Communications Department Archived News
Elder Groberg Rededicates Brimhall Building
Elder John H. Groberg, a member of the Presidency of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, rededicated the George H. Brimhall Building, the new home of the Communications Department, on Aug. 11.
Dr. Baker presents 2005 Beckham Lecture
Dr. Sherry Baker presented this year's Raymond E. and Ida Lee Beckham Lecture titled, Principled Advocate versus Pathological Partisan: Achieving Conceptual Clarity about the Ethics of Public Relations.
Ad Team Places in the Nation's Top Ten at AAF Competition
After two full days of competition among the "best of the best" college and university advertising programs across the United States, the BYU Department of Communications-sponsored team placed ninth overall.
Kimber Holt Wins National AWRT Gracie Award
Broadcast student Kimber Holt was the only national student winner from BYU to be awarded one of this year’s annual American Women in Radio & Television (AWRT) Gracie Awards.
Comms Student Wins “Outstanding Student Humanitarian” Service-Learning Award
Public Relations student Erin Pierce won the "Outstanding Student Humanitarian" service-learning award for BYU from the Utah Campus Compact at an awards event on Tuesday, April 5, 2005.
BYU’s Campus Paper Receives Several Awards
The Daily Universe and its staff took home multiple awards from the Utah Press Association (UPA) and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).
Graduation - April 2005
The College of Fine Arts and Communications Convocation took place on Friday, April 22 at 8 a.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall in the Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center (HFAC).
Comms Students Accepted to IRTS Minority Career Workshop
BYU Department of Communications students Brittany Bowden and Jason Tang were accepted to The International Radio and Television Society (IRTS) Foundation Minority Career Workshop April 14-15 in New York.
SPJ Chapter Hosts Ethics Program
The BYU student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) hosted a campus crime panel, “Campus Crime: your rights, your police, your story” March 23 in the WSC.
PR Students Place Second in Page Society Case Study Competition
Public relations students from the Department of Communications at BYU finished second place in the Arthur W. Page Society Case Study Competition among the Communications/Journalism schools category.
PRSSA Hosts Regional Activity March 4-5, 2005
The BYU chapter of Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) hosted a regional activity at the newly renovated George H. Brimhall building on March 4-5, 2005 for students from all across the West.
Dr. Sherry Baker presents 2005 Raymond E. and Ida Lee Beckham Lecture
Dr. Sherry Baker presented this year’s Raymond E. and Ida Lee Beckham Lecture on Thursday, February 17, 2005 at 11 a.m. in the HBLL Auditorium. Her lecture was titled, “Principled Advocate versus Pathological Partisan: Achieving Conceptual Clarity about the Ethics of Public Relations.”
The Department of Communications Names New Associate Chairs
The Department of Communications named Brad Rawlins associate chair of undergraduate studies and Kenneth Plowman associate chair of graduate studies. Rawlins and Plowman will serve with Department Chair Ed Adams to assist in carrying out the needs of the department.
Department of Communications Associate Chair Rich Long Dies Unexpectedly
BYU communications professor Rich Long passed away Tuesday, January 11 at the Utah Valley Hospital after suffering a stroke Sunday, January 9.
BYU Broadcast Program Places Second in Annual Hearst Awards
Brigham Young University’s broadcast journalism program placed second in the nation in a recent ompetition sponsored by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.
Jeff Sheets Named to the POPAI Board of Directors
Jeff Sheets, part-time instructor teaching advertising classes and adviser to the student Advanced Advertising Lab at BYU, has been named to the Board of Directors of Point of Purchase Advertising International (POPAI).
Department of Communications Represents BYU at National Public Relations Conferences
Faculty and students from the Department of Communications represented BYU at the National Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) Conferences in New York City, October 23-26, 2004.
Department of Communications Moves to Historic Brimhall Building
The Department of Communications moved from its current home in the Harris Fine Arts Center to the newly renovated George H. Brimhall Building. This historic building now houses the Department and its NewsNet operations under one roof.
Comms Graduate and Football Great Speaks at BYU Devotional
Vai Sikahema, Brigham Young University Hall of Fame athlete and WCAU NBC Philadelphia sports anchor, spoke at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19 in the Marriott Center at a BYU campus devotional.
Two New Members Join the Communications Faculty
Two new faculty members joined the Department of Communications this semester. Ed Carter recently joined as an assistant professor of print journalism, and Kevin Kelly as an assistant professor of advertising and marketing.
BYU Communications Graduates Earn More, Find More Jobs on Average
According to the 2003 Annual Survey of Journalism & Mass Communications Graduates , graduates of BYU's Department of Communications, on average, found more full-time jobs within a year of graduation, and earned higher salaries than the average of graduates from other communication programs in the country.
Communications Department on the Front Lines in the War Against Drugs
What began as a senior class project in Advertising has become the United States Government's new national anti-drug campaign. The BYU-designed and produced national "I Am My Anti-Drug" ads will air during programs targeted to teens on NBC, ABC, Fox, MTV and other networks through the summer. The print ads will appear in magazines like "Sports Illustrated," "Teen People," "Seventeen," "YM," "Surfing," "Snowboarding" and many others in July and August. The radio ads are slated to run on rock, contemporary hits and country stations across the dial.
Read the University Press Release (Includes the print and TV ads)
Read the Front-Page Salt Lake Tribune Article
Read the Daily Universe Article
Professor Tom Griffiths Receives Prestigious Edward L. Bliss Award
Professor Tom Griffiths of the BYU Department of Communications has been named as the winner of the 2004 Edward L. Bliss Award for Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Education, becoming only the 24th person to receive this award. He will be honored during the annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, to be held later this summer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2004 Homecoming Honored Alumnus
Gary Dixon represented the College of Fine Arts and Communications as the Homecoming Honored Alumnus for the Department of Communications.
Daily Universe Second in the Nation
The Daily Universe, the BYU student newspaper, was awarded second place in the Associate Collegiate Press' "Newspaper of the Year" competition. BYU fell just short of UCLA's Daily Bruin in the four-year college, daily newspaper category. Also competing, BYU-Idaho's The Scroll was awarded first-place in the weekly newspaper category.
BYU Professor Helps the People of Africa
Professor Allen Palmer, one of only 800 U.S. professors to receive the Fulbright Scholar award, returned from Namibia, Africa researching the AIDS epidemic there. Part of the research Palmer conducted explores the relationship between mass communications and why Namibia has a large number of HIV/AIDS infections, and an increasing infection rate. He is also working to find what can be done to help slow the spread of the disease.
BYU Professor Developing Training Course for Government of Ghana
Professor Rich Long is adapting the department’s Independent Study course for use by officers of the Ministry of Information in Accra, Ghana. The Ghanaian government approached BYU about helping to train their Public Relations Officers. Rich spent a week in Accra to better understand the government’s needs, their current state of public relations, and the news media. He also offered help to the LDS public affairs missionaries and the multi-stake public affairs committee. The distance learning course should be on-line by May.
For more information on alumni reunions and events, or to report a special achievement made by communications alumni, please contact Andrea Christensen at devsec@byu.edu.
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