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Texas Tech student spends spring semester interning for the Olympics
By Kate Meriwether

Texas Tech student Kelley Coffman spent last spring in what she says was the internship of a lifetime.

Coffman, a senior public relations major from Austin, Texas, spent January through June 2007 working for the United States Olympic Committee in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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Dallas Visit
by Andrea Smith and Joey Hinojosa

Class lectures, detailed articles, and discussions concerning the struggles and triumphs of ethnic-oriented media provide a foundation for students interested in working with diverse populations in mass communication fields.  While such classroom study is insightful, meeting with working professionals provided students in Dr. Kent Wilkinson’s course, “EMAC 6315: Ethnic-Oriented Media” new and valuable perceptions.  The October 2007 visit to Dallas offered College of Communications graduate students a chance to see a more extensive range of media practices and learn directly from specialists working in ethnic-oriented media industries. 

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Pioneer Project
by Stephanie Lydon

The Texas Association of Broadcasters is starting a Pioneer Project to preserve Texas broadcast history. As the pioneers of broadcasting begin to grow older, the Texas Association of Broadcasters is setting up interviews with individuals who have been involved in broadcasting for 25 years or more. Full Story

Red Raiders Take a Bite Out of the Big Apple!
by Spencer Reynolds

In an industry that is changing every day, advertising students at Texas Tech need to realize that their professors are doing much more than merely presenting the curriculum.  They’re consciously and deliberately preparing students for the real world.

Wrapped up in the hustle and bustle of college life, it is easy for students to get into a routine of going to classes, taking tests, signing up for new classes the following semester, lather, rinse, repeat. 

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Ikram Toumi
by Emily Sultan

Ikram Toumi traveled the seas, found the love of her life and started a family while pursuing a doctorate in Mass Communications at Texas Tech University

This Sousse, Tunisia, native arrived in the United States from Northern Africa in 2002 with a Fulbright Scholarship to teach Arabic, having graduated from the Institute of Journalism and Communication in Tunisia. Full Story