{"id":18402,"date":"2025-05-09T21:19:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T21:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/?p=18402"},"modified":"2025-05-09T21:23:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T21:23:03","slug":"communication-department-hosts-second-annual-student-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/blog\/2025\/05\/09\/communication-department-hosts-second-annual-student-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication Department Hosts Second Annual Student Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Department of Communication hosted its second annual Student Showcase on Thursday, May 8, highlighting outstanding student work across all concentration areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The event gave students the opportunity to display top projects from the past academic year, including work completed in partnership with local organizations, conference presentations, and creative campaigns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students and faculty worked closely to organize the event. Among them was Professor Debra Connelly, who collaborated with Dr. Betty Farmer to design alumni posters highlighting graduate achievements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe work is a perfect addition to portfolios as students look for their first jobs,\u201d said Connelly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The showcase highlights student achievements and alumni spotlights, giving attendees a look at the skills students have developed. Many of the featured projects will enhance student portfolios as they prepare to enter the job market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The department recognized one outstanding student from each concentration with an achievement award and also honored distinguished alumni for their accomplishments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The team also coordinated logistics and worked alongside student workers to manage event outreach and communications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">###<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Communication hosted its second annual Student Showcase on Thursday, May 8, highlighting outstanding student work across all concentration areas. The event gave students the opportunity to display [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3345,"featured_media":18403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18404,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18402\/revisions\/18404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}