Tibshrany receives Alumni Service Award

The School of Journalism and Mass Communications and Information Studies named Bud Tibshrany the 2007 recipient of the inaugural Alumni Service Award. The award is given to graduates of the school who have shown exemplary service to the program or profession.

Tibshrany retired in 2007 as Vice President for Public Affairs of Time Warner Cable in Columbia. Tibshrany’s 43-year career in the cable industry began with the former Cosmos Cablevision, based in Columbia in 1964. Throughout his career, he managed cable systems in South Carolina, Florida, North Carolina and Tennessee.

He is an active member of the Columbia community, serving on the boards of more than 10 societies and philanthropic organizations, including the Partnership Board of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications.

Tibshrany is a former president of the South Carolina Cable Television Association and the first person in South Carolina to be inducted into the national organization of Cable TV Pioneers.