TweetBrian Lamb, Purdue communication alumnus and founder of C-SPAN, visited Purdue’s campus at the end of September to help celebrate the department’s shift to a new school named in his honor. Lamb participated in several events, including a meet and greet with faculty and graduate students, a televised interview with Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, and [...]
TweetMegan Fingert, a senior in Brian Lamb School of Communication, often visits the school’s new Facebook page and loves to see updates from the page and links to new stories and videos demonstrating many different facets of communication. Fingert said she found out the page through a friend on Facebook. Now the page has 525 [...]
TweetPurdue alumnus Rusty Rueff believes in giving back to the university where he got his start. In 2004, Rusty and his wife, Patty, donated $5 million to Purdue to create the Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Visual and Performing Arts, deeming it the largest gift ever received by the College of Liberal Arts. This [...]
TweetPurdue University’s own David Boudia is training to qualify for what could be his second Olympic games. Currently training for the 2012 Olympics, this fourth year student in the Brian Lamb School of Communication has enjoyed a successful NCAA diving career and recently began a career as a professional diver. Boudia began diving for Purdue [...]
TweetBrad Dancer was the first communication alumnus to receive an Emerging Voice Award for his career achievements and service to the community on Friday, Sept. 16, at the fifth-annual Emerging Voice Awards ceremony. The awards ceremony is hosted by the college of liberal arts, and recipients are chosen based on their career achievements, service to [...]
TweetCommunication faculty and alumni are remembering Emeritus Professor Leon Trachtman, known as “Lee” to colleagues and students, who passed away Sept.5. Trachtman was 85 when he lost his battle with Parkinson’s disease on the day of his 59th wedding anniversary. He was regarded by most as a kind-hearted and fair man who never raised his [...]
TweetGlenn Sparks, professor in the Brian Lamb School of Communication, recently completed his new book “Rolling in Dough,” which documents the lessons learned during his family’s 20 years in the doughnut industry. It took Sparks more than 13 years to complete the book, which was released in May. After telling his colleagues, such as fellow [...]
TweetCommunication doctoral candidate, Vicky Ortiz, was honored with the Outstanding Latino Student Award in September for her work in immigration studies and empowering students. Ortiz, who is focusing on immigration in the media for her dissertation, said she was flattered to receive this award. “I’ve worked really hard and I was really proud to get [...]
TweetStudents spend their summers working to make money, taking summer courses to get ahead in their studies, or like Sara Zou, Chellie Zou and Cassie Folk, working at an internship to gain experience in the work force. The College of Liberal Arts encourages students to search for internships and retain experience in the field of [...]
TweetTwo Purdue communication graduate students were selected to present their research papers this summer at the National Communication Association’s Doctoral Honors Seminar. Theon Hill and Emily Haas represented Purdue at the seminar, which took place July 26-29 on the campus of North Dakota State University in Fargo, N.D. Purdue was one of only two schools [...]