DeWayne Wickham, USA Today and Gannett Co. columnist, is set to create a school of communications at Morgan State University next month, according to an influential media online source.
Journal-isms, an online news column on journalism diversity issues, reported June 22 that Wickham, interim chair of the North Carolina A&T State University’s department of journalism and communications, announced his move in a letter June 21 to Dr. Goldie Byrd, dean of Morgan’s school of arts and sciences.
“Next month, I will take on the responsibility of establishing a school of communication at Morgan State University,” Wickham wrote. “This new school was approved by Morgan’s board in 2008, and the university is now moving to bring it into existence. Morgan has given me the honor of conceptualizing this school and serving as its founding dean. . . . “
Wickham is director and chair of A&T’s Institute for Advanced Journalism Studies. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park and holds a masters degree in public administration from the University of Baltimore.
Currently at Morgan concentrations in journalism and digital communications are offered through the English department. Neither MSU nor A&T officials have commented about Wickham’s announced move.