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Brien McHugh
Posted by: Brien McHugh
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 - 10:31AM

I joke about having low friends in high places (or high friends in low places) but a recent event brought home the power of keeping connected to people.

This semester I am teaching a Nonprofit Communication and Advertising class. It is part of our Journalism & Public Communication specialization and our Marketing & Advertising specialization. The class is only taught every other spring semester and students who have both specializations get to double-dip.

Brien McHugh
Posted by: Brien McHugh
Tuesday, January 3, 2023 - 02:07PM

 

Brien McHugh
Posted by: Brien McHugh
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 - 01:21PM

Before you get all mad at me for promoting a meme supporting one political parvoting driving memety over another, let me just say that I am not doing that. I am promoting the simple ingenuity and creativity of the American people.

Brien McHugh
Posted by: Brien McHugh
Monday, August 22, 2022 - 02:14PM

Classes started today and, I'll admit, I was looking forward to it. It's nice to hear the excited chatter of Cheers back to schoolstudents (yes CMMA students too) in the classrooms and hallways. After a few hours, I'll also admit, it wore a little thin. But I still enjoyed it. What was a little strange was not having two icons of communication - Dr. Terre Layng Rosner and Mr.

Brien McHugh
Posted by: Brien McHugh
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - 11:33AM

Ukraine USF T-shirtSitting in Joliet, it’s both easy and hard to think about the war in Ukraine. Easy, because pictures of the devastation are plastered all over traditional and non-traditional media. Hard, because we all want to do something to help the Ukrainians but haven’t a clue about what. I’m too old to fight and, more likely, too chicken.

Dr. Scott Marshall
Posted by: Scott Marshall
Tuesday, March 1, 2022 - 09:54AM

SNL cold open 1When you have had enough, it becomes time to stand up and fight for what is right. To actually figure out what IS right in a time of chaos and then use your powers and talents to truly do the right thing at the right time. We all need to figure out what that is, now, and DO it.