On October 21, 2017 the School of Communication + Journalism at Florida International University and District 6, Florida Scholastic Press Association host the FIU/FSPA 45th Annual South Florida Journalism Day. The College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts congratulates all the participants, advisors, faculty, staff and students who made this possible. Keynote Address: Lauren Pastrana, [...]

Jessica Gall Myrick, an assistant professor for The Media School at Indiana University-Bloomington, is the winner of the 2017 Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Outstanding Woman Junior Scholar Award. Kopenhaver is dean emeritus and professor at Florida International University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The award will be presented on Tuesday, Aug. 8, at the [...]

National Conference: Explores Women in Communication: Breaking the Barriers Florida International University’s Biscayne Bay Campus, North Miami,  April 20, 2017 The Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication at Florida International University’s College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts invites you to the center’s Second Annual Conference, “Women in Communication: Breaking the Barriers.” This national [...]

National Conference: “Women in Communication: Breaking the Barriers”  at Florida International University’s beautiful Biscayne Bay Campus,  April 20, 2017 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Are Communication Professionals Achieving Their Potential? Findings from the 2016 national survey conducted by the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication reveal that women in communication professions are [...]

FIU/FSPA 44th Annual  South Florida Journalism Day sponsored by Florida International University, School of Communication and  and Journalism and Florida Scholastic Press Association District 6 The Future of Communication: Write, Produce & Create Keynote Address: Calvin Hughes, Anchor - Local 10 WPLG / The Future of Communication – The field of Journalism has changed in many ways. Besides the role of reporter, [...]

4th Annual Cohort of Kopenhaver Center Fellows at 2016 AEJMC Convention Women Faculty Moving Forward Workshop: Surviving and Thriving in the Academy   The Kopenhaver Center and the AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women hosted the fourth annual Women Faculty Moving Forward Workshop, Surviving and Thriving in the Academy, at the AEJMC Convention in Minneapolis in [...]

Join us in congratulating Kopenhaver Center Leadership Council member Mindy Marques in receiving the NAHJ Presidential Award of Impact.  The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) is dedicated to the recognition and professional advancement of Hispanics in the news industry. Established in April 1984, NAHJ created a national voice and unified vision for all Hispanic journalists. [...]