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New master’s degrees now available
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New master’s degrees now available

By Sol Ayala Online Editor Three new master’s programs are now available at Trevecca. The three new fully online master programs are Sport and Entertainment Management (SEM), Human Fitness and Performance and Strategic Communication. Sports and Entertainment Management offers students a business experience as they first take MBA core courses and move forward with the SEM courses. The coursework includes foundations for graduate students, global and economic environment, contemporary issues and ethics and nine more. Leigh Ann Danzey-Bussell, professor of sports management and the program leader, said there are currently 11 to 12 students in the program, which launched over a year ago. Bussell expects that by spring of 2024, students will double. Students in the SEM program...
New home for communication studies department
Campus News

New home for communication studies department

By Jedidiah Blomberg Staff Writer Video editing labs, the student newspaper office, an auditorium for theater auditions and rehearsals and film equipment are all now housed all under one roof for the department of communication studies. The department packed up offices in Tidwell, labs in Mackey and other learning spaces across campus to move into the Wakefield building over the summer. For communication studies faculty, the most exciting part of the move is the ability to create more community in the department. “We now have a space where students come and hang out before and after class and spaces for collaboration,” said Jeff Wells, chair of the department of communication studies. “There was no reason for them to come and wait for class in the hallways of Tidwell. There ...