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News and Events

    Applications are now open for the Hispanic/Latine Youth Media Workshop at NAU. They will close on April 4. This will be the first overnight workshop for this program, which will run June 13-15. Modeled on the School of Communication’s successful indigenous Youth Media Workshop, this summer program will provide housing and all meals for 25 high school students at no cost to the participants. Students will get hands-on experience in Filmmaking, Animation, Virtual Reality, Game…

Right before spring break the NAU chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America @prssanau worked with students and faculty in the School of Communication Photography program to host a headshot clinic for all School of Communication students.   The photos will be perfect for LinkedIn. Thanks to Beth Staub and the NAU photo students for all their help.

Bill Carter participated in a screening of the film “Kiss the Future” and on two panel discussions over the weekend at the Tucson Festival of Books. In the run up to the festival, Bill was interviewed by the Tucson Sentinel. Click here for the full article.

NAU posted a strong showing at the 2025 Western States Communication Association tournament this weekend. Overall NAU took second in sweepstakes in the 4-year university category. Individual students also had strong showings: Kyla Marcelin – Gold in Junior IPDA Debate Sage Kaminski – Bronze in Open IPDA Debate Kaitlyn Scott – 5th in Program Oral Interpretation, and 4th in Informative Speaking Jayeline Kennedy – 3rd in Program Oral Interpretation Jordan Williams-Hughes – 2nd in Program Oral Interpretation  

Fresh home from the Writers Guild of America award ceremony, Associate Professor of Practice Bill Carter attended a screening of the film “Kiss the Future” on Tuesday in Cline Library.  Carter wrote the screenplay for the documentary, and was one of four nominees for the WGA award for best documentary screenplay. The award went to the documentary screenwriter for the film “Jim Henson: Idea Man”. After the screening on Tuesday, Carter stayed around for an hour of questions and answers,…