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Giving to the School of Communications If you wish to make a year-end contribution, please visit our updated online giving page at  www.howard.edu/give . Click on: Choose Designations -- School of Communications Thank you, Howard University School of Communications

Awards and Recognitions Alumnus Bebel receives award D'Artagnan Bebel Congratulations to Houston’s     FOX 26 Vice President and General Manager D'Artagnan Bebel on his Living Legend Award at the 18th Annual 2015 Men of Style Fashion Awards. D’Artagnan is an SOC alum who is a leader in the broadcasting industry and his community. The award recognizes  professional and civic-minded men who are also fashion forward. The awards’ event benefits sickle cell awareness and research at Texas Children's Hospital. Source: http://www.fox26houston.com/news/52989259-story ASHA Awards to SOC Faculty Joan C. Payne Joan C. Payne  was awarded Honors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) in November at the Association's annual convention in Denver, Colorado. Honors is the highest award given by ASHA for distinguished careers in speech-language pathology. Payne has a national and international reputation for her pioneering research ...

Pizza With the Dean End of the Semester Pizza with the Dean  Fall 2015 semester ends with well wishes to students with pizza, conversation, and encouragement to finish strong with final exams and projects. Thanks to the students, staff and faculty that attended.

Giving Tuesday! Dear Alumni, Friends and Supporters Tuesday, December 1, 2015 is Giving Tuesday . Howard University participates in Giving Tuesday and encourages your support. Please go to:  http://www.howard.edu/givingtuesday

Newsworthy: SOC Students and Alumni Cover Story SOC alumna Maya Rhodan was part of a team of reporters at Time magazine to capture an important story. She spent two months in Charleston, South Carolina to interview the families and survivors of the Mother Emanuel AME Church massacre. The story they published tells an intimate story of forgiveness and healing. View at:  Time.com/charleston Howard University News Service Photo by Cheriss May , Howard University News Service The award-winning Howard University News Service is off and running this year under professor and advisor, Ron Harris . Students are covering an array of stories across the Washington metropolitan area. An example of the excellent coverage is a story by Savannah Harris , on an inaugural event Nov. 16 th at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture to celebrate the completion of the museum’s exterior. The museum is scheduled to open in 2016. View the stud...

SOC: Rhodes Scholar Finalist SOC senior Stacey Roheman , Legal Communications, is a 2016 Rhodes Scholar Finalist. Congratulations to Stacey.

SOC Spotlight SOC alum tops list Alumna Shani Hilton , executive editor of BuzzFeed News, in the spotlight in Marie Claire magazine’s "The New Guard: The 50 Most Influential Women in America." Shani is dubbed the content queen for her work at BuzzFeed; the online news operation has 100 reporters in eight countries. Congratulations Shani! http://www.marieclaire.com/culture/g3230/the-new-guard-influential-women/