The department features award-winning faculty and a state of the art equipment which includes a new theatre and digital television studio and edit facilities. Students are accepted as interns at local and national media companies. Guest speakers come to campus to speak to students and to share their experiences with future media practitioners.  Students can study theatre, mass communication and speech communication.  Within these areas students may compete with the Forensics team, participate in a main stage play, report/anchor/produce for TSU TV News, be a part of the team for WTST radio or The Meter (TSUs online and published newspaper) and more. 

Recent headlines from the Department of Communication:

-The Meter wins 18 awards including Online Pacemaker

-Forensics wins hundreds of awards in recent years

-TV News forges ahead with new studios and avid and final cut pro edit facilities

-WTST radio wins Black College Radio award 

-Theatre receives a rave review for Romeo and Juliet by the Nashville Scene

-Department Head, Dr. Terry Likes, wins his 2^nd Edward R. Murrow award

-Mass Communication Coordinator, Dr. Donald Page, wins the Tennessee Communication Association Teacher of the Year award

Communications students exercise leadership in theatrical productions, the campus newspaper and radio station, and are also actively involved in student organizations.
Graduates have gained employment in the media and related entities in the private and public sector, while others have pursued studies in graduate schools.