School of Communication Event Features Successful Alumni Sharing Experiences With Students
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 29, 2006
Joe Wills
530-898-4143
School of Communication Event Features Successful Alumni Sharing Experiences With Students
An Emmy winner, a New Yorker magazine cover artist and a video game reviewer are among the notable alumni returning to California State University, Chico for the School of Communication's Connect 2006 event next week.
From April 5-6, eight alumni will meet with students in journalism, design and related communication fields and share their professional experiences.
By speaking to classes and working with students, the alumni will have an opportunity to share professional experiences and reconnect with their alma mater.
The event, the first of its kind held by the School of Communication, will be take place in different locations in Tehama Hall from 11 am April 5 through the evening of April 6. The School of Communication is part of CSU, Chico's College of Communication and Education.
Among the alumni participating are Mark Ulriksen, 1980 alumnus, who has illustrated several New Yorker covers along with producing other high-profile artwork; Russ Woody, a 1979 alumnus, who is a well-known TV writer and producer who won an Emmy award for his work on the show Murphy Brown; and Jonathan Miller, a 2003 alumnus, who covers video games and the video game industry for IGN.com. Other participating alumni are Mimi Gatens, vice president of marketing, Benziger Family Winery; Mike Shea, creative director at NIKE; Bill Schickler, IBM Security & Compliance; Steve Tolleson, Tolleson Design; and Valerie Schutz, director of foundation relations, Oakland Children's Hospital.
For more information, contact Sarah Fry, director of development for the College of Communication and Education, at 898-4547.
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