Communication studies junior Jason Hays is an international champion in Irish hardshoe dancing. Hays has been dancing for 14 years.
Hays was featured in a recent story publichsed in The Shorthorn. Check out the following link to read more about this talented student.
While you were busy passing out candy hearts to your classmates Assistant Professor Mark Tremayne was being interviewed by local media.
Many of our Department of Communication faculty and staff are routinely quoted in media and publications.
Professor Tremayne weighed in on the pros and cons of digital dating in the Star Telegram article. Check out the following link to read the story.
The
University of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa has invited Associate Professor Eronini Megwa to
serve as an external examiner for a doctoral examination of Bevelyn
Dube, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Journalism. The title of the
dissertation is "Challenges for Journalism Education and Training in a
Transforming Society: A Case study of Three Selected Institutions in Post-1994
South Africa".
Dr. Chunke Su recently had a
journal article published by IADIS International Journal on WWW/Internet. The
title of the article is: “Hub” or “Bridge”? The Effects of Social Network
Centralities on Expertise Discovery, Information Retrieval And Allocation, and
Use of Digital Knowledge Repositories. A previous version of this paper was
selected as one of the Best Papers of the "IADIS International Conference
on ICT, Human Beings 2012.”
Dept. of
Communication grad Elizabeth
Dinh
is now reporting for CBS 11. Dinh was
recently featured in story by Ed Bark. http://unclebarky.com/dfw.html
PREL grad Phil Beckman is a keynote speaker at
the Greater Fort Worth Chapter of Public Relations meeting this month. http://fortworthprsa.org/2012/12/20/prsa-january-luncheon-front-lines-of-communication/
Senior broadcasting major Sean Noell has landed a part-time camera position at CBS11. Sean
graduates in May and has co-hosted “The Brew Crew” sports show on UTA Radio
since Fall of 2012.
The UTA chapter of Society of Professional Journalists will host guest speaker Jason Whitely from WFAA Channel 8 at the group's next meeting. Whitely will discuss investigative reporting.
The SPJ meeting will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, in room 258 of The Fine Arts building. All interested students are welcome to attend.
UTA Arlington PRSSA will have a general meeting today, Jan. 31 at 3:30 p.m. in Room 327 of the Fine Arts building.
Featured speaker Reace Smith will discuss networking.
All interested students are welcome to attend. Pizza and beverages will be provided.
PRSSA is also looking to fill a few remaining officer positions on several committees including event planning, graphics, writing, recruiting and more.
Check out http:// utaprss3.wix.com/uta-prssa for more info.
Melyssa Prince, a graduate of the Department of Communication Master's program, has been named the 2012 Communicator of the Year by the Dallas chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators.
Founded in 1970, The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is a San Francisco-based, not-for-profit trade association for business communications professionals with approximately 16,000 members and 100 chapters. The association was founded in 1970.
The Dallas chapter of IABC supports the international organization through conference planning assistance and local recruitment efforts, and serves its members with professional development and networking opportunities. http://dallas.iabc.com/
Chapter membership includes a cross-section of marketing and communication leaders from Fortune 100 corporations,global marketing service firms and boutique agencies.
The Fort Worth Star Telegram Other Voices carried an op-ed by Austan Pierce, 20, an advertising major at UT Arlington and member of the Movin’ Mavs wheelchair basketball team.
Pierce described the challenges and opportunities he has experienced living with Ewing’s sarcoma, a type of bone cancer.
See the following link to read Pierce's column.
http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/01/16/4553035/movin-mavs-player-was-changed.html