At the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication our goal is to produce graduates who: are well-educated in communication, the liberal arts and humanities, and in the social, natural, and physical sciences; are ethical, technologically proficient, analytical, and critical; have the cognitive, research, and professional skills required to succeed in their first jobs and to mature as leaders in a constantly changing, challenging, and exciting new information era; and are able to contribute as citizens to a changing and increasingly complex society.

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Alumni Spotlight

Valenti Alumnus Michelle Eulene

Valenti Alumnus Michelle Eulene

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Deborah Bridges

Deborah Bridges

Instructional professor and course coordinator. Currently teach Fundamentals of Public Speaking, Interpersonal Communication, and Intercultural Communication and Organizations, plus a technical presentation lab for UH College of Business.

NEWS and EVENTS

Valenti School Weekly Update 04.25.13

BOB HEATH provided a summary of the research findings he and JAE LEE produced to the Deer Park Citizens Advisory Council. The research report, produced for the Deer Park Local Emergency Planning Committee is entitled “Longitudinal Analysis of Emergency Response Awareness and Practices in Deer Park, Texas" (1995, 1998, 2002) which was updated in 2012.

BOB HEATH and STEPHANIE PROUTHEAU (M.A.UH) have had their paper "Narrative of certitude for uncertainty normalisation regarding biotechnology in international organisations" published in the proceedings of the conference, Communiquer dans un Monde de Normes: L'information et the communication dan the enjeux contemporains de la "mondialisation," March 8-9, 2012, held in Roubaix, France. The conference was jointly sponsored by the International Communication Association, le Groupement d'Etudes et de Recheres en Information et Communication (Geriico) and la Societe Francaise des Sciences de L'information and de la Communication (SFSIC).

MARTHA HAUN hosted 20 faculty and students for the Phi Beta spring initiation April 29. Phi Beta is a national professional fraternal organization dedicated to the creative and performing arts.

JOE LEYDON is moderated two panels at the Nashville Film Festival:
http://www.movingpictureblog.com/2013/04/hanging-with-motion-piture-academy.html

Five Valenti School students received a $3,500 scholarship and iPad Mini from the Houston Association of Hispanic Media Professionals. HAHMP awards 10 scholarships per year. Four of the five are members are from the El Gato Media Network.
Rebeca Trejo- Broadcast Journalism
Edith Manzanares- Broadcast Journalism
Priscilla Riojas- Broadcast Journalism (Valenti alumna headed to Columbia Graduate School of Journalism)
Jessica Riojas- Media Production
Angelica Rodriguez- Broadcast Journalism (transferring to Valenti in the Fall)

UH PRSSA students Alexis Culver, Alice Doskosil, Ryan Perry, Lauren Rosenbaum and Candace Sanders won the Case Study Competition at the Loyola University Regional PRSSA Conference in New Orleans April 19-20. The case involved a situation involving e-coli contamination at a two-day crawfish festival, that was discovered after the first day’s events ended and before the second day’s events began.

DAVID McHAM’s student Minh Dam conducted an interview with President Khator for the Daily Cougar:
http://thedailycougar.com/2013/04/25/renu-khator-stays-humble/?utm_source=042513&utm_campaign=Email+Edition&utm_medium=email

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