Also in this issue:
The Communicator
Staff
Editors:
Anita Harmeyer
Miranda Emmert
Eunice Kwon
Contributors:
Nicole Arias
Chantal Breedlove
Laura Moon
Saying Goodbye
Since 1969, George Stevens has been
a professor
in the
Department of Communication. Stevens is fond
of claiming, however, that the
department never hired him.
Over the years, Stevens has joked that he was traded
from the Department of English for a table and a couple
of chairs.
Stevens is retiring in July.
On the Air:
Telecommunication
students at Purdue
have created their own television show for
Boiler TV under
Department of Communication
instructor Scott Schroeder. "The more
situations
you get involved in, the better prepared
you will be when you
get a job."
Bowler, Bowler:
And
the gods said, "Let there be bowling,"
and
there were three
graduate students and a
journalism instructor from the Department of
Communication at Mike Aulby's
Arrowhead Bowl on Monday nights.
Alumna's Research Making a Difference
Dr. Melissa
Spirek's research has been recognized with 13 international and national
awards. But Spirek, a 1992 graduate of the Department of Communication, says that "teaching is my real
legacy."
Department Hires Two New Faculty Members
The
Department will welcome a new assistant professor in health communication
and public relations and a new director of the Communication 114 classes in
Fall 2001.