The Department of Mass Communications at Savannah State University has
earned re-accreditation from the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass
Communications (ACEJMC), the agency responsible for the evaluation of professional
journalism and mass communications programs in colleges and universities across the
United States.
The council announced the re-accreditation decision Friday, May 3, 2013, following a 23-0
vote at its annual spring meeting. The SSU mass communications department first earned
accreditation in 2007 after successfully completing a rigorous self-study, external evaluation
and site visits that determined the program met ACEJMC requirements in nine standards:
mission and governance; curriculum and instruction; diversity and inclusiveness; full-time
and part-time faculty; scholarship; student services; resources, facilities and equipment;
professional and public service; and assessment of learning outcomes.
"The ACEJMC reviewers recognized that our faculty have succeeded in integrating several
approaches of mass communication into a coherent curriculum that educates students for
practice in the evolving new media," said Reynold Verret, Ph.D., provost and vice president of
Academic Affairs at SSU.
The Department of Mass Communications at Savannah State is one of only two programs in
the state of Georgia to earn ACEJMC accreditation, which is held by just 111 programs
nationwide. Mass communications is one of the top five majors at SSU, with students
selecting from concentrations in print journalism, radio and television and public relations
and advertising. The department will undergo the re-accreditation process again in 2018-19
in accordance with ACEJMC policy that requires accreditation be reviewed every six years.
Established in 1890, Savannah State University is the oldest public historically black college
or university in Georgia and the oldest institution of higher learning in the city of Savannah.
The university’s 4,600 students select majors from 25 undergraduate and five graduate
programs in three colleges - Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Business Administration and
Sciences and Technology - and the School of Teacher Education.
Posted By: Reginald Culpepper
Tuesday, May 14th 2013 at 4:13PM
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