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On Jan. 6, Americans watched as rioters stormed the Capitol to disrupt the certification of the electoral votes in the presidential race. For many, the date has become dubbed as one of those “Where were you when?” days in American history.

Dr. Chris Mackowski, professor of journalism and mass communication, serves as host of a series of Civil War programs taped recently for C-SPAN3’s “American History TV.”

The School of Education at 51���� is offering two new graduate certificate programs aimed at a very specific audience: those who earned a master’s in childhood or adolescent literacy from St. Bonaventure between 2000 and 2020.

51���� senior sports media major Thomas “Tommy” Valentine has been recognized for his broadcasting skills by placing in the top 20 of the 2020-21 William Randolph Hearst Foundation Television News Competition.

The Jandoli Institute has launched a new project that identifies the qualities of good speeches. “We reached out to people who deliver speeches, people who write speeches, people who cover speeches and people who study speeches,” said Richard Lee, the institute’s executive director.

Since spring 2016, the number of students in 51����’s fully online graduate programs has grown almost twelvefold, from 50 to 585 in 2021. That growth has been vital at a challenging time for small, private institutions.

The Jandoli School of Communication at 51���� will offer a new master’s degree in digital journalism this fall that will prepare students with a digital skillset to reimagine how stories can be told.

Dr. Kimberly DeSimone, associate professor of leadership in the Jandoli School of Communication, and a diversity advocate at SBU, was an invited panelist for a March 3 Dixon Schwabl webinar titled "The Importance of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Advertising."