Find Your Place in a Rapidly Changing Profession
Our curriculum combines theory and practice, emphasizing experiential learning, promoting
creative thinking, and incorporating global learning experiences.
And thanks to our faculty experts, our students have access to real-world knowledge
in-person, online or a hybrid of both.
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Annual Events
The School of Communication offers special annual events each year that bring industry professionals, alumni, faculty and students together for networking, engagement, and advancement.
SOC Calendar of Events
Media Academy
Focusing on the importance of career development and industry exploration, this annual event brings together students, alumni, faculty and industry professionals to exchange ideas and expand their knowledge of the ever-changing communication landscape.
Careers Week
Careers Week includes department-focused, industry professional-led career panels, interactive career videos, and the annual Internship Expo where students meet a variety of professionals, begin networking and even obtain an internship.
Experiential Learning
Practical Application, Skill Development
Our school prepares you to excel as a skilled professional, ready to work in dynamic communications industries. Our faculty brings a global approach and practical expertise that offer opportunities for real world, creative experiences in class.
Explore Our State-of-the-Art Facilities and Equipment
The School of Communications complex houses a state-of-the-art media production and education facility, meeting industry standards, and including unique, first-in-the-region technologies and capabilities. Studio facilities include an audio and video production/recording suite, sound stage, workshop space, photography studio, gallery, animation, game design, and video post-production labs as well as flexible teaching spaces.
The Webster University School of Communications is home to a number of clubs, activities and extracurricular opportunities to make and consume media, including:
School of Communications Media and Activities
Ampersand (magazine)
Audio Engineering Society (events and concerts)
Film Series (film)
Kooyumjian Gallery (photography gallery)
Siggraph (digital arts)
Speech and Debate Club (public speaking)
Webster Journal (news)
Journalism students write and produce Webster Insider, a show focused on news and events around campus and the St. Louis area. Students in the Film, Television and Video Production program also work behind the scenes.
An Alternative Cinematic Experience
Premiering in 1979, our Film Series is a nationally known and recognized year-round exhibition program that features national tours of international cinema. All film series events are free to students. In addition to films, the event hosts renowned artists for thought-provoking conversations on issues portrayed in their films.
The Webster Film Series hosts nearly 100 diverse film screenings with more than 20 visiting speakers and performers, several filmmaking workshops, special series with outside sponsors, and more than 6,800 viewers. After screenings, filmmakers and faculty are frequently available for question and answer sessions, and present master classes to explore technical or unique aspects of filmmaking.
Our Mission
Webster University’s School of Communications is an educational organization of student-centered faculty and staff, preparing undergraduate and graduate students for achievement in the ever-changing global communication fields.
We do this by providing theory and practice in media courses framed within a liberal arts-based curriculum, augmented by personalized mentorship and professional development opportunities.
Our Vision
As the faculty, staff, and administration of the School of Communications, we will:
- Gain recognition for our unique programs and for setting the standard in quality communications education.
- Be committed to global education and to producing global citizens.
- Build on our strengths in integration of theory and practice and create an innovative, entrepreneurial environment to help students succeed.
- Equip students with a valuable education grounded in a traditional liberal arts foundation that will respond to the current and future needs in this rapidly changing communications fields.
22nd in the Midwest
Webster University continues to be highly ranked on the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges report, now listed as 22nd in Midwest Regional Universities. Webster was also recognized as a “Best Value” school and “Top Performer” for social mobility.
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News and Events
Communications Information
News
Webster University Ghana Honors Class of 2023 at Ninth Commencement Ceremony
June 5, 2023
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In the News - Commencement, Julie Smith, Burton, Dustin Smith, Hall, Struttmann, Granneman, and More
May 16, 2023
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In the News - Chess, Armbruster, Smith, Belo, Hyman, Curtis, Cooper, Burton, Hall, Chaudhuri and Nursing
April 27, 2023
This regular news feature in Webster Today links to the most significant stories that quote faculty and staff or discuss...