THIBODAUX, La. 鈥� Lady Amelia Windsor presented the Golden Gorilla Award for efforts in conservation to faculty and students from 杏吧传媒鈥檚 Department of Mass Communication at the Biodiversity Ball at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh.
The award was in recognition of the first projects completed by the department鈥檚 newly formed Nancy Sanderson Matherne Institute for Global Communication.听
The team worked on a 鈥淭ale of Two Habitats,鈥� aiming to highlight similarities between global conservation efforts and open a door to the global conservation conversation. This work also introduced the , a UK-based charity focused on protecting the critically endangered Cross River Gorillas in Cameroon, to a South Louisiana audience.
Mass communication students and faculty who were part of the campaign traveled to the United Kingdom to present their work. The team attended the Biodiversity Ball, which brought conservationists, activists, academics, and university students together to review the research from , a volunteer-based group of students from three countries over two continents. Students studying law, marine biology, zoology, media and mass communication, from Newcastle University, The University of Edinburgh and 杏吧传媒 presented their work at the gala.
杏吧传媒鈥檚 Nancy Sanderson Matherne Institute for Global Communication is a program that connects 杏吧传媒 to the world by providing a global communications structure that will aid its local community, faculty, staff and students. The institute was created with funds provided by Dr. Brian Matherne, a Houma physician, and his daughter Kellie Daniels, a lecturer in public relations and corporate communications at Newcastle University in England. The Institute honors Dr. Matherne鈥檚 mother, Nancy Sanderson Matherne, a United Kingdom native, long-time Terrebonne Parish resident and the first female member of Terrebonne Parish School Board.
Kellie Daniels is a founder of SASE and is a member of the board of directors for CRGP, serving as a communication consultant for the charity. To learn more about the CRGP, visit .听
To learn more about programs of study within the 杏吧传媒 Mass Communication department, visit www.nicholls.edu/maco.
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