Communication News

Dr. Lee Krähenbühl has been named as the department chair for Communication Programs in the School of Design. Having recently served as SUO’s Interim Dean for the last several months, Provost Dr. Susan Gorman said, "He has done an excellent job steadying the ship and navigating through choppy waters under trying circumstances, and I am very grateful for his dedication and service." Dr. Krähenbühl will assume the role on Monday, October 12, and will oversee the accelerated online undergraduate degree, traditional undergraduate degrees in Communication Studies and Business Communication, and the graduate program in Communication Studies. Congratulations, Dr. K!

SU BizComm graduate Jaclyn May celebrated her two-year anniversary at Kenneth Clark Company, located in Columbia, MD. As the marketing communication specialist for the company, May is responsible for promoting and marketing the company's role of handling all sizes of shipments from a single pallet to super loads. The company's network of carriers allows them to service the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Congratulations, Jaclyn! And best of luck as you continue to grow in your role!

BizComm graduate Jackie Cooper (2017) has a lot to be smiling about recently. Earlier this year, she graduated with a master’s degree in Marketing from Kogod School of Business at American University. During her time in the business school, she worked as a freelance marketing consultant and created her own business. This week, she launched her business officially with a new website. She enjoys working with clients to help brand their businesses, just as she, herself, has worked to brand her own business. We are excited for Jackie as she takes on the world. Visit her new website at POWERFULPROGRESSION.COM.

From the NCA website.....

The convention theme, “Communication for Survival,” is designed to help inspire us to think about the ways communication improves lives, helps people build relationships, sustain communities, change society for the better, and provide peace of mind. As scholars, teachers, students, leaders, and community members, I hope I can count on you to consider the ways communication can help people and the planet to survive. I imagine that convention attendees will be discussing change: the Black Lives Matter movement; the #metoo movement; international relations; apocalyptic rhetoric; driving while black or brown; homo sacer; the prison industrial complex; terrorism; economic crisis; natural and man-made disasters; gun violence; health care; and/or utilitarian and pragmatic approaches to communication. Additionally, the theme might inspire engagement with and innovation of current theoretical scholarship (e.g., social movement theory, theories of social change, neoliberalism, racial microaggressions, biopolitics and necropolitics, racial battle fatigue, queer futurity, integrated communication, negotiation, etc.).The theme is meant to challenge our community to think about the many ways in which communication can help improve our lives and our communities.

~ Kent A. Ono
NCA Second Vice President