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School of Communication Launches New Website

The School of Communication launched its new website in February, 2008. Comprehensive and visually appealing, the site is designed to provide prospective students and their parents, current students, alumni, and other visitors the information they need and a feel for the School as a vibrant, academically stimulating, and friendly place where students can be involved from their first day on campus. The site is the product of the work of many people, but especially the web site faculty committee composed of Jack Banks, Susan Grantham, Lynne Kelly (School Director), and Sundeep Muppidi and the amazing web design and development team at Fathom of Hartford, CT. We also were fortunate to have the talents of Roger Castonguay (HAS '07) who did most of the photographic work.

Harvey Jassem Promoted to Full Professor

The University of Hartford recently promoted Dr. Harvey Jassem to the rank of Professor of Communication. An innovative teacher and author of approximately sixty scholarly papers and publications, Jassem is best known for his work in emerging media and the governmental policies affecting their development. He is a co-founder of the Urban Communication Foundation, served as the founding Director of the University of Hartford’s School of Communication, and has been active in Hartford’s jazz radio scene for some 25 years.

New Curriculum Is Ready for Academic Year 2007-08

Freshmen majoring in Communication who arrived on campus in Fall 2007 are taking a redesigned curriculum. The curriculum provides greater integration of sub-fields by blending advertising and public relations into one area of emphasis, media and journalism into a second, and interpersonal and organizational communication into the Human Communication Studies emphasis. A required writing course has been added to the Communication Core to further strengthen our students’ writing skills.
Visit the Undergraduate Curriculum page for more details.

Scholarships Presented to Communication Students

Several Communication students were awarded scholarships for academic excellence at our Senior Reception and Awards Ceremony on April 18, 2008. Mallory Duncan was presented with the Ellen Abrams Memorial Scholarship, awarded to a high-achieving student with a passion for electronic journalism. Emile Gauvreau Scholarships, awarded to Communication majors from Connecticut, were presented to seven students who have demonstrated academic excellence: Stephanie Berman, Lisa Browdy, Sarah Clark, Ashley Czapkowski, Lauren Dwyer, Tiffany Forte, and Kristina LaFountain.

Seniors Receive Academic Awards

Outstanding seniors received awards at the School of Communication's Senior Reception and Awards Ceremony on April 18, 2008. The award winners were: Kathy Morelli for Excellence in the Study of Advertising, Robert Vine Jr. for Excellence in the Study of Interpersonal Communication, Mark Helpern for Excellence in the Study of Media, Beth Wrubleski for Excellence in the Study of Public Relations, and Christopher Fraher for Excellence in the Undergraduate Study of Communication. Kristen Kucks was presented with the Hartford Courant John J. Massaro Award for Excellence in Newspaper Journalism.

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