"You acquire real-world
skillls you can apply to any communications-related
endeavor."

--Mario Parker (class of 2005)    

Our alumni

With their emphasis on hands-on experience, individual instruction by experienced faculty, and grounding in Benedictine's liberal arts tradition, the programs in the Department of Communication Arts have produced a number of successful media professionals.

		Carrie Johnson (1993) Carrie Johnson worked for several years at the National Bureau of the Washington Post, has appeared on MSNBC's Hardball, and now works at National Public Radio.
		Michael D'Angelo (2001) Mike D'Angelo is a five-time Emmy award-winning photographer and editor for superstation WGN-TV, and was a major contributor to Honor Flight Chicago, the winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award for journalistic excellence. He is also an adjunct professor in the department.
		Tara Treacy (2001) Tara Treacy works for the Hollywood casting agency Valko/Miller Casting and has served as the casting director for such network shows as Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory.
		Melissa Kosar (2005) Melissa Kosar is a graduate of the Chapman University Film School. In 2006, she directed her first film, Perilous Ties, which was begun as a senior project at Benedictine. She has also worked as a shadow director and director's assistant for the ABC program The Middle and the TV Land program Happily Divorced.  Kosar worked as an adjunct faculty member at Benedictine for three years.
		Mario Parker (2005) Mario Parker interned as a pool reporter covering the White House while in graduate school. He is now a reporter for Bloomberg News.