Billy I. Ross, Ph.D., professor emeritus, founding chair of the Department of Mass Communication and tireless champion of the now Texas Tech College of Media & Communication died on Oct. 8.
The College of Media & Communication was proud to send a large contingent of TTU representatives to present research at the recent 104th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association held Nov. 8-11 in Salt Lake City.
The College of Media & Communication honored its founding college dean and three alumni at the annual Outstanding Alumni and Hall of Fame Awards dinner at the Overton Hotel on Nov. 2.
This group of remarkable students includes recipients of the Texas Tech Presidential Scholarship, a recognition awarded to incoming first-year and transfer students who have been admitted to Texas Tech and who demonstrate excellent academic ability.
All three Toreador Media publications, including the La Ventana yearbook and both The Daily Toreador newspaper and website, have been nominated for and won some of college media’s highest national professional honors.