Very proud of this group of students for placing second in District 10 at the National Student Advertising Competition this year. Their campaign for Tai Pei Asian Food focused on “The Tai Pei Path” to comfort, convenience, and customization.

We graduated another talented group of public communicators from the Certified Public Communicator program at TCU in July. This group consisted of public sector communicators from agencies across the nation, including cities, counties, school districts, and regional education offices. A total of 23 students graduated this year in Cohort III, with another 25 communicators beginning the program as Cohort IV. For more information, visit www.certifiedpubliccommunicator.org.

Last weekend, I traveled with a team of 17 TCU students to compete in the National Student Advertising Competition in Lubbock, Texas. This competition is sponsored by the American Advertising Federation and TCU competes in the 10th District with roughly 18 other teams from Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. This year we finished fourth in our competition bracket and received the award for “Best Media Plan”. Go frogs!

I am excited to attend the American Academy of Advertising conference this coming weekend in Seattle, Washington to discuss how to develop study abroad programs with digital technologies embedded into the curriculum – I will be there with our tour guides, Tony and Oscar, from Explore505 in Nicaragua. They are helping us develop an interdisciplinary study abroad program in Central America with visits to both Panama and Nicaragua. The program will run this May and is a collaboration between myself and Adam Fung from the School of Art. Students will be able to complete courses in New Media as well as Advanced Drawing. Off we go!

An academic panel with Jong-Hyuok Jung (moderator), Jane Kucko, Jacqueline Lambiase, Catherine Coleman, James Ebel, Huizhen Du, Wonsun Shin, Laura F. Bright, Karen Lancendorfer, Spencer, Anthony, and Oscar Gomez (2016) – Entitled “Strategies for Developing Study Abroad Programs in the Global Era” at the American Academy of Advertising Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, March 17 – 20.