The School of Communication and Media provides career-oriented and scholarly opportunities to students through internship programs, student honor societies and professional\/industry affiliations.\u00a0\u00a0 Follow the links below to learn more:<\/p>\n
School Internship Program<\/a><\/p>\n Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society (LPH)<\/a><\/p>\n Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA)<\/a><\/p>\n Professional Organization Affiliations<\/a><\/p>\n The School Internship Program maintains strong connections with industry-partners which in turn provide meaningful internship opportunities to our students.\u00a0<\/strong>Working hand-in-hand with the College\u2019s Career Services unit, School faculty advise students toward deriving optimum benefits from their field experiences.\u00a0 Opportunities are available in a wide range of professional settings including:<\/p>\n Grants from organizations such as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sometimes provide stipends to students to do internships on both independent and studio feature films. \u00a0Students also intern with NJTV, New Jersey\u2019s new public television network station, which resides on the University campus. They gain hands-on experience researching and developing news stories as well as taping and post-production-packaging interviews and news segments. They also work with show principals to contribute to the\u00a0NJ Today<\/em>\u00a0news program which is broadcast nightly on public television throughout the Tri-state area.<\/p>\n For more information about College of the Arts internships and career development resources, go to:\u00a0College of the Arts Career Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lambda Pi Eta (LPH) is the National Communication Association\u2019s official student honor society, based at four-year colleges and universities across the country, including Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ.<\/p>\n With more than 400 chapters nationally, LPH embraces goals to:<\/p>\n To learn more about LPH at the national level, go to:\u00a0National Communication Association \u2013 Lambda Pi Eta<\/a><\/p>\n At Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, the\u00a0Zeta Chapter<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0of LPH works hard to promote interaction and camaraderie among students in the Communication programs.\u00a0 LPH activities include fundraising efforts to raise money for scholarships; organizing students to attend professional conferences; giving support to the academic programs; and providing opportunities for students to share their scholarship with the broader community.<\/p>\n Guidelines and applications for LPH membership are available in the School\u2019s main office.<\/p>\n LPH offers two scholarships each spring semester: (1)\u00a0Lambda Pi Eta Zeta Chapter Academic Scholarship<\/em>\u00a0and (2)\u00a0Thomas Veenendall Memorial Scholarship<\/em>.\u00a0 To be considered for a scholarship, communication studies majors must complete an application form available in the School\u2019s main office.<\/p>\n Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Chapter \u2013 LPH Contact: The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) is the foremost organization designed to serve students interested in public relations and communications \u2013 with more than 300 university chapters and 10,000 participants nationwide.\u00a0 It is a professional-development organization for students, under the umbrella of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), the world\u2019s largest and foremost organization of public relations professionals.<\/p>\n In 2008, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ became the fifth university in New Jersey to be granted a PRSSA chapter. Students\u00a0 enjoy many benefits from their PRSSA membership including access to internship and job board listings, PR competitions, scholarships and chapter and national leadership opportunities.<\/p>\n In addition, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ PRSSA provides hands-on opportunities for students to provide PR functions for actual clients in the nonprofit world.\u00a0 Since its inception, PRSSA students have developed partnerships and projects for:<\/p>\n For more information on the national, parent organizations, go to:<\/p>\n Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Chapter – PRSSA Contact: School of Communication and Media students participate in a number of professional organizations through which they have opportunities to attend conferences, present papers and network with professionals and student colleagues.\u00a0 The School maintains active affiliations with:<\/p>\n
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Scholarships<\/h3>\n
\n<\/strong>Dr. Joel Penney<\/a>
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\n<\/strong>Prof. Larry Weiner<\/a>
\nCoordinator of Public Relations
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