School of Media Arts & Design

SMAD Day a Success
The first SMAD Day was very well attended by students and alumni. The day began with facility tours and an open house. Careers sessions in the morning and afternoon were packed. The evening SMAD Spring Banquet had approximately 220 people in attendance and featured CNN correspondent Jim Acosta as the keynote speaker.

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SMAD Announces 2008 Scholarships and Concentration Awards
The 2008 SMAD Scholarship and Award winners were formally announced during the SMAD Spring Banquet on April 10, 2008 in the James Madison University Festival Ballroom. The following students won scholarships and awards.

'96 Grad Aaron Pritchett Honored
On September 19, 2005, Aaron Pritchett left his 7 ½ year career as a photojournalist with WTKR News Channel 3 and began a new chapter of his life with the City of Newport News Video Production Department as a Senior Video Production Specialist.

The Breeze Wins Multiple Awards
Two organizations, The Virginia Press Association (VPA) and the College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers (CNBAM), have given the staff of James Madison University's student newspaper several awards. Of those awards, The Breeze won two first-place honors from VPA. Sports Editor Tim Chapman, a sophomore who in April will begin work as the newspaperís editor-in-chief, won first place in the news-series category for his pieces about a JMU basketball player who had lost three close relatives in just six months. The CNBAM recognized The Breeze advertising staff, led by SMAD senior Gil Harrison, for excellence in advertising.

Evan Dyson and Curio Win SPJ Awards
SMAD Major and Breeze Managing Editor Evan Dyson has won two firsts, three seconds and a third place for his photos in the regional conference of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). Curio also won a first as best feature magazine and the articles on mountaintop removal and Haiti also won first and second for best magazine articles.

Digital Video and Cinema Studies Concentrations Combine to Form "Digital Video & Cinema"
Beginning this summer, SMAD is combining the existing Digital Video (DV) and Cinema Studies (CS) concentrations into a new concentration called Digital Video and Cinema (DVC). This affects both newly admitted students and those currently in either DV or CS. The new concentration achieves several goals.

SMAD Summer 2008 Class Offerings
SMAD plans to offer a number of classes in the first four-week summer term. SMAD 201, 202, 210, 220, 301, 302 370 and a 305 Special Topics class will offered, but only if there is sufficient enrollment. The Univeristy will not allow us to offer any class without a sufficient number of students.

Jobs & Internships
A number of companies contact us looking for interns or employees. SMAD posts these opportunities as they come in. If you're in the market for a job or internship, you'll want to check this area regularly. The "Job & Internships" link is a permanent feature of the site.

April 26, 2008
Rachel Brodrick
Graduated: 2005
Falls Church, VA 22041 United States
RBrodrick@gmail.com
Employer: Bates Creative Group
Hi all! I left Harrisonburg when I graduated in 2005 and moved to Denver, CO. Unfortunately, life handed me some lemons and I had to move back to the East coast so I've been working as a Creative Writer for the past year at a graphic design firm in Silver Spring, MD. While I absolutely love my job, I would really like to get back to CO. I know that Crispin, Porter + Bogusky just opened a Boulder office in 2006...any chance someone has a contact with the agency? I'm going out there in June and would LOVE to get my portfolio in front of them. Thanks to whoever reads this and good luck to you! GO DUKES!!