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Department of Strategic & Personal Communication (SAPC
On April 23, 2021, the Department of Strategic & Personal Communication (SAPC) hosted former Department of Justice spokeswoman Kerri Kupec. She spoke to students about crisis communication, crafting messages, and social media. In preparation for her visit, Kupec had dinner with Dean Hayes, Dean Hurt, Dr. Mallory, four students from The Champion, and four SAPC students.
The Liberty University community fondly remembers the late Jane Marczewski (Class of ’13), who went by her stage name “Nightbirde." She received a standing ovation and was awarded the Golden Buzzer, which automatically sent her to the live shows, after singing her original song “It’s OK” on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.”
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Student Awards and Accomplishments
• Advertising Team members Victoria Cline, Casandra Sappington, Katherine Lewis, and Joseph White were selected as semifinalists for their campaign "Bose Behind the Breakthrough" in the Effie Collegiate Competition. The team (pictured left) presented their campaign to Bose. • Strategic Communications student Abigail Hayes was crowned Miss Oregon in 2019.
• SAPC student Aariana Maynard interned at NASA in their Capacity Building Program located at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. “Working with NASA’s Capacity Building Program was a fantastic opportunity,” Maynard said. “The work in editing and creating graphics, press releases, infographics, and videos was challenging but also very intriguing, and I enjoyed it. I had the opportunity to collaborate and network with team members from all over the United States. It was amazing how we were able to come together and make a final product to present in front of our mentors and supervisors.”
Faculty Awards and Accomplishments
• Liberty's Chapter (pictured left) of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) won the National PRSSA Star Chapter Award in September 2021. This is a prestigious award and has become the gold standard for PRSSA Chapters.
• Dr. Marie Mallory was named "Master Teacher" by Course Hero and the Carnegie Foundation in 2020. Dr. Mallory was also a Course Hero Educational Summit 2020 Presenter; her presentation was titled "Fighting Feedback Fear."
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