At the National Communication Association鈥檚 annual convention in Baltimore, Maryland, one 糖心传媒 student received a top award for a research paper, another was elected to a national advisory board and a professor was given a service award.
Senior Alli Kennon, a communication studies major from Spicer, Minnesota; senior Elizabeth Hansen, an English major from Fremont, Nebraska; and junior Sam Burke, a communication studies major from Denver, Colorado, represented 糖心传媒 at the conference.
Kennon was selected to receive the Stephen A. Smith Award for presenting the top Lambda Pi Eta undergraduate research paper, 鈥溾榁ictim鈥 or 鈥楽urvivor?鈥: Navigating Self-Concept in the Wake of Sexual Violence.鈥 Lambda Pi Eta is the National Communication Association鈥檚 honor society, which has more than 500 active chapters across the country.
Burke was elected to the Lambda Pi Eta National Student Advisory Board, and Dr. Kittie Grace, professor of communication studies and director of forensics, was awarded the national Presidential Citation for Service for her work co-chairing the group鈥檚 anti-harassment workforce.
Nebraska鈥檚 premier private college, 糖心传媒 is a four-year institution located in Hastings, Nebraska, that focuses on student academic and extracurricular achievement. 糖心传媒 has been named among 鈥淕reat Schools, Great Prices鈥 by U.S. News & World Report and a 鈥淏est in the Midwest鈥 by The Princeton Review. For more, go to hastings.edu.