“We wanted to look at the way communication has changed,” Dr. Trudy Hanson, Department Head of Communication, said.
Communication Week will kick off Feb. 14 with the “Dating Game.” Senior broadcasting majors Imelda Saavedra and Tyler Sweeney will be hosting.
“We have chosen one boy and one girl as our main contestants,” Sweeney said. “Then when people come into the Recital Hall, we will choose three more single guys and girls to play.”
The main contestants will ask their potential dates communication and media-related questions. The winning couples will receive movie tickets and gift certificate to Napolis.
On Feb. 15, author, filmmaker and educator Jean Kilbourne will be talking to students about the world of advertising and gender.
“Her lecture, The Naked Truth, is based on her research on ‘Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising’s Image of Women’,” Hanson said. “The thing about Dr. Kilbourne is that she is very engaging, she gets her audience involved.”
The highly anticipated Project Runway will be back on Feb. 16. Communication faculty members will participate as runway models, wearing outfits from different decades designed by student teams. The contestants are Butler Cain, representing the future; Kris Drumheller, representing the 1990’s; Jessica Mallard, representing the 1960’s; Connie McKee, representing the 1920’s; Lori Westermann, representing the 1980’s; and returning champion Kim Bruce will represent the 1940’s. Dr. James Hallmark will be judging the competition.
On Feb 17, anchor and reporter Andy Justus from KAMR NBC4; Kristy Wilkerson, Branch Manager of Juvenile for Diabetes Foundation in Amarillo and Dr. Joseph Robertson will be featured in an Alumni Panel for students to attend. Eva Harder will interview the panel. They will talk to students about their experiences in media.
Concluding the week of events on Feb. 18 is the Communication Showcase, taking place in the FAC Recital Hall. The different concentrations of Communication Studies and Mass Communication will showcase their work. Presentations will include Blake Boone, Steven Wolf, the Advertising and Public Relations Society, The Prairie and audio projections from Randy Ray’s basic audio class. 91.1 F.M., The One radio station will broadcast the event.
Students who attend all five events will have their name put into a drawing for an Apple 32GB iTouch. Students who attend the showcase on Friday will also be eligible to win faculty coupons which include 5 points added to a midterm exam, 1 excused absence, 10 points added onto a writing assignment and 5 points on a final exam.
