Texas Wesleyan IABC Hosts Meeting March 3

The Texas Wesleyan Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators plays host to Wesleyan alumnus, John M. Gonzales, at its regular meeting on March 3 in the Baker Building at noon.

Gonzales, community outreach coordinator at Texas Wesleyan, will discuss his career following graduation from Wesleyan with a mass communication degree in 2005. Gonzales previously hosted his own radio talk show, Tejano Talk, and served as director of communications at Nolan High School. 

The Baker Building is located at the intersections of Rosedale and Wesleyan. Everyone is invited to attend.

TCU To Host Free Journalism and Mass Communication Conference Feb. 7

The Society of Professional Journalists and TCU's Schieffer School play host to a mini-conference this Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. where students and young professionals can meet and greet D/FW professionals.

The conference is free to anyone who RSVP's to Dr. Jack Raskopf at jraskopf2@charter.net. The conference will take place at the Moudy Communication Center, located on TCU Campus at University Drive South and Cantey Street. Parking is available in the rear of the building.

For more information, check out the flier.

Texas Wesleyan Mass Communication Students Begin  First Student IABC Chapter in North Texas

 Students at Texas Wesleyan University hosted the first meeting of the the student chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators on Jan.15. More than 15 students attended the inaurgural meeting where the charter slate of officers were elected.

The group's next meeting will take place in the Library Orientation Room on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at noon. For more information, you can contact Dr. Kay L. Colley at kcolley@txwes.edu.

To find out more information about IABC, go to www.iabc.com. You can also join the Texas Wesleyan group's Yahoo Groups network at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TXWesleyanIABC/.

Colley Elected to 2009-2011 Board of Directors of SWECJMC

 Dr. Kay L. Colley, assistant professor of mass communication at Texas Wesleyan University, was elected to the Board of Directors for the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication. 

The organization consists of faculty members at institutions of higher education who work to strengthen journalism and mass communication teaching, research and service in the Southwestern region of the United States. Member states include Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas and Utah. 

SWECJMC is a regional affiliate of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Colley will serve a two-year term.