April 2025 - News Articles

This special event enabled the SC&I community to honor student scholarship recipients and the school’s generous scholarship donors.

“Take every opportunity you have and learn as much as you can,” Schwartz advises current SC&I students. “Your unique experiences will set you apart from other candidates, so try to get experience in any way possible.”

Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway said he shared this year’s awards announcement “with pride in the entire Rutgers faculty and with admiration and gratitude for the efforts of all our faculty members over the course of the academic year.”

Lambda Pi Eta is the official communication honor society of the National Communication Association (NCA). It was founded in 1985 at the University of Arkansas by Dr. Stephen A. Smith to recognize, foster, and reward outstanding scholastic achievement in communication. In 1994, Lambda Pi Eta gained national recognition when NCA endorsed it, becoming the official honor society for communication students.

Woo’s scholarship centers on exploring the intricate communication dynamics within organizational and vocational contexts. Paris is a critical informatics scholar.

Rutgers University’s School of Communication and Information (SC&I) is proud to announce that its esteemed Master of Communication and Media (MCM) program will offer a fully online option beginning with the fall 2025 cohort. This expansion aligns with Rutgers’ ongoing commitment to accessibility, flexibility, and innovative learning for students nationwide and potentially worldwide.

More than 40 attendees—including certificate graduates, CPS instructors, and corporate partners—joined Julie Johnson, Ed.D., Director of Continuing and Professional Studies, in Los Angeles for a dynamic gathering of professionals from across the country within the Creative Operations and Digital Asset Management communities.

Held at the Rutgers School of Communication and Information on March 15, 2025, the aim of the conference, the organizers, wrote, was to “drive more attunement as a means to return to an environment of civil, respectful, and dignified discourse to create much more productive connections” during the present time when “we are experiencing a world of division, extremism, acrimony, and an overall lack of civility and respect.”

The annual #COMMChella Music Festival, a highlight of the SC&I Communication Department’s annual #BECOMM campaign, was held at the Yard on College Avenue on April 2, 2025 under a fair sky.

Febo has also worked as a Group Therapy Intern at Medallion Care Behavioral Health; a Behavioral Therapist at Circle Care Services; a Research Assistant at Cognition and Learning Center Lab; and a Marketing Strategist at KXSH MEDIA LLC.

The symposium created a platform for scholars, practitioners, and students to exchange insights on real-world challenges, ranging from AI and ethics to knowledge infrastructure, to community and inclusion.

The Rutgers Master of Information Program in the School of Communication and Information is listed at number six on the “Library and Information Studies” top schools list.

Professor of Library and Information Science Marie L. Radford, who has mentored countless faculty, undergraduate, master’s, and Ph.D. students during her distinguished 21 year-career at SC&I, will retire on July 1, 2025.

A member of the Rutgers Public Speaking Organization, Campos placed first in Poetry Interpretation at the AFA-NST District 7 Spring Qualifier, enabling her to compete in the national finals.

Awarded for their work as journalists and photographers, the winners credit SC&I for preparing them for success.

After 23 years working in state government, Goemaat shares her expertise for a career in the public sector.