The Minerva Media Festival is a significant event that celebrates the creative work of Media Studies students at UNCG. It showcases a diverse collection of media, including thought-provoking documentaries and innovative narrative shorts, all created within this semester. The Fall 2025 festival was held on December 10th at Jarrell Hall… Continue reading…
Artists-in-Residence: Jennida Chase and Hassan Pitts Creative Greensboro will welcome filmmakers Jennida Chase and Hassan Pitts, known collectively as S/N, to the Greensboro Residency for Original Works from October 14 to December 15. During their stay, they will create and present “Gate City: Playable Space,” an immersive installation that combines… Continue reading…
Philp Page, a lecturer in the Media Studies Department at UNCG, produced, funded, and filmed the short fiction film, “Sobriety” in 2024. He brought on UNCG Media Studies alumni Skyler Foy and Shalia Fuentes-Matthews as the main crew. This year, “Sobriety” was shown at the UrbanWorld Film Festival in New… Continue reading…
The Media Studies Department (MST) at UNCG held its inaugural New Academic Year Kickoff on Friday, August 29th. Spartan media community members gathered to celebrate, connect, play community games, and learn about new departmental initiatives. The Kirkland Room at the Elliot University Center was full of new and returning students… Continue reading…
Encouraging students to see things from unique perspectives is at the core of instruction for media studies assistant professor, Jennida Chase, and Hassan Pitts, lecturer and technology coordinator.
Following a national search, the Department of Media Studies welcomes Changhee Chun as Department Head effective August 1, 2025.
When not studying or skateboarding, Taylee Gaillard keeps busy writing scripts, setting up the best lighting for a shot, and editing short films at UNC Greensboro. He’s already an award winner, in no small part thanks to his friendship with Steven Kimmerle ‘24, a newly graduated alum of UNCG. Kimmerle took him under his wing as a rookie gaffer.
Nearly four dozen UNC Greensboro students will start their Fall 2024 semester walking the red carpet. They get their own premiere for short films they’ve created around the theme “the Future.”
This year, Kevin Wells’ media studies courses will incorporate AI tools that generate a background image plate in the production crews’ monitors while they shoot in front of a greenscreen. Later this semester, they will install a new LED wall, enabling the use of AI tools like Cuebric to generate dynamic digital backgrounds with proper depth layers that the crew and talent can see in real-time.
“UNCG has made a big impact on me, especially how they dedicate themselves to being a community-driven University,” says Roman, who will graduate in May 2024 with a bachelor’s degree in media studies. “Overall, the impact that the school has had on me with my education, friendships, and connections was more than I could ask for.”