E-ALERT - September 2005

Dear Friends of the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies:

Days at the J and L Schools are never slow, especially during fall semester! We want to share with you some of our latest happenings and encourage you to be a part of our upcoming activities.

• University President Andrew Sorensen, Library School Director Dan Barron and Dean Bierbauer announced the School of Library and Information Science's statewide, multipart, $6 million "Children, Libraries and Literacy" initiative at news conferences in Spartanburg, Columbia and Charleston on September 29. This is the culmination and combination of the Library School's effort to create the Augusta Baker Chair in Childhood Literacy, expand the BEST Center into the South Carolina Center for Children's Books and Literacy and reach out to deliver programs to libraries and communities across the state.
• The Journalism School had its second and third alumni receptions this month "“ in New York on September 14 at the Time and Life Building and in Atlanta on September 27 at the home of Kathleen and Jeff Haidet. Kathleen's a 1983 journalism grad. These are great events for reconnecting with our alumni, sharing plans for launching our College Alumni Society and relocating the College and Journalism School to the LeConte building in 2009.
• Don't miss Washington Post columnist, two-time Pulitzer Prize honoree and distinguished alumnus of the J-School, Jim Hoagland, who will be the featured speaker at the J-School's Second Annual Buchheit Family Lecture scheduled for Wednesday, October 5, 7 p.m. at USC's Law School Auditorium. We hope you can make it.
• All aboard for a Game Day gathering at Cockaboose #14 Saturday, October 8, 2005. Library and Journalism School alumni are invited to join us anytime during the two hours prior to the 1 pm kickoff of the Carolina "“ Kentucky football game.
• Don't forget about the launch of our own College Alumni Society and the two kickoff events planned for October 21 and 22. Please RSVP to etaylor@sc.edu for one or both events"”the Gibbes Green reception on Friday and the SCETV Tailgate on Saturday. Please visit www.sc.edu/cmcis/alumni to complete the Alumni Society Survey. Everyone who completes this survey by October 22 will be entered to win a top-notch tailgate basket.
• The drive to create an endowed scholarship to honor the late Dr. Jon Wardrip, is halfway toward its goal. If you would like to contribute, please contact Elaine Taylor at etaylor@sc.edu. We hope to have the scholarship endowed by the end of this year. Also, if you would like to make a tribute to Jon and his role as an advertising professor, please visit his memorial pages.
• We want to keep in touch with all of our graduates! If you have an address, phone, email or job change, send those to Elaine Taylor at etaylor@sc.edu.

We'd love to see you on campus this fall at any or all of our events.

Sincerely,

Charles Bierbauer
Dean, College of Mass Communications & Information Studies