SMAd Matters on the Web
Keep Up to Date on Our Award-Winning Web Site
T
he award-winning SMAD Web site is a gateway to an array of SMAD news and information. There you’ll find short
features about the accomplishments and interesting activities of SMAD students, faculty and alums, as well as job and
internship postings.
There’s an Alumni Center where you can post a message about your current situation and find out what other alums are up
to. A separate Journalism Alumni link takes you to postings from SMAD grads with updates on their careers and families.
Alumni posts sometimes include information on available jobs, so check it out or post information on openings of which you
are aware.
The SMAD site offers a large collection of student video projects for viewing, many of them award-winners.
There’s a link for those who want to contribute to SMAD and information for students on scholarships, some of which are
the result of alumni contributions.
If your daughter, son or someone you know is considering the SMAD program, there is information on tours and
information sessions, as well as a description of all the concentrations, the faculty and the advanced facilities we offer.
The SMAD Web site reflects the high standards of the program. Designed by SMAD director Steve Anderson, the site earned
top honors in a nationwide contest for department Web sites sponsored by the Association for Education in Journalism and
Mass Communication.
cONNecT ONLINE
“I love reading about people I know
and what they’ve done. The site is also
Below are some of the online options for staying connected to SMAD people, including
a great way for current students to start
social networking sites and SMAD sites you can find on our Web site, or link to directly
networking with JMU alums.”
through the URLs below.
-Lola Sizemore, Class of 2007
JMU Journalism Alumni Web site
“The best asset that I have found to
Open to any SMAD alum, but primarily a forum for
keep connected to the marketplace has
graduates who studied journalism or who work in the
been LinkedIn. It’s a great tool. Students
field. Alumni can post a message about their current
should start using it now to build a
job, location, and other info about life after graduation.
network.”
The site is segmented by graduation years, so it’s easy
-Kevin Barnhill, Class of 2004
to check on your former classmates. Alumni regularly
use the site to post information about job openings. You
“It [Linkedln] helped me a lot in my
can link to the site from the SMAD Web site or reach it
search for a job. I looked up JMU alumni
directly. curiomagazine.com/alumni/index.html
in Boston and contacted each person
asking for leads and advice. Through SMAD Alumni Center
that process, I learned about the JMU A place where you can post or find messages from
alumni group and found a few jobs, alumni from all SMAD concentrations. There is an archive of messages going back to 2001, so if you’re
including the one I currently work for.” seeking someone whom you’ve lost touch with in recent years, this might be a place to pick up the trail.
-Kendra Bassi, Class of 2008
You can link to the site from the SMAD Web site or reach it directly at smad.jmu.edu/alumni.php
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