Siverling presented her research proposal June 26, 2009. The title of her project is “Shot and Wounded: How Journalism’s Magic Bullet Theory is Crippling the Business.”

The IUP Journalism Department’s student-run public relations agency, Lasting Impressions, received big news at the end of last semester. It was officially recognized as a chapter of the national organization Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA).

Journalism Department graduate Kristen Stormer '09, of Hollidaysburg, was killed on Tuesday, June 23, 2009, in Ocean City, Md., when she was hit by a soft drink delivery truck while crossing the Coastal Highway at 33rd Street on her bicycle.

Dr. Stanford G. Mukasa of the Journalism Department attended the International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Education, Training, and Development held in Dakar, Senegal, from May 27 to May 29, 2009.

IUP Journalism alumni Daniel T. Feldbusch (Class of ’03) and Michael Henninger (Class of ’06) participated in the IUP chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists’ first annual J-Jobs Boot Camp held April 17, 2009.