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Purdue Alum Focuses on Message Delivery

April 30, 2013
Purdue Alum Focuses on Message Delivery

TweetAfter beginning his studies at Purdue in building construction management (BCM), one Brian Lamb School of Communication alumnus quickly realized his true passion was communication. Ryan Kring, a native of South Bend, Ind., is thankful for receiving his communication education from Purdue. “Without my Purdue education, I am not sure I would be where I [...]

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Alumni Notes

April 30, 2013
Alumni Notes

Tweet1960 R. Wayne Pace, founder and first president of the Academy of Human Resource Development received a lifetime achievement award from the Academy at the 20th Anniversary Research Conference in Washington, D.C., February 16. Pace participated in a Town Hall Forum with three other past presidents about the future of the Academy. He also presented a position paper [...]

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Distinguished BLSC Alums Return to Campus as Old Masters

December 6, 2012
Distinguished BLSC Alums Return to Campus as Old Masters

TweetThis November, students had the opportunity to meet and interact with two of the College of Liberal Arts’ most successful and notable alumni through the Old Masters Program. The Old Masters Program, a student organization that brings 10 distinguished alumni back to campus, gives students a chance to hear from these Boilermakers about their paths [...]

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BLSC’s Project Impact sponsors Brian Lamb interview with Purdue president-designate Mitch Daniels

December 6, 2012
BLSC’s Project Impact sponsors Brian Lamb interview with Purdue president-designate Mitch Daniels

TweetSeating was scarce in Loeb Playhouse Sept. 29 as students, faculty, and members of the community gathered on the campus of Purdue University to hear Brian Lamb, founder and former CEO of C-SPAN, ask Gov. Mitch Daniels about his goals for Purdue University. Daniels was recently appointed the 12th president of Purdue University, a position [...]

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Meet the Brian Lamb School of Communication Advisory Board

December 6, 2012
group photo

TweetBeginning this fall the Brian Lamb School of Communication is receiving input from its first-ever advisory board. School Head Howard Sypher said the decision to create a school-wide advisory board was made both because it is a common practice in  communication, journalism, and business schools, and because it is important for the school to get [...]

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Alum Receives Emerging Voice Award

December 6, 2012
Alum Receives Emerging Voice Award

TweetBLSC alumnus Koula Sophianou was one of the 2012 Emerging Voice Award Recipients honored by Purdue University’s College of Liberal Arts in September. The Emerging Voice Award recognizes young CLA alumni who are achieving their career goals, serving their communities, and representing the college’s mission of shaping today’s world while imagining a better one. Sophianou [...]

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Alumnus urges students to learn lessons outside the classroom

December 6, 2012
Alumnus urges students to learn lessons outside the classroom

TweetPurdue alumnus Karen Siciliano has learned her most important lessons outside of the classroom. “When the first time my car caught fire on the half of the road, I know that I have to pull it over immediately,” Siciliano told liberal arts students at Purdue University on Oct. 5. Siciliano graduated with a bachelor of [...]

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Heiber’s Career About Following Opportunities

December 6, 2012
Heiber’s Career About Following Opportunities

TweetRobert Heiber entered his freshman year at Purdue determined to one day become a great engineer. Like many other young adults, he walked into his orientation determined to make a mark on what would be the first day of the rest of his life. “Look to your left, and now look to your right,” the [...]

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Alumni Notes

December 5, 2012
Angie Klink

Tweet1961 Larry Samovaar recently released the eighth edition of Communication Between Cultures (Cengage) and is on track to release the 14th edition (a special 40th year anniversary edition) of Intercultural Communication: A Reader (Cengage) in 2013. Samovaar also continues to breed and race thoroughbred horses under the stable name of Academic Farms. He is hoping [...]

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Communication alums named CLA Distinguished Alumni

May 4, 2012
Distinguished alumni The Honorable Jon D. Holstine, international relations, (left) and Cheryl Pearson-McNeil, communication, talk with students in GS 300 about their career experiences.

TweetTwo Purdue communication alumni were named 2012 Distinguished Alumni by the College of Liberal Arts. Thomas Christopoul and Cheryl Pearson-McNeil were honored at the CLA awards banquet on April 13 and met with liberal arts students for a Q&A in the liberal arts influentials course, GS 300, a course which features CLA/HSSE alumni who return [...]

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