAL HOUSE at Cosford Cinema. Mr. Landis will speak between the 2 screenings.

7:00pm – AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON;

8:45pm – A Conversation with John Landis;

9:30pm – ANIMAL HOUSE

·        The American Studies Program, the Department of History, and the Miami Consortium for Urban Studies Present PHILIP ETHINGTON, Professor of History and Political Science, University of Southern California
"Ghost Metropolis:  A Global Atlas of Los Angeles since 1542"
3:30-5:00 pm on February 21^st @ Glasgow Lecture Hall, School of Architecture

 

·        UM student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will be hosting the Society of Professional Journalists Panel

The Society of Professional Journalists is hosting a job panel and resume critique for Comm Week, next Tuesday February 19 in STUDIO A. Rick Hirsch (Managing Editor/Multimedia at the Miami Herald), Michelle Morgante (assistant Florida bureau chief at the AP) and Kathy Pellegrino (recruitment editor at the Sun-Sentinel) will tell you what their organizations are looking for in a panel discussion. The participants will meet one-on-one with students after the event to give personalized feedback. Feel free to bring you resume and clips to be critiqued.

 

-Notes-

·        Paul Cheung, AAJA Board Rep, and Presentation Editor of the Miami Herald, is looking for an Asian-American Student to help with student newspaper project during the Unity ‘08 Convention.

 

For more information on this opportunity please visit their website http://www.aaja.org/programs/for_students/multimedia_project/

 

 

-Scholarships & Competitions -

  Scholarships and Competitions posted this week in the reading room include:

• The Julia Dream Contest
• The Rose Group Short Film Contest
• National Academy of Television and Arts and Sciences 2008 Scholarships
• Purple Violet Film Festival
• UM Canes Film Festival
• Chicago International REEL Film Festival