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Department of
Mass Communication (MACO)

Broadcast Journalism / Print Journalism / Public Relations • ACEJMC Nationally Accredited


Top 10 reasons to choose MACO!

10. You’ll be in the know about what’s happening on campus, locally and nationally.
9. You’ll have a variety of career options when you graduate.
8. You’ll work in state-of-the-art facilities.
7. It’s not just what you know, it’s who you know.
6. You can express yourself creatively…

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How do you get from Thibodaux to the Warner Bros. Television?

Jill Allemand HeadshotExecutive Director, Promotions and Product Placement Warner Bros. Television Worldwide.
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Mabile.jpgDocumentary writer & producer for the History Channel, Discovery Channel, A&E and PBS.
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Author and senior editor for Condé Nast Portfolio magazine.

 

See what MACO Alumni are accomplishing in their careers!

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What are MACO students doing…

  • Ethics panel on “Covering Katrina”
  • PRSSA Cinco de Mayo celebation
  • Field trip to tour Louisiana Public Broadcasting and The Advocate newspaper
  • PRSSA Alumni Round-up
  • Published The Word for Katrina refugees housed on campus

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Welcome

 

Come LEARN. LIVE. LEAD. with the Mass Communication Department! STEWARTSMALLWelcome to the Mass Communication (MACO) Department website. We hope your visit here will give you a sense of the excitement the students and faculty of our department share in our unique south Louisiana setting. We invite you to come LEARN, LIVE, LEAD, with us!

LEARN.
Come study in a nationally accredited department which offers an intense and culturally diverse learning environment in which you can dig down deep and discover your full potential.

LIVE.
Come live in a department that is like no other! The Mass Communication department is known on campus for its family-like atmosphere.

LEAD.
Come and be part of an education delivered with gusto where there is a strong emphasis on the application of classroom skills and knowledge to everyday experiences as a professional. Our students can work for the campus television station, radio station, yearbook, newspaper and literary magazine.

Come join us while we crack a few crawfish and we crack a few books on OUR way to building your career! Please feel free to contact me about questions you may have about our department or Nicholls State University.

ALUMNI please update your information by using the following link: Alumni Updates

News

PRSSA Drop-In Lunch!

September 6th, 2007

What: An Interest/Organizational Meeting

When: Friday, September 14, 2007

Time: 4M (10:45-11:40) & 5M (11:50-12:45)

Come join us for a FREE Lunch in the Captain’s Room in the cafeteria, learn about PRSSA (Public Relations Student Society of America) and nominate new officers for 2007-2008.

All majors are welcomed. Attendees must sign up in the MACO office, Room 103 Talbot Hall.

Dues are $42 until September 14th and can be paid at the meeting. Dues are good for one year. Dues will be $50 after September 14th.

Can’t make lunch? No problem! PRSSA applications can be picked up on the bulletin board near the MACO office.

MACO students win department, college & national awards!

May 14th, 2007

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Above are the recipients of Mass Communication honors at the College of Arts and Sciences awards dinner. From left are Mary Catherine Holcomb (Outstanding Broadcast Journalism Graduate), Lauren Thompson (The Rose & Ralph Beslin Honor Award), Bivonia Jimenez (Outstanding Public Relations Graduate) and Lee Daigle (Alfred Delahaye Award to the Outstanding Mass Communication Graduate).

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Bivonia Jimenez, Teresa Perry and Jessica Toups were award the highest honor a Nicholls Graduate can attain, as they were elected to the Nicholls State University Hall of Fame. There were only 10 elected, that means 30% of the Hall of Fame this year were Mass Communication majors!

Congratulations to all our Mass Communication Graduates!

Cinco de Mayo Luncheon Celebration!

April 25th, 2007

Come join us for our annual Cinco de Mayo celebration on May 4, 2007 in front of Talbot Hall!

Bring a dish and get to know your  professors on a more personal level!

Visit the Mass Communication office and let the secretary know what Mexican dish you would like to bring to the end-of-the-semester party.

PRSSA Meeting

April 25th, 2007

The Public Relations Student Society of America will accepting new members, planning our Cinco de Mayo celebration and nominating officers for the 2007 - 2008 year.

Come join us on, Wednesday April 25, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in the MACO Conference Room.