Congrats to our class of 2012!
May 19th, 2012

The School of Media and Public Affairs congratulates our class of 2012! Go forth and make us proud!

Suzanne Abaza
Scott Backer
R. Taylor Barden
Taylor Barnes
Ann Bates
Matthew Bevilacqua
Michelle Bradbury
Kelsi Browning
Patrick Burgwinkle
Diandra Cardenas
Amanda Castroverde
Kaela Clark
Jacqueline Corba
Adam Coretz
Edward Costigan
Adam Dale
Omari Daniels
Emily D'Antonio
Farhan Daredia
Reid Davenport
Brian Dittmeier
Tamara El Waylly
Paige Esterkin
Jonathan Ewing
Kathryn Farnsworth
Ana Ferrer
Sara Fischer
Lauren French
Christina Freundlich
Jorge Gadala-Maria
John Goben
Hadas Gold
Daniel Gordon
Miranda Green
Erin Hassey
Arielle Heffez
Whitney Hensler
Lauren Hepler
Lauren Hoenemeyer
Allison Hoff
Stephen Holden
Da Huo
Chance Jackson
Alec Jacobs
Lara Kasten
Eric Katz
Colette Kent
Natalie Kornicks
Samantha Lafer
Erin Lardy
Alexandra Larkin
Alexander Laska
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Matthew Lebow
Elisabeth Leoni
Haley Lesavoy
Corey Lewin
Lindsay Life
Stephanie Linka
Nicole Longo
Nicole Mann
Anthony Marenna
Matthew Maschino
Courtney McKay
Katherine Meroski
William Miller
Alexis Murray
Kimberly Neu
Jennifer Neuner
Alexander Noble
Robert Noel
Ashley Norred
Madeleine O'Connor
Jordan Petitt
Stephen Petix
Caroline Quat
Joseph Rabinowitz
Chelsea Radler
David Raish
Matthew Rist
Alessandra Sangiolo
Joseph Sangiorgio
Lauren Schmidt
Brooke Schwartz
Jenna Schwartz
Louis Serino
Maria Shanahan
Jill Slabey
Samuel Smith
Natalya Staritskaya
Anastasia Theoharis
Hannah Traverse
Lauren Turek
Andrea Vittorio
Lyndsey Wajert
Sarah Weinger
Rachel Weisel
Jennifer Wolfe
Daniel Wolman
Monika Wysocki

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SMPA Graduation Breakfast & Recognition Ceremony Information
April 30th, 2012

Mark your calendars!  All seniors and Master's candidates who are eligible to graduate in May are invited to attend one of SMPA's most popular events of the year: the SMPA Graduation Breakfast and Recognition Ceremony on Saturday, May 19th, 2012!

1) Tickets are not required for the buffet breakfast, which will be available from 9:00-11:00am.  However, students must RSVP the total number of attendees from their family to  smpa@gwu.edu by Wednesday, May 9 so we don't run out of food.

2) Because this annual SMPA tradition is so popular, we will be hosting two graduate recognition ceremonies that morning in our Jack Morton Auditorium.  The schedule will be as follows:

9:00-9:30am: Journalism and Mass Communication majors
10:30-11:00am: Political Communication majors and Master's candidates

Due to the size of the auditorium, each student is guaranteed only four tickets (one student ticket, plus tickets for up to three guests) to their recognition ceremony.  These tickets must be picked up from the front desk at MPA 400 before 5pm on Wednesday, May 9.  We will follow up with those who already have RSVP'd to confirm ticket information.

Should you require extra tickets for the auditorium, or have any questions about this event, please notify Samara Sit at samara@gwu.edu; she will contact you if and when more tickets become available.  Those guests without tickets to the recognition ceremony will be able to watch a live video feed on the lower level of the MPA building. 
 
These recognition ceremonies are SMPA's opportunity for faculty to say farewell and to recognize award winners and special honors students.   We look forward to celebrating your accomplishments.

