The Media Arts & Communications Academy has been fully functional since August 2017. Over the past years students have had numerous opportunities to learn and gain hands on experience with their communication skills. Since 2017 students have worked alongside several prominent local businesses including the Harlingen Chamber of Commerce, IHeart Media, Freedom Insurance Company, South Texas Emergency Care, The Pour Station, Loaves and Fishes, New York Life Insurance and Sunny Glen...just to name a few.
The real world experience consists of having initial meetings with the clients, building presentations, obtaining feedback and eventually producing real state of the art commercials. In addition, MACA audio/video students are able to gain additional experience by running studio cameras, a teleprompter, anchoring, producing and directing presentations.