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Frances Ward-Johnson, an associate professor of communications, has been selected as a fellow in the 2008-2009 Journalism Leadership Institute for Diversity, a year-long program which identifies, recruits, mentors and trains future leaders and administrators.

Hannah Campbell '02, Christian Brescia '03 and Lisa Goldstein '03 were honored as outstanding young alumni during ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's first Alumni Leadership Weekend Oct. 23-25.

Ahmed Fadaam, an Iraqi artist and public radio reporter, is working with ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students for several weeks to help them understand the effects of the war on his country and the people who live there. Read this note for a story by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ communications student Andie Diemer...

The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ in Los Angeles program was mentioned in an L.A. Times article about semester and summer abroad opportunities in the Los Angeles/Hollywood area.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students were multiple award winners at the annual Radio-Television News Directors Association of the Carolinas fall banquet. Meredith Gulley took first place for WSOE news for Best Radio Newscast. Mitch Pittman and Sam Gyllenhaal shared a first-place award for Best Student Sportscast.

David Copeland, A.J. Fletcher Professor in the School of Communications, recently published a chapter in "The Responsible Reporter: Journalism in the Information Age."

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Public Relations Student Society of America has been selected from PRSSA chapters across the nation to host a regional conference in 2009.