If you need more information about the CCAS ceremony later that day, click here.

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Video and Pics: SMPA Graduation Breakfast
May 16th, 2011

A wonderful time was had by all at SMPA's Graduation Breakfast on Saturday morning. Over 400 grads, families, and faculty packed into the Media and Public Affairs building for a buffet breakfast provided by SMPA, and then later some remarks in Jack Morton Auditorium by director Frank Sesno.

We have plenty of multimedia for you if you missed the festivities!

We have 57 photos on Flickr from the breakfast...

We also have a video produced by alumnus Chris Barnett (JMC '07) and interviews by alumnus Abby Jones (PCM '97)... they went around asking parents and graduates "What did SMPA Do For You?"

Congrats to everyone!!!

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Congrats To Our Class of 2011
May 15th, 2011

Best wishes to SMPA's undergraduate and graduate student Class of 2011!

Colby  Anderson
Caroline Anderson
Molly  Anixt
Jennifer Avallon
Margaret Barone
Brendan  Barrack
Margaret Beasley
Gabrielle Bluestone
Christopher Borchert
Emily  Cahn
Nicole  Capo
Ashley  Carufel
Andrew  Clark
Samuel  Collins
Jamarie  Copestick
Ian  Cunningham
Alexander de la Torre Bueno
Paul  Dean
Colleen  Dolan
Amy  D'Onofrio
Tara  Dorfman
Tyler  Ducklo
Maeve  Duggan
Nick  Fabiani
Max  Feinblatt
Andrew  Feldman
Benjamin Fitch
Chloe  Furfine
Christopher Geissler
Joseph  Goldman
Alexandra Goncalves De Oliveira
James  Greene
Christopher Gregory
Zachary  Hanover
Mariya  Ho
Sarah  Hoberman
Heather  Hodder
Alexander Holt
Owen  Hooks Davis
Matthew  Ingoglia
Vyomika  Jairam
Amanda  Kamor
Bradley  Komar
Rachel  Kottler
Kimberly Kroll
Carly  Lagrotteria
Thomas  Lawrence
Sarah  Leibach
Dagny  Leonard
Lindsay  Life
Amanda  Lilly
Molly  Lukash
Hadley  Malcolm
Madiha  Malik
Morgan  Manousos
Ricki  Maybruch
Ashley  McDaniel
Sarah  Mersky
Evan  Miller
Michael  Moffett
Stephen  Molldrem
Jennifer Nason
Louis  Nelson
Emily  Note
Corbb  O'Conner
Jayne  Orenstein
Julia  Osellame
Andrew  Perez
Jared  Pliner
Allison  Porter
Ishaan  Prakash
Sam  Radwany
Amna  Rehmatulla
Amy   Rhodin
Rachel  Runnals
Charlie  Rybak
Erika  Rydberg
Joseph  Sangiorgio
Carly  Schildhaus
Samantha Schneider
Evan  Schwartz
Azim  Shivji
Reva  Singh
Emily  Smith
Rachel  Sussman
Eric  Thibault
Brittany Tibbetts
Benjamin Toder
Catherine Toor
Madeline Twomey
Lindsay  Underwood
Sara  Walden
Mei  Wang
Paul  Waters
Kimberly Wertman
Anthony  Yazaki
Ki   Yong Yi
Marie  Zisa
Daniel  Zuccari

If your name is missing from this list, please let us know at samara@gwu.edu.

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2010 Commencement: SMPA Breakfast candid photos
May 20th, 2010

Our class of 2010 graduates celebrated their accomplishments and looked forward to the future during the May 15-16, 2010, weekend.

The annual SMPA Graduation Celebration breakfast drew over 250 graduates, friends, and families together with SMPA faculty and staff on the morning of May 15.  Here's the link to the Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/smpagwu/sets/72157623971094719/show/ but you can see a slideshow of images below.

