UAlbany Communication Department

We are proud to congratulate Chia Chang and Seulgi Park on successfully defending their dissertations in Communication at the University at Albany and being hooded at the Doctoral Hooding ceremony! 🎓✨

Chia completed this important milestone under the guidance of Dr. Piotr Szpunar, while Seulgi was advised by Dr. Rukhsana Ahmed.

Your hard work, dedication, and scholarship have brought you to this remarkable achievement. Congratulations, Dr. Chang and Dr. Park! Wishing you both continued success in all that comes next.

🎓 Purple pride on full display! Congratulations to the Communication and Journalism BA graduates crossing the stage at UAlbany. Your creativity, storytelling, leadership, and passion for communication have prepared you to make an impact wherever your journey takes you next. 💜💛

From classrooms to newsrooms, studios to boardrooms — the future is yours. We can’t wait to see the stories you tell and the change you create.

Commencement season is here! 🎓
If you do not plan on keeping your cap & gown, give it a second life by dropping it in one of the collection boxes around campus. Oak Hall will recycle the materials into new products! ♻️

Collection boxes will be available May 14–17 at:
Empire Commons Community Building
Liberty Terrace Lobby
AcaDamien’s Bookstore

Check out this article written by outstanding Communication major Sophie Coker! 🐶🎉

The Dog Days are Over: Senior Zoe Veaunt on Four Years as Damien the Great Dane If you have attended a University at Albany athletics event in the past four years, the likelihood you’ve taken a picture with senior Zoe Veaunt is high — even if you didn’t know it.

Huge congratulations to Professor Laney Salisbury on receiving the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Excellence in Public Engagement Award! 🎉🏆

This recognition highlights Professor Salisbury’s outstanding leadership in building partnerships between the Journalism Program and Spotlight Newspapers, expanding student-led local reporting across the Capital Region 📰

So proud of her commitment to student engagement and the larger public good! 👏😤

🎤 Exciting scholarship in action!

Dr. Ken Levine recently presented at the Central States Communication Association conference in Minneapolis, sharing research that dives into the experiences of first-generation college students navigating the workforce.

His paper, "Internships as a Source of Vocational Anticipatory Socialization: Examining the Differences Between Part-Time Jobs and Professional Internships for First-Generation College Students," co-authored with Melinda Aley, explores how different work experiences shape career readiness and expectations.

This work highlights the critical role internships can play in bridging opportunity gaps and helping students build meaningful professional pathways.

👏 Congratulations to Dr. Levine and Melinda Aley on this impactful contribution!

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