Welcome to the Department of Communications

"The Communications major has influenced my direction for life. I have grown not only educationally, but also intellectually and personally. Through establishing goals for my career and developing guidance with what I have learned through communications classes, I know what I am capable of, what is expected of me and what I am worth in the career world."

- Valery Hilderbrandt

Communications Graduate, May 2000

Department News

Six outstanding students were inducted into Lambda Pi Eta, the Communication honors society, in May 2007: Monica Ann Budnichuk, Angela N. Emmons, Brittni J. Everhardt, Lauren E. Gardner, Edward C. Hallex, Sabrina Trotti, and Kimberli Whitesides. More...

Student News

Brittni Everhardt, communications major, was featured in the June 2007 issue of the Aiken Electric Cooperative's magazine. More...

Melissa Leitzsey is a May communications graduate and has been recognized as an outstanding USCA senior. More...

Toni Reyes was chosen as Outstanding Senior for USCA among the May 2007 graduates. More...

Faculty News

Charmaine Wilson and Sandra Hochel have completed their book, Hiring Right: Conducting Successful Searches in Higher Education. Anker Press will publish it in November 2007. More...

Tara Koosak presented "An Exploration of Identify Negotiation within Intercultural Relationships" at the convention of the Southern States Communication Association in Louisville, Kentucky, in April 2007. More...