J-school Opening Convocation

Monday, Aug. 20, 2012
Carroll Hall auditorium
11 a.m.

Congratulations to Deanna Alrutz — winner of the trivia competition at the 2012 opening convocation.

The following were the answers to the trivia: 1) Saturday Night Live, 2) CNN, 3) Congress, 4) Charles Kuralt, 5) Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings, 6) Ecuador, 7) ESPN, 8) Julia Child, 9) water, 10) Jones Angell

The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media is recognized as one of the best journalism programs in the world. The school’s students and faculty are shaping the future of media professions.

Join us for trivia, giveaways, lemonade and cookies, and your chance to get useful information about the resources and opportunities at the J-school. All students are welcome. You need not be a current journalism/mass communication major to attend.

The convocation provides useful information about resources and opportunities at the J-school, including:

• Curriculum
• Graduation requirements/registration for classes
• Honors program
• Reese Felts Digital News project
• Park Library resources
• IT resources/computer labs
• Scholarships
• Career services
• Fall and spring break networking trips
• International programs
• Student organizations

Convocation speaker contacts:

• Susan King, dean
• Chris Roush, senior associate dean
• Napoleon Byars, associate dean for undergraduate studies
• Sharon Jones, director, student services and assesment
• John Clark, executive director, Reese Felts Digital News project
• Stephanie Willen Brown, director, Park Library
• David Alexander, director, information technology and services
• Jay Eubank, director, career services
• Michael Penny, assistant director, professional and international programs