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

December 2016                                                                                          Dear Alumni and Friends, Season’s Greetings from the Cathy Hughes School of Communications! The holiday season is a time to reflect, rejoice and rejuvenate. We also acknowledge our gifts and share goodwill with others. Thanks to you this has been a great year for the School with a successful 45 th Anniversary Soirée in September and renaming of the School in October. We have more than four decades of preparing communication professionals who are known across the nation and around the globe; we have Pulitzer Prize and Gracie Award winners, a Marshall Scholar and Rhodes Scholar finalist, ASHA Honors winners, and s o much more among our faculty, sta...

Fall Highlights The Fall 2016 semester was filled with activity and excitement. We celebrated the 45 th Anniversary Soiree in September; renamed the school to the Cathy Hughes School of Communications (CHSOC) in October; enjoyed alumni at the 2016 Alumni Homecoming Reception; and faculty and students continued an award winning tradition. Julie Dash filmmaking success    Filmmaker Julie Dash Congratulations to Julie Dash , our Time-Warner Visiting Professor, for the 25th anniversary re-release of   her acclaimed film  Daughters of the Dust and her  2016 Special Award  from the New York Film Critics Circle. The Critics Circle presents Special Awards “ to individuals and organizations that have made substantial contributions to the art of cinema, including producers, directors, actors, writers, critics, historians, film restorers and service organizations.” Daughters of the Dust will be at the AFI Silver Theater in Silver Springs, MD, on...

Launch of John H. Johnson Entrepreneurship Lecture Series - Nov. 9, 2016

HU Homecoming 2016 -- BLUEPRINT

SOC Alum in Lights! Erin Winters, SOC '16 School of C Broadcast Journalism May 2016 graduate Erin Winters is a top 20 finalist in the "Live With You" Co- Host Search with Kelly  Ripa.  Erin competed with hundreds of others. Today on the show it was announced she is in the top 20! Those with the top votes will go to NYC, and the top 5 will co-host with Ripa on her nationally-syndicated show.  You can vote once a day until Oct 9. Please share with all of your social networks and support Howard's own Erin Winters!   http://bit.ly/2dr4oFK http://livekelly.com/live/kelly-and-you/

School of C joins...                            News Engagement Day! - Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016 A sample of some of our engaged classes: The students in associate professor Sheryl Johnson-Ross’   Media Planning and Buying class used #NewsEngagementDay to review trends in the news about major brands and their associated IMC campaigns to post and share. SOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOC The Organizational Communication class, led by assistant professor Wei Sun searched for credible resources on questions of organizational conflict management, the links for their resources were collected to share on social media sites. Here’s to #NewsEngagementDay! SOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOCSOC SOC's Public Affairs Reporting- Broadcast class is connecting today with associate professor Jennifer Thomas'  leadership. The class held presentations on ...

School of C Highlights #DTU Coming full Circle From left, MCLyte, #DTU spokesperson, Tatyana Hopkins,  Rushawn Walters, Brandi Montgomery, Victoria Jones, Sidnee King, and Dr.Benjamin Chavis, NNPA President & CEO It was a time of celebration for the #DiscoverTheUnexpected (#DTU) fellows, who were recognized at a closing ceremony luncheon for the #DTU, NNPA/Chevrolet sponsored journalism fellowship program. Eight Howard University students participated in the summer 2016 internship and scholarship program. They worked in four markets – Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago and Washington, D.C. – at National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) member papers. The students developed content across multiple platforms to cover communities in the four cities with storytelling that reflected people and issues across a range of topics. During the Congressional Black Caucus conference in D.C., the NNPA recognized the fellows for the inaugural program, which was launc...

Congratulations! SOC 45th Anniversary Soiree: "SOLD OUT" Congratulations to Awardees, Alumni, Faculty, Staff and Students. We will not be able to accommodate any ticket purchases at the door. Look for video streaming and photos on Facebook, Twitter, and more ....!

School of Communications 45th Anniversary Soiree                            Dear Alumni and Friends, We are a week away from the School of Communications 45 th Anniversary Soiree. We hope you can join us or support the School of C. Michelle Miller ·        45 th  Anniversary Soiree, 6:30-11 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, Newseum/Knight Conference Center, Washington, D.C ·        SOC 45 th Anniversary Call to Chapel, 11 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, Cramton Auditorium, Howard University, Rev. Dr. Bernard Richardson, Dean of Rankin Chapel ·        National co-hosts for the Soiree are alumna Michelle Miller, CBS news correspondent, and Marc Morial, President/CEO of the National Urban League. Press Release: https://newsroom.howard.edu/newsroom/article/6366/school-communications-plans-soir-e-celebrate-4...

