Category Archives: Special Events

JOCO Con Has Landed

On Saturday, October 12, JCCC’s first Sci-Fi convention (in decades), materialized in the MTC. Around 100 people, both students and community, heard Roland Mann, a former editor from Marvel comics and current professor at Full Sail University, speak. JCCC English … Continue reading

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Careers in Sports Broadcasting

The Journalism and Media Communications Department is sponsoring a media panel on careers in sports broadcasting.  The panel will feature Mitch Holthus, voice of the Kansas City Chiefs, Ryan Lefebvre, TV and radio announcer for the Kansas City Royals, and … Continue reading

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People in the Media Promotion

On Thursday, Nov. 1, the Journalism and Media Communications department sponsored their annual event “People in Promotion,” which drew about 150 students, faculty, staff, and community members.  The event featured five public relations and advertising professionals who discussed careers in … Continue reading

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Ferguson Receives Inspiration Grant

In August, Susan Ferguson, adjunct assistant professor of English, received an Inspiration Grant from the Kansas City Regional Arts Council for her fiber art to help prepare for an exhibit of her tapestry weaving at the Leedy-Voulkos Arts Center, 2012 … Continue reading

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Beth Gulley at Riverfront Reading Series

At 8pm on Friday, Sept. 14, Beth Gulley, professor of English, will read from her work as part of the Riverfront Reading Series at The Writer’s Place, 3607 Pennsylvania Ave., KC, MO.  Gulley has recently published poems in Apeiron Review, The … Continue reading

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