Dean's Blog, Cathy Hughes School of Communications, Howard University

HBCUs SirruxXM Station S OC’s own Jay Holloway is HBCU Channel director for HBCU SirrusXM Channel 142. The program is housed with the Howard Radio Network, home of WHUR 96.3FM. It is an opportunity  for HBCUs such as Howard, American Baptist College, Hampton University, Jackson State University, Prairie View A&M University, Virginia State University, Tennessee and others to tell their stories.   See the story in Diverse Issues in Higher Education: http://diverseeducation.com/article/60410/ Power Players A lumna Dackeyia Q. Sterling recently released Entertainment Power Players , 5 th edition (2014), Key Quest Publishing. The book is filled with contacts across the fashion, film/TV, music, sport, and video gaming industries. Visit www.entertainmentpower.com for the free Entertainment Power Players: Edition 5 User Guide . Congratulations, Dackeyia.  Brian Branch Price High Performance T he sports world will see our alumni on point fo...

School of C T he late Dr. Lee Thornton was inducted posthumously along with Ernest Dunbar and Zelda Ormes into the NABJ Hall of Fame this month during a reception at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.   The former Howard University School of Communications faculty member and broadcaster died in October 2013. She also taught at the University of Maryland, College Park and Ohio State University. NABJ also inducted into the Hall of Fame journalism trailblazers Bernard Shaw , Moses Newson , Herb Boyd , Maureen Bunyan , and Jay Harris . The Ida B. Wells Award went to Sheila Solomon . School of Communications $150 for 150 th Campaign continues in 2014 T he Howard School of Communications Annual Fundraising Campaign:  $150 for the 150 th HU Anniversary yearly gift until 2017. We are seeking support from alumni and friends of $150.00 yearly to the school’s annual fund. The gift is restricted to the School of Communications for use with student scholarships, study ...

  School of C Spotlight     Melanie Johnson interned at News4 in fall 2013. M aking the point -- School of C senior   Melanie Johnson is featured on the NBCWashington News4 website promoting internships. Johnson recently completed  NewsVision with assistant professor Jennifer Thomas .   http://www.nbcwashington.com/on-air/about-us/Internships-at-NBC4-89614052.html ###  C ongratulations   –   Assistant professor Sheryl Olive r shared that two of her SOC students – Safia Hurst and Marian Taylor --   have been selected   2014 Most Promising Minority students by the American Advertising Federation’s (AFS)   Most Promising Students Program.   The students will be recognized in February at AFS’   “Building Bridges for Our Future Luncheon in” New York City. http://www.aaf.org/default.asp?id=213 >.