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 [...]
TweetHank Scheele, Professor Emeritus of the Brian Lamb School of Communication, was chosen as Purdue’s Honorary Old Master for 2011. Each year 10 Old Masters and one Honorary Old Master visit Purdue’s campus to participate in activities such as classroom discussions, receptions, and social dinners with student organizations. Old Masters are chosen for their significant [...]
TweetBrian Lamb visited Purdue’s campus again this semester, participating in several events, including a master class Project IMPACT event and a reception for communication faculty, students and staff. Project IMPACT Ambassador Carolyn Curiel brought C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb to speak to her master class as part of Project IMPACT on Tuesday, Feb. 28. Curiel’s students [...]
TweetThis year Purdue University’s Project IMPACT hosted seven events on Purdue’s campus this school year that allow students and community members to interact with policymakers, journalists, entrepreneurs and more. Project IMPACT was the “brainchild” of Ambassador Carolyn Curiel that grew out of her fall 2009 class, Women in the White House. Curiel wanted a way [...]
TweetAlmost 48 years ago Dr. Charles Stewart came to Purdue after accepting an instructorship in the department of communication. Even after he retired in 2009, Stewart continues to give back to the university. At the prompting of Howard Sypher, head of the Brian Lamb School of Communication, Stewart has agreed to help start a scholarship [...]
TweetAfter 43 years of service, Diana Cable-Whitworth is retiring from the Brian Lamb School of Communication. Cable-Whitworth, whose last day will be June 29, began working for Purdue’s communication department in 1969 after high school graduation and has served in a variety of positions, including graduate secretary, secretary to the department head, administrative assistant to [...]
TweetLoud music, crowded tables, and dim lights are not the most common environments to inspire a group of students about their futures. However, Jeff Bodzewski, Purdue alum and current director of social marking at Aspen Marketing Services, saw the nighttime scene at Harry’s Chocolate Shop as a way to connect students’ current social lives to [...]
TweetThe Brian Lamb School of Communication has a new clinical professor who sees the world through his video camera. Doug Osman, a first-year Purdue professor, has brought his 25 years of experience as a narrative and documentary filmmaker to Purdue through the classroom as well as his current documentary production projects. Currently, Osman is working [...]
TweetA Purdue alum returned to campus this semester to deliver a presentation about the growth of online journalism. Lorene Yue, from Pennsylvania, described how her Purdue education has led to her six years as an online reporter for Crain’s Chicago Business. “I always wanted to be a writer,” Yue said. “While I was at Purdue, [...]
TweetWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.-Actor, communication major, Purdue graduate, teacher, storyteller, and author Sara Jane “Sally” Coffman recently published “The Misadventures of a Single Woman,” a witty and comedic book about turning her mishaps into humor. “The Misadventures of a Single Woman” compiles several disaster stories from Coffman’s life, which she turns into descriptive, hilarious recollections. Many [...]