PCOM News & Events

PCOM Events

Jul 27th, 2022 @5pm - PCOM Webinar - register HERE

May 5th, 2022 - PCOM Master Project Presentations on Zoom - see them HERE

April 28th, 2022 - PCOM/SMART Lab webinar

Mar. 30th, 2022 - PCOM Webinar

Nov. 29, 2021 PCOM/SMART Lab webinar

Nov. 11, 2021 - Combined BA/MA 4+1 Program Information Session.

October 6, 2021 (5 – 6 pm): PCOM Webinar

Sept. 15, 2021 (5-6 pm) – Virtual PCOM Welcome Reception

Graduate Admissions - PCOM Virtual Summer Open House (July 21st from 5 – 6 pm).

May 6th, 2021 Virtual MA Project Presentations - Watch the presentations HERE - use this password: W@x7GKLi

March 18th, 2021 Professional Communication/Social Media Applications, Research, and Teaching (SMART) Lab Webinar - Video presentation HERE.

March 4th, 2021: Combined BA/MA 4+1 Information Session

February 24th, 2021 PCOM Info Session - Watch the presentation HERE.

Oct. 2020 M.A. in Professional Communication Webinar - Watch HERE

Fall 2020 10 Year Anniversary

Sept. 2020 Welcome Reception

June 3rd, 2020 Information Session

May 13, 2020 Master’s Project Presentations

Nov 20, 2019 Dinner & Discuss

Nov. 3, 2019 Graduate Open House

May 6, 2019 Master's Project Presentations.

2019 masters presentations

Feb. 22, 2019 Instagram/Facebook NYC field trip

2019 PR Instagram Trip

More photos HERE

Nov. 14, 2018 Dinner & Discuss

On November 14th, 2018, William Paterson University's MA in Professional Communication program hosted the second Dinner and Discuss event. Students of the graduate program along with faculty interacted and discussed research topics. 

2018 dinner and discuss

Master's Project Presentations - May 7, 2018 at 5 p.m. in the Martini Room, Hobart Hall.

Each Spring Semester culminates with the M.A. in Professional Communication program's Master's project presentations. Our 2018 graduating class will present the following topics to an audience of family, friends, faculty, staff, current students and alumni:

2018 Master Presentation

M.A. in Professional Communication webinar
Oct. 10, 2017, 4:30-5:30pm

Master's Project Presentations – May 9, 2017

Social Media Summit - April 21, 2017

Distinguished faculty and students discussed various social media topics across multiple industries at the 2017 Social Media Summit, held on the William Paterson campus. The 2017 panel included Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, director of communications for the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, Rolando Pujol, director of digital and social strategy at WPIX-TV Channel 11, Billy Ash, managing parter of Today’s Business, and Dr. Klive (Soo-Kwang) Oh, assistant professor at the Department of Communication at WPUNJ.

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Master's Project Presentations – May 9, 2016

Social Media Summit - April 8, 2016

Distinguished faculty and students discussed various social media topics across multiple industries at the 2016 Social Media Summit, held on the William Paterson campus. The 2016 panel included Dr. Ai Zhang, professor at Stockton University, Mindy Gikas, executive vice president at Porter Novelli, and Jaclyn Antonacci, online marketing coordinator for WPUNJ.

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Master's Project Presentations – May 7, 2015 

Social Media Summit – April 10, 2015

Master's Project Presentations – May 2014

2014 Social Media Expert Panel - March 2014

Distinguished faculty and students discussed various social media topics across multiple industries at the 2014 Social Media Expert Panel, held on the William Paterson campus. The panel included May 2014 graduates Kat Barnet and Kristin Kuscin, alumna Izabella DeSouza and Professional Communication faculty members, Dr. Matt Crick and Dr. Angie Yoo.

More than 50 students, faculty and staff attended the event to listen and engage with the presenters about multiple social media topics, like brand loyalty and sports marketing. For details on the event, view our program newsletter, CommMatters.