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2010 Commencement: SMPA Breakfast posed photos
May 20th, 2010

In between bites of breakfast, families who attended the SMPA Graduation celebration breakfast were able to have their portraits taken by our very own Professor Steve Keller.  Here's a link to the Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/smpagwu/sets/72157624101734302/show/ but you can view the slideshow below.

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2010 Commencement: Speech by Prof. Kerric Harvey
May 20th, 2010

Our class of 2010 graduates celebrated their accomplishments and looked forward to the future during the May 15-16, 2010, weekend.

One of the highlights for many students was the Commencement address delivered by Professor Kerric Harvey at the noon Columbian College of Arts and Sciences celebration.  Tell her what you thought of her speech at the bottom of the page! Read the rest of this entry »

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2010 Commencement: What SMPA did for me!
May 20th, 2010

Our class of 2010 graduates celebrated their accomplishments and looked forward to the future during the May 15-16, 2010, weekend.  In the video below, graduates and their parents answer the question, "What did SMPA do for you?" at the SMPA Graduation breakfast celebration on May 15, 2010. Interviews by SMPA graduates Simon Landau and Abby Jones:

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2010 Commencement: Our Graduates
May 20th, 2010

Congratulations to the class of 2010 from the School of Media and Public Affairs!

2010 Graduates

2010 Graduates strike an "Action News" pose. Photo courtesy of Michael Valerio

Gregori Asmolov, Michael Ballaban
Taylor Barden, Michael Barengrugge
Taylor Barnes, Emily Berger
Charlotte Bigford, Megan Buerger
Alexander Byers, Dean Carson
Elizabeth M. Cherneff, Caroline L. Coppel
Lindsay Corcoran, Yagmur Cosar
Catherine Crnko, Natalie M. Cucchiara
Daniel P. Curran, Elissa S. Davis
Morgan M. Davis, Victoria L. Devine
Hope Ditto, Caitlin E. Downs
Andrew L. Elwell, Mark F. Ennis
Margaret K. Farrell, Alexa Feldman
Hadas Gold, Adam Goldberg
Diana A. Gore, Daniel J. Greene
Ailin Guo, Melanie F. Gutmann
Olivia J. Hallihan, Johanna E. Harvey
Simon P. Hernandez Arthur Velarca

2010 Graduates

2010 Graduates celebrate their success. Photo courtesy of Katharine Crnko

Rebecca H. Hill, Rachel A. Hornak
Susan L. Hunsinger, Julie M. Hyman
Vyomika Jairam, Ian M. Janetta, Fae Jencks 
Melyssa L. Jenkins, Stephanie M. Keller
Danielle Kurtzleben, Laura Levenberg
Elizabeth C. Li, Amanda E. Lindner
Marina Litvinsky, Caitlin E.Loehr
Sarah E. Lusk, Nicholas S. Marell
Lauren J. Martens, Dionella N. Martinez
Megan M. Mattson, Lucy C. McCalmont
Luke McQueen, Conor D. McSweeny
Chelsea C. Mears, Danielle M. Meister
Brooke L. Miller, Marissa F. Moran
Sara R. Narod, Marcia L. Newbert
Meghan E. Ottolini, Cathryn R. Paine
Karelia I. Pallan, Simone M. Perez
Joshua K. Phillips, Chole P. Popescue
Allison R. Porton, Andrew R. Rabin

2010 Graduates

Director Frank Sesno with three graduates who are too cool for school. Photo courtesy of Michael Valerio

Pamposh Raina, Remy B. Ravitz
Victoria H. Reiss, Joseph M. Rendeiro
Elizabeth A. Richardson, Mitchell Rubenstein
Alessandra L. Sangiolo, Gregory Schneider
Kristin E. Schrader, Sasch B. Segall
Zachary L. Siber, Sabrina A. Sieck
Nicole M. Sorgini, Mallory Staub
Jennifer Tchinnosian, Michael S. Valerio
Rachel L. Wallace, Kara M. Wright
Sami Yenigun

Please send any corrections to this list: samara@gwu.edu

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