Students

Graduation Spotlight: Connor Clark

May 14 2024 - 12:45pm

Senior Connor Clark of Lake Bluff, Illinois will graduate from the CoJMC this May. This summer he'll start his first post-grad role as the Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations for the Lincoln Saltdogs baseball team.

Lockyear (left) and Leach (right) hail from Lenexa, Kansas, and Lake Oswego, Oregon, respectively. As out of state students, they each have a special appreciation for NU’s campus that ‘The Final Syllabus’ has helped reinforce.

With ‘Final Syllabus,’ Leach, Lockyear make the most of last semester

May 14 2024 - 12:15pm

Creating a new syllabus wouldn’t typically be everyone’s idea of a perfect sendoff for your final semester in college. What began as an offhanded collection of fun activities became a semester-long challenge for CoJMC senior Katie Lockyear, CBA senior Sarah Leach and friends to end their time at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln with intention and appreciation.

Jay Quemado, a junior, is co-lead of Nebraska Nightly, a broadcasted program from the Experience Lab in the College of Journalism and Mass Communications.

Through Nebraska Nightly, Quemado feels rush of live TV

May 14 2024 - 11:15am

Part of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications’ Experience Lab, Nebraska Nightly offers students the real-world experience of producing a live broadcast every week. For Jay Quemado, a junior from El Paso, Texas, the program solidified his calling in TV broadcasting.

Ambassador Valeria Uribe instructs Bay High students.

Ambassador team members work with Bay High journalism classes

May 1 2024 - 8:30am

College of Journalism and Mass Communications ambassadors are helping to lead classes at The Bay High School as part of the school’s curriculum. Alex Fernando, CoJMC assistant director of recruiting, noted the significant development of The Bay and the college’s collaboration that started in 2022 as an after-school program and today is no longer just an extracurricular activity option, but an integral part of the students' education.

Delkamiller inducted into the 2024-25 Mortar Board class

May 1 2024 - 7:45am

One College of Journalism and Mass Communications student, Naomi Delkamiller, was inducted into the 2023-24 Mortar Board class on April 13 at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s annual Ivy Day ceremonies.

Kraus receives the Nelson Dream Big Award

May 1 2024 - 7:15am

Marissa Kraus, a senior journalism major from Columbia, Missouri, was awarded the Nelson Dream Big Award from the UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications. The award will help fund her summer internship with the Los Angeles Times.

Huskers win 11 awards in the SPJ Region 7 Mark of Excellence competition

May 1 2024 - 7:00am

Current and former students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communications earned 11 awards in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Region 7 Mark of Excellence Awards Competition on April 23.

Maggie Nielsen, Emma Dostal, Emily Scheidler, Jeannine Akamba, Emma Magnone, Ryann Zechmann

Bateman team earns honorable mention in national competition

Apr 30 2024 - 3:15pm

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Journalism and Mass Communications Bateman Case Study team has earned an honorable mention and a top-12 finish in the 2024 national competition. The Public Relations Student Society of America hosts the Bateman competition annually for public relations students, allowing them to implement an entire public relations campaign using their classroom education and internship experiences.

Naomi Delkamiller, Jenna Ebbers, Joseph Zakaria

News21 Huskers win Webby People’s Voice Award

Apr 29 2024 - 9:30am

The Carnegie-Knight News21 Program at Arizona State University won a People’s Voice Webby Award for “America After Roe.” Three Huskers were involved in the 2023 project: Naomi Delkamiller, a junior journalism and advertising and public relations major from Omaha and alumni Jenna Ebbers (‘23) of Cambridge and Joseph Zakaria (‘22) of Lincoln.

Huskers place third in the National Student Advertising Competition

Apr 28 2024 - 5:45am

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's team placed third at the District 9 American Advertising Federation’s National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) held in Kansas City on April 19. The regional competitors come from colleges and universities in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. Seven schools competed at this year’s competition.