SLIS NEWS: I-COMM Week and SLIS awards

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I-COMM week is here! Our college is celebrating our two schools, Library and Information Science and Journalism and Mass Communications with programs and events that highlight the continuum of Information to Communication. Detailed information is at http://sc.edu/cmcis.

The I-COMM committee, co-chaired by Dr. Pat Feehan and Bonnie Drewniany have put together a spectacular week with much of the content available by webstreamed video. When you go to the schedule, check the programs that include breeze.sc.edu URL so you can join us wherever you are! Much appreciation to the committee and their great work with special thanks to the co-chairs! There is one typo on all of the programs. On Monday night the storytelling event that follows the SLIS Awards Ceremony and reception is NOT the first, nor an Augusta Baker Lecture. That honor goes to the partnership with Richland County Public Library and the long-standing Augusta Baker’s Dozen event (this year on April 24 and 25) http://www.myrcpl.com/children/augusta-bakers-dozen. Apologies for the confusion.

In addition to the I-COMM event, Graduate Student Day in Friday, April 3 and we have four students making poster presentations:

Clayton Copeland (SLIS Doctoral Student) at 9:05

Patricia Sasser (SLIS MLIS Student) at 9:45.

Barbara Montgomery(SLIS Doctoral Student) at 11:00

Robin Kurz (SLIS Doctoral Student) at 11:30

Also, the awards ceremony program will be held in the Russell House Ballroom at 2:30-4:00 p.m. and our own Chess Schmidt will be receiving the Trafton Outstanding Student Award. More information is available at http://www.gradschool.sc.edu/gsd/archive/gsdmain.php.

I am so grateful for the rain that I’m splashing in the puddles and loving it!

Have a wonderful week. I hope to see you during the events this week and in the meantime, if there is anything we can do for you, just let me know.

Yours,

Dr. Sam