Students interested in enrolling in the AUR Communication and English Department can contact us at communication@aur.edu. If you would like to visit our facilities during the summer months, we would be happy to show you around.
Cheers,
Heather Miller
‘Tis upon us…Four nights of pure entertainment (with education thrown in on the side!)
Department Week is an opportunity for Communication students to display their best work, see other student projects, and attend shows and lectures by award-winning artists. This year the magic will begin April 7th through the 10th. All events are free and begin at 7pm in the AUR auditorium. Food and drinks will be served.
Monday, April 7th: The Black Maria Film and Video Festival
Tuesday, April 8th: The AUR Student Media & Photography Show
Wednesday, April 9th: Guest Lecturer Laura Weinstein: “Yes, You can Make a Living as a Documentary Filmmaker”
Thursday, April 10th: AUR Student Reading & Remus Volume II Publication Party
I’m personally really excited and cannot wait for next week to come!
Here’s the amazing promotional poster designed by the Communication & English department assistant, Heather Marie Miller.
Make sure to mark your calendars and get ready for the best week of the year 
See you there,
Rosi M.H.
Contributed by Kelsea Brennan-WesselsIf I could give any advice to college students, present and future, it would be this:
DO AN INTERNSHIP!
One, five, once a week, full-time, doesn’t matter. Not only do these gigs look good on your resume/CV, the learning experience is priceless (or in some cases, they pay you)! If your time is limited, intern one afternoon a week. The company will appreciate the extra help no matter how few hours you put in and you’ll get the much needed hands-on experience in your field. In addition, it is like a trial to see if you’re headed in the right direction. You may come to realize that you don’t like your field and need a career change… Better to know now that your true passion lies in accounting before getting that Art History Degree!
Continue reading ‘From Dance to Mass Destruction: Internships are Key’
Contributed by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels
Remus
The wheels are in motion for the publication of the second edition of Remus, AUR’s literary journal.
Student editors along with editorial supervisor Professor Elizabeth Geoghegan met this week to make final decisions on student work (both written and graphic). The journal is due to be ready for the Communication and English Departmental Week’s student reading in April.
Meanwhile, capstone production students Rosi Mosca-Herrera, Sean Castle, Austin Jenkins and (myself) Kelsea Brennan-Wessels are working diligently as spring break approaches. Although we are finished shooting (aside from the usual pickup shots) it’s not all downhill from here. We meet every other week to look at cuts, give each other feedback and discuss the problems we face in post-productions. The editing program Final Cut Pro is becoming our best friend and, as Rosi mentioned, we pretty much will be living in the Multi Media Lab until graduation in May.
Reminder to communication students: Sunday lab hours will be posted after spring break.
Contributed by Rosi Mosca-Herrera
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Good afternoon from the Multimedia Lab!
What is this place we keep referring to? Take a look…
Equipped with 13 Mac workstations, The MML is the second home of many Communication students. I’ve actually attempted to bribe the guard so he would let me sleep here but he didn’t go for it. Not a good day.
Contributed by Kelsea Brennan-Wessels
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“So… what are you guys up to?”
This came from my awed fellow student as she peered into The American University of Rome’s Multi-Media lab. An array of frantic communication majors sat wearing headphones and staring at screens — their eyes sagging from long hours of editing and tweaking projects.
But despite their tired faces, many will admit that they love what they do.
This is AUR’s Department of Communication and English Weblog: a place not only to see what comes out of all that hard work, but an opportunity to get an insider’s view on the process from the students themselves. Here, students will be writing about their first-hand experiences in AUR’s Communication program.
Along with postings on the department’s latest news and updates, this weblog provides links along the right column that lead to information on the Communication and English Department, the Departmental Week, AUR’s YouTube site for student work, the Communications Club blog and the online version of the literary journal REMUS.
The works seen come from a variety of production classes including Digital Filmmaking; Animation, Editing and Special Effects; Media Technology; Experimental Filmmaking; Music Video Production; Intro to the TV Commercial; and much more.
But it’s not all about cameras and computers. The student work shown here also comes from courses such as Creative Writing, Concept Development and Storytelling, Intro to Journalism, Writing the Feature Film, Advanced Writing as well as others.
So take a look around and be sure to check back soon as we keep you informed on (as my colleague put it) “what we’re up to.”
Contributed by Rosi Mosca-Herrera
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Dear Readers,
Welcome to the AUR Communication & English Department weblog.
I’m Rosi Mosca-Herrera and from now on I’ll be writing here about the happenings in our lovely department.
Last semester students in Prof. Palana’s Computer as a Media Tool class participated in a class assignment/contest to design a poster for Rome Review. Rome Review is a website founded by AUR Art Professor, Timothy Allen and is dedicated to bringing the best information about the Eternal City to english speakers living or traveling in Rome. The student contest winners were Cristiana Ladki and Michael Maury with honorable mentions going to Anastasia Carnicero, Anna Mangiardi-Oxbrow and Ali Nardi. Congratulations to all who participated.
Check out their designs here: http://www.romereview.com/?rome-info&page=aur-poster
