Dear Alum,

The end of the academic year serves as an opportunity for reflection and celebration.

We say goodbye to the students who we’ve come to know and love, and we say hurrah as they complete their journey, degree in hand. But we hope they take more than their degrees.

We hope they have a better sense of their place in an ever-changing world, one that demands navigating critical terrains wisely, ethically and purposefully.

We hope they carry memories from inside the classroom and out: happy accidents, cool projects and wonderful friendships.

We hope they realize the importance of their presence to the welfare of others: their friends, families, communities.

We hope they see how knowledge gained here can carry them far.

I hope as you read through this newsletter, you can celebrate everything our students do and see how, as a department, we continue to help students become thoughtful, creative and ethical media makers. In many ways, their work continues the story that you helped shape during your own time here. The projects, friendships, questions and discoveries may look different from year to year, but the heart of the work remains familiar: learning how to use media to better understand, serve and connect with the world around us.

Thank you for being part of our department’s past, present and future. We are grateful to count you among our alumni and friends.

Sincerely,

Dr. Peter Gregg
Chair, Department of Emerging Media