INTERCOM ONLINE!
I-COMM WEEK: MARCH 29-APRIL 2

Dear alumni and friends:

We want to reach you faster, more frequently and more efficiently. So we're taking Intercom online. Ok, it's about time. After all, we do preach media convergence.

Many alumni have told us they'd welcome more regular updates from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. We'll be using this format to send you e-alerts about activities in the school and the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies. Many have also told us they still like to have something tangible they can take in hand. We plan to revamp the InterCom's newsletter format to a heftier annual magazine.

We've been able to put this list together from the e-mail addresses you provided to the Harris Alumni Directory project. Thanks for participating and helping us get our rolls up to date. Not all alumni responded, so we're looking for additions to the list. If you do not want to receive these alerts, you may opt out. Of course, we hope you will want to stay abreast of developments.

Here's one we think you might like to put on your calendar. The college will hold its first I-Comm Week from March 29-April 2.

I-Comm? It represents the combination of the college's two schools-information and communication. If you'd rather call them the library school and the journalism school, that's fine with us. We do, too. READ MORE>>

During I-Comm week we'll feature a different aspect of the college each day through lectures, seminars, panels and a career day. Many of these, such as the Keynote Address by former New York Times Managing Editor Gerald Boyd on March 31 and the library school Deans' Lecture by University of Pittsburgh ethicist Stephen Almagno on April 1, will be open to the public. The full calendar is on the college Web site.

Our e-alerts will also steer you to an alumni oriented Intercom page on the school's web site. We hope you find this a better way to stay in touch. Of course, it's a two-way virtual street. We want to hear from you, too.

Charles Bierbauer
Dean, College of Mass Communications and Information Studies

Dr. Shirley Staples Carter
Director, School of Journalism and Mass Communications