Communication Department Cal Poly Pomona

Huge congrats to Dr. Ivana Cvetkovic, Associate Professor, who was selected as the 2026 Faculty Champion for the Center for Community News (CCN)! 🎉🗞️ This national program provides training and support for educators to build and strengthen local news–academic partnerships. The COM Department celebrates this achievement and partnership to open more opportunities with local news organizations that create meaningful opportunities for our students. Dr. Cvetkovic has committed to this CCN Champion role through the end of 2026✨ #FacultyChampion #CCN #CenterForCommunityNews

✨Shining in Communication✨ Meet alum Victoria Mejicanos (Multimedia Journalism, Class of 2025)— a Latina Reporter, first-gen storyteller breaking the glass ceiling one byline at a time. From earning multiple fellowships to being published in TIME Magazine & Victoria is a game-changer who represents our Department spirit. In her Time piece, she shares her personal story with IDEA, a social program that supports child development and helped shape her purpose-driven path. Drop a • to celebrate Victoria and tag a first-gen trailblazer who inspires you. #ShiningInCommunication #AlumniSpotlight #Latina #FirstGen

Two chapters. One big question: how do we imagine a woman president-on the pink campaign trail and on prime time? Congratulations to Associate Professor Dr. Lauren Furey for publishing two new chapters on how we imagine a woman president "She Can Be.. President" in the book #Barbie and Social Media Digital Discourses and Mattel's Celebrity Doll edited by Rebecca C. Hains, Emily R. Aguiló-Pérez. "She's No 'Lady President'" in the book Women's Leadership in Popular Culture edited by Tracy Everbach, Gwendolyn S. Nisbett & Newly Paul.

🧠📝New research alert! Thrilled to share a new paper by Dr. Gill, Assistant Professor in Multimedia Journalism, published in the International Journal of Public Opinion Research. This study examines the formation of public opinion and its significance for policy and democracy, presenting clear methods, crisp insights, and real-world implications. Tap the link in our highlights to read it.

 Weber Shandwick is hiring a Healthcare PR Intern (Fall 2025) 📍 Hybrid · Los Angeles, CA · Paid, full-time (40 hrs/week) · $20/hr Are you passionate about health communications and ready to jump into agency life? Join Weber Shandwick to support leading healthcare brands—brainstorming creative ideas, crafting media materials and social content, tracking coverage, and learning from a team that does award-winning work. You’ll get mentorship, a dedicated buddy, and real responsibilities from day one—with potential to grow into a full-time role. Internship activities: • Writing media materials & compelling social content • Researching industry trends and brand conversations • Analyzing insights to inform client strategy • Pitching media & tracking placements • Monitoring traditional & social media to build smart reports Required qualifications: • Sharp writing & editing • Strong critical thinking and organization • Platform fluency (social + digital) and familiarity with tools like Cision/Muckrack/Meltwater/Talkwalker/Brandwatch (plus!) Weber Shandwick 🎯 Who should apply: Recent grads (or candidates with transferable skills) available 40 hrs/week this fall out of our LA office (hybrid). 🔗 Apply here: https://lnkd.in/eHVfskmi

🎉 Please join us in congratulating Dr. Ivana Cvetkovic on her promotion to Associate Professor! Your dedication to teaching, scholarship, and service inspires our COM community every day. We’re so proud of you! College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences CPP

🎉 We are proud to congratulate Dr. Marshall on her latest publication in the International Journal of Business Communication! 📖 Article title: Constituting Compliance: Reconciling Theory and Method to Analyze Compliance Practice 👉 Featured in the Special Issue on methods in business communication, this article demonstrates how discourse analysis and ethnography—when combined—provide powerful tools for examining organizational phenomena that are often difficult to observe, such as compliance. Taken together, these methods advance insights for Communication as Constitutive of Organization (CCO), theorizing and broadening our understanding of compliance in practice. To access the paper click on the link in our highlights. Read here: https://lnkd.in/gFKTaASE #ResearchPublication #BusinessCommunication #OrganizationalStudies #FacultyAchievement #AcademicResearch

📣 Welcome back, COM Broncos! 🐴 🎤📸🗞️📱✨ Our department is excited to kick off the Fall 2025 semester with you. Whether you’re returning or just starting your journey, we can’t wait to see all the creativity, collaboration, and storytelling this semester will bring. 💬📝 Enjoy our new Department video! #CPPCOM #BroncoFamily #Fall2025  California State Polytechnic University-Pomona College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences CPP https://lnkd.in/d4PXePxC

The Pink State podcast 🎙️ hosted and produced by Dr. Lauren Furey (CPP COM) and Dr. Andrea Hall (Middle Tennessee State University) has been shortlisted for the 2025 International Women’s Podcast Awards. Their episode featuring one of the first out-LGBTQ+ representatives in Alaska is a finalist for the Moment of Visionary Leadership category. To listen to the episode, check out the links in bio @thepinkstatepod. #ThePinkState #InternationalWomensPodcastAwards #WeHaveThingsToSay #IWPA2025 #VisionaryLeadership

From late nights writing news stories to developing strategic campaigns and capstone projects, and from studying for exams to meaningful class discussions and student research — every moment led to this. 🎓 Here’s to the storytellers, the communicators, the changemakers, the voices of tomorrow. 🎙️📺📰📚📷 #Classof2025 #GraduationDay #NextChapterBegins California State Polytechnic University-Pomona College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences CPP