Audience of students from the Italian and Filmmaking Programs

Colloquium Series

The SCM Colloquium Series provides a forum for students, faculty and special guests to share their work and address current issues in news, public policy, government and society.  Meetings take place monthly with each date featuring an invited speaker.

2019-2020 Schedule

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Wednesday, September 25 The SCM Colloquium Series presents: A Film Screening of Award-Winning "Life With Layla"

This film looks at one New Jersey family’s struggle with drug addiction through the eyes of 7-year-old Layla. It won the 2019 Montclair Film Festival New Jersey Films Competition.

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Wednesday, October 30 The SCM Colloquium Series presents: How to Succeed in Public Relations in Your 20s, 30s and Beyond

MSU Alum Caryn Carmer Previdi ‘93 shares the secrets to her success in the communications world.

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Monday, November 4 The SCM Colloquium Series presents: Into the Wild and Back

Join professors Professors Tom Franklin, David Sanders, and Phoebe Farber along with students discussing creative thinking.

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Wednesday, November 6 The SCM Colloquium Series presents: We the Purple

Meet (and interrogate!) broadcast legend Bob Garfield, whose Purple Project for Democracy will be all around us in for the entire month of November.

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Wednesday, November 20 The SCM Colloquium Series Presents NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman

A conversation with National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman.

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Thursday, November 21 The SCM Colloquium Series presents: NBC News Chief White House Correspondent and MSNBC Host Hallie Jackson

Montclair State University’s School of Communication and Media (SCM) will honor NBC News Chief White House Correspondent and MSNBC Host Hallie Jackson with the Allen B. Du Mont Broadcaster of the Year Award at a special Colloquium.