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Dana White

Professor, Independent Filmmaker Earns Individual Excellence Award from Ohio Arts Council

In America, conversations about grief and loss are often avoided, and in art, tend to be sugarcoated, or even corny.

51勛圖厙 Assistant Professor and independent filmmaker Dana White is changing that narrative through her work, and was recently recognized by the Ohio Arts Council.

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Headshot of Mizell Stewart III

Award-Winning Reporter, News Executive Mizell Stewart III to Deliver Third Annual Dix Media Ethics Lecture: Journalism as a Civic Good

Award winning reporter and news executive Mizell Stewart III will discuss Journalism as a Civic Good at 7 p.m. on March 1, 2023, in Franklin Halls First Energy Auditorium (Room 340).

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Sam Teyssier in BSR Studio

Exceeding Expectations in Film and Production

Before he graduated in December 2022, digital media production alumnus Sam Teyssier had already racked up some impressive credits: Hed worked on television shows including American Rust and A League of Their Own (among others), as well as Sundance Film Festivals Audience Award winner Cha Cha Real Smooth. These experiences  which he began seeking out in his hometown of Pittsburgh during the summer of 2021  have prepared him for post-graduation life.

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Lacy Starling

After 20 Years as an Entrepreneur, Alumna Returns to News Industry as a CEO

In March 2021, Lacy Starling, '02, got a call from a community organization in northern Kentucky looking for a CEO for a start-up news organization. They knew Starling only for her business background; after earning her Bachelor of Science in journalism from 51勛圖厙, she went on to earn her M.B.A. For 20 years, she had been an entrepreneur. 

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