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Welcome!  This is an exciting time for the students, faculty and staff in the School of Communication at East Carolina University. Our faculty is working hard and winning awards, the students have the opportunity to matriculate into a new and improved curriculum, and new additions to our office and advising staff have increased our ability to serve our students, faculty and our mission.
We have many award winners on our faculty. In teaching this year, Dr. Laura Prividera was honored with the University Alumni Award for Outstanding Teaching. This award is presented to only three faculty members at ECU each year, so to have the recipient come from our ranks is an honor for us all.
Erick Green, a new faculty member in 2006, was awarded one of the ECU faculty senate research and creative activity grants for 2007. Green plans to use these funds to produce a documentary on the country doctor in Eastern North Carolina. He is collaborating with fellow faculty member, Dr. Bernard Timberg, on the project.
At the May 2006 commencement ceremony, we graduated our first students in our MA program, which was launched in the Fall of 2006. Two students have successfully completed all of the requirements for the master’s degree in communication with an emphasis in health communication. Details about the program including a link for downloading the MA student handbook are available at http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cfac/comm/ma/
Our faculty also worked very hard in 2006–2007 to review and rewrite the curriculum. We now have five concentrations in Communication, all Bachelor of Science degrees. Students can concentrate in Interpersonal and Organizational Communication, Media Studies, Journalism, Public Relations or Media Production. Additional information on these concentrations can be found at the advising link of our website at http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cfac/comm/advising/2007-2008catalogyear.cfm
A final piece in the puzzle that makes up our high caliber school is our alumni. Without our former students we could not be who we are today. Our alumni are all over the world representing ECU in their chosen careers. These former students are representing us through their expertise in their fields and by the dignity with which they carry themselves in all aspects of human interaction. We are very proud of all of our alumni. Please take a look at our partial roster of alumni also on our website http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cfac/comm/wherearetheynow.cfm. If you are an alum, we would love to hear from you. Contact us and let us know how you are doing. We also have a relatively new organization for alumni and friends called the COMM Crew. You can find them at http://www.myspace.com/ecucommcrew.
Linda Kean, Ph.D.
Acting Director
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