SOC Alumni and Friends We are gearing up and getting ready for the School of Communications 45th Anniversary Soiree. In New York at AceMedia spreading the word with alumna Andrea Holmes Thompkins. Get your Anniversary Soiree tickets at: http://communications.howard.ed u/

SOC Students On Point! SOC student Ibrahim "Dammie" Onafeko, left, and Dan Longo on the Anacostia River (Photo by Christian K. Lee/The Washington Post) School of C Student in Action SOC student Ibrahim "Dammie" Onafeko is a junior audio production major in the Media, Journalism and Film department who is competitive inside and outside the classroom. Ibrahim, who is blind, is also a competitive rower. He wants to compete in the Paralympics to represent Nigeria, according to a Washington Post feature article published July 11, 2016. See story at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/blind-howard-university-rower-says-hes-lost-his-sight-but-not-his-vision/2016/07/11/e3a9b7b6-3d4d-11e6-a66f-aa6c1883b6b1_story.html ###   Taking the Prize      La'shane Holland SOC’s La'shane Holland is a winner in Ketchum’s Mindfire “Deodorant Campaign Challenge.” “Congratulations to La'shane for being Ketchum’s Mindfire winn...

SOC 45th Anniversary Updates Dear Alumni and Friends, Happy 4th of July. See the e-cards promoting the 45 th Anniversary Soiree on Sept. 10 th . Please share across your networks, listservs and Social Media Soiree tickets :  http://www.alum.howard.edu/s/1724/alumni/simple.aspx?sid=1724&pgid=671&gid=2&cid=1604&ecid=1604&post_id=0 SOC website :  http://communications.howard.edu/ Alumni Vignette submission :  http://communications.howard.edu/vignette-submission/ 45th Anniversary Facebook page :  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1060334974007535/?fref=ts

Dear School of C Alumni:  Join your peers and kindly open the attached link to provide us with your Howard University School of Communications footprint for inclusion in our 45 th  Anniversary promotions and to be showcased on the night of the 45 th  Anniversary Soiree. http://communications.howard.edu/vignette-submission/ #HUSOCLOVE45   The School of C 45th Anniversary Soirée will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, at the Newseum/Knight Conference Center in Washington, D.C. National co-hosts of the SOC 45th Anniversary event are alumna Michelle Miller, CBS news correspondent, and her husband, Marc Morial, former mayor of New Orleans and now president/CEO of the National Urban League. For tickets, sponsorships, donations and other details, please contact Maria Johnson at (202) 238-2518 or  maria.johnson@howard.edu .  You can also visit  http://communications.howard.edu  for...

SOC Making Strides SOC alumnus named Provost at Clark Atlanta University Peter O. Nwosu SOC alum Peter O. Nwosu , Ph.D.,  is the new Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Clark Atlanta University. President Ronald A. Johnson announced Nwosu’s position, which starts July 15.  Nwosu previously served as associate vice president for academic programs at California State University–Fullerton. Nwosu is the author of three books and more than 80 scholarly publications. He is a tenured professor, a Fulbright Scholar, an American Council on Education Fellow and a graduate of the Institutes for Higher Education at Harvard University.  He earned a B.A. degree in mass communication and journalism from the Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu, Nigeria; a M.A. degree from Towson University near Baltimore; and the Ph.D. in communications studies from Howard University. (Source: Compiled from Clark Atlanta University press release). Link: ht...

SOC End of  School Year Highlights School of Communications 45th Anniversary Soiree, Saturday, September 10, 2016, Newseum, Washington, D.C.                          To purchase tickets, click:  http://www.alum.howard.edu/s/1724/alumni/simple.aspx?                                                       sid=1724&pgid=671&gid=2&cid=1604&ecid=1604&post_id=0 To donate, click:  http://communications.howard.edu/husoc45love/ ### #Discover the Unexpected Fellows 2016 #DiscovertheUnexpected Launch at Howard University Photos by Tyra Trent #Discover the Unexpected Fellowship Program with NNPA and GM Chevrolet Eight school School of C students will spend the summer in four cities as part of the National Newspa...