The journalism students were among thousands who, with their parents, flooded the University of Nevada campus Friday. The journalism schschool's enrollment has ballooned. Students have registered for a total of 2,231 credit hours this fall, an increase of 418 over last year. As freshmen were meeting downstairs, new graduate students were gathered upstairs in the Center for Advanced Media Studies, learning about the graduate curriculum, meeting continuing graduate students, and, in the case of graduate assistants, learning their assignments.
Graduate assistants help faculty teach courses and carry out research.
RSJ's graduate program, which is small and is limited to the Master of Arts degree, admitted five new students this fall. The program has about 20 students in all. Classes begin Monday.