In addition to students working in cooperative education and internships, students
in the Elliott School of Communication have opportunities to gain serious hands-on
experience as part of their class work. ESC faculty work to create project-based learning
experiences in which students put theory and strategy into practice. Students gain
skills and confidence through these projects, which aim at engaging students with
the community. Check out these examples:
Project
Project Summary
Studio B is a student produced news program that immerses students into a real-world,
newsroom environment. Students produce, shoot and anchor a live news broadcast available
for the general public audience's viewing.
Integrated Marketing Communications Campaigns is the capstone course for IMC students.
Teams work directly with Wichita clients, creating a marketing communication strategy.
Shocker Ad Lab is Wichita State University's in-house creative advertising agency
serving on-campus, innovation-campus and local/regional business clients. Shocker
Ad Lab produces relevant, engaging, memorable, unexpected and simple marketing for
clients ranging from Airbus Americas to the University Police Department.