Arts & Communication

The Arts & Communication program is a launchpad for creative careers and offers students exploration, experiential learning, internship, and job opportunities in a range of professions, including (but not limited to): creative practices, arts administration, entertainment, journalism & writing, marketing, media, museums & archives, publishing, and strategic communications.

Tips for Breaking Into Science Journalism

By Aleszu Bajak ’06 

Alumni-in-Residence 2019

Scratch the itch: After a few years working mostly in the animal facility in the gene therapy department at Weill Cornell, I was itching to start a writing career. I started a blog called …

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Designing Your Digital Portfolio

Program Director for Careers in Arts and Communication Carla Costa will describe four tips you can use to create a digital portfolio. Check out the Digital Portfolio Guide for more info. Visit the demo site featured in the video. 

By Carla Costa
Carla Costa Program Director, Careers in Arts and Communication
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What to do with my degree: Entry-level communications jobs and salaries

 

The biggest misconception about majoring in Communications is that it’s a fluff major, or it’s for students who don’t really want to study. In reality, though, the field of communications – which encompasses public relations, marketing, mass communication, journalism, and …

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Alumni

Aleszu Bajak

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Editor Storybench.org and LatinAmericanScience.org
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Tess Banta

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Graphic Novel Editor First Second
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Lisa Biggs

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Assistant Professor Brown University
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Chip Garner

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Senior Vice President MWWPR
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Andre Gray

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Chief Creative Officer Annex88
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Alexandra Juhasz

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Distinguished Professor of Film Brooklyn College, CUNY
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Inda Schaenen

Alumni-in-Residence
  • Writer, Journalist, Professor, Certified English Language Arts Teacher
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Contact & Location

Phone
413-542-2265
Address

First Floor College Hall
155 South Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01002