mvg2908, Author at Northwestern Master of Science in Communication https://msc.northwestern.edu/ Become a valued and effective leader Wed, 03 Dec 2025 20:31:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://msc.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cropped-LinkedinSquare-01-32x32.png mvg2908, Author at Northwestern Master of Science in Communication https://msc.northwestern.edu/ 32 32 Harnessing Her Strengths to Shape the Future of MedTech Marketing https://msc.northwestern.edu/harnessing-her-strengths-to-shape-the-future-of-medtech-marketing/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 20:31:54 +0000 https://msc.northwestern.edu/?p=19978 As Katie (Greenspon) Underwood ’15 was making her way in Los Angeles’ fast-paced public relations scene, she found herself questioning her next move: Was her career really taking her in the direction she wanted to go? After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications, Advertising, and Public Relations from Saint Mary’s College in

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]]> Learning to Create Meaning in Entertainment | MSC Blog | Northwestern https://msc.northwestern.edu/learning-to-create-meaning-in-entertainment-msc-blog-northwestern/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:53:26 +0000 https://msc.northwestern.edu/?p=19107 Watching movies as a child was a fun escape for Sandhya Datla ’25. She paid attention to the stories, of course, but she also had a strong desire to go behind the screen to find out how movies are really made. She wondered: What skills are required to bring movies to life? This natural curiosity

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]]> Transforming Newsroom Experience into Mission-Driven Storytelling https://msc.northwestern.edu/transforming-newsroom-experience-into-mission-driven-storytelling/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 21:32:20 +0000 https://msc.northwestern.edu/?p=18854 For as long as Phavanna Nina Bouphasavanh ’25 can remember, writing has been part of her identity. She credits her affinity for words to her father, Phouangsouvanh (Souvanh) Bouphasavanh, who always nurtured her creativity and encouraged her to write. “At a very young age, he began gifting me journals so I could express my thoughts

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]]> Turning a Knack for Communication into a Professional Marketing Career https://msc.northwestern.edu/turning-a-knack-for-communication-into-a-professional-marketing-career/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 21:49:26 +0000 https://msc.northwestern.edu/?p=18345 Although Anurakti (Ana) Srivastava ’23 was drawn to the idea of studying journalism or communication as an undergraduate, she decided to pursue textile design. Attending Mumbai’s National Institute for Fashion Technology, she viewed this major as a way to connect her education to a creative field. While she knew a master’s degree was in her

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]]> Tech Hero: Using Her MSC to Bridge the Gap Between IT and Business https://msc.northwestern.edu/tech-hero-using-her-msc-to-bridge-the-gap-between-it-and-business/ Fri, 21 Feb 2025 22:33:39 +0000 https://msc.northwestern.edu/?p=18238 Lu Bai ’12 first experienced life in the United States during an exchange program that took her from Beijing’s Peking University to Atlanta during her sophomore year of college. That journey helped her understand how different countries approach education. “Through the exchange program, I realized there’s more than one way to learn,” she explains. “I’ve

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]]> Shaping the Future of Work, One Conversation at a Time https://msc.northwestern.edu/shaping-the-future-of-work-one-conversation-at-a-time/ Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:00:25 +0000 https://msc.northwestern.edu/?p=18012 For Jenna Rogers ’19, the decision to study communication as an undergraduate was an obvious one. After studying speech communication at the University of Arizona, her father had gone on to own a small business for more than three decades. She was inspired to follow a similar path as she realized how much he enjoyed

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]]> Bob Rowley https://msc.northwestern.edu/bob-rowley/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 14:00:20 +0000 https://msc.northwestern.edu/?p=17469 Bob Rowley is often introduced as “This is Bob Rowley, who spent a life in communication.” Bob Rowley is the Northwestern Assistant Vice President of Media Relations and a Medill School of Journalism lecturer. He spent 30 years working for the Chicago Tribune, was a White House correspondent, Pentagon correspondent, national correspondent based in Dallas,

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]]> Meet Our New Faculty Director: Robert Hariman https://msc.northwestern.edu/meet-our-new-faculty-director-robert-hariman/ Thu, 05 Sep 2024 17:34:54 +0000 https://msc.northwestern.edu/?p=17477 Robert Hariman can’t seem to get out of the Midwest. He grew up in North Dakota, went to school in Minnesota, had his first academic appointment in Iowa, and has been at Northwestern since 2004. He likes Evanston and the Chicago metro area for its combination of big city amenities and egalitarian values. He loves

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]]> Jeanne believes in the importance of integrating experiential learning and academics in order to be able to truly organize and fully learn from our experiences. https://msc.northwestern.edu/jeanne-believes-in-the-importance-of-integrating-experiential-learning-and-academics-in-order-to-be-able-to-truly-organize-and-fully-learn-from-our-experiences/ Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:07:10 +0000 https://msc.northwestern.edu/?p=17467 Jeanne was most recently a host of a television morning news talk show in Chicago for nearly 8 years and has had a 30-year career in radio and television. Her passion for media began in high school and continued at WNUR radio during her undergraduate degree at Northwestern. Jeanne believes in the importance of integrating

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]]> MS in Communication STEM Designation Announcement https://msc.northwestern.edu/ms-in-communication-stem-designation-announcement/ Wed, 29 Jun 2022 22:15:08 +0000 https://msc.northwestern.edu/?p=17374 Dear MSC Community, We are thrilled to share some exciting news with our students, faculty, alumni, and wider community. MS in Communication has officially received a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) designation. Effective September 2022, the MSC program will be recognized as a STEM-designated program in “Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia”, CIP Code: 09.0702. What

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