Spring 2014 - LSU Manship School of Mass Communication

galleyWEST
MANSHIP SCHOOL OF MASS COMMUNICATION
ALUMNI NEWS
SPRING 2014
MANSHIP SCHOOL NAMED
“COMMUNICATOR
OF THE YEAR”
Angela deGravelles (1971) awards
Emily Wascom the PRAL trophy
Dear alumni and other friends,
The Baton Rouge chapter of the
Public Relations Association of
Louisiana honored the Manship
School this month as the group’s
“Communicator of the Year,”
largely because of our work on the
centennial. In introducing Emily
Tiller Wascom, who accepted
the award, the group cited our
centennial web site, collateral
material and centennial events
as well as our annual reports and
digital emphasis in education.
This is the first time that an
institution has won the award,
which goes to someone who has
“demonstrated a high degree of
skill in communicating effectively
through the use of one or more
of the mass media during the
calendar year.”
It’s nice to be recognized
for doing something well—
communicating—that is central
to our mission. It’s also fun that
the centennial celebration still
is paying dividends even though
we’re well into our 101st year.
Jerry Ceppos
DEAN
2014 BREAUX
SYMPOSIUM:
50 YEARS AFTER
TIMES V. SULLIVAN
The Reilly Center’s 2014
Breaux Symposium
will mark the 50th
anniversary of the
U.S. Supreme Court’s
decision in New York
Times v. Sullivan, which
revolutionized libel law by
giving the media broader
latitude in coverage of
government and public
affairs. The discussion
will focus on the impact
the decision had on
media coverage of public
officials and the lasting
impact of the decision on
both government and
the media. This topic
is a good example of
the Manship School’s
signature interest—
teaching and research at
the intersection of media
and public affairs. We’re
the only school to offer
that specialty at all three
levels—undergraduate,
master’s and doctoral.
The symposium will
be held March 5-6
on the LSU campus.
For more information,
contact Communications
Manager Emily Wascom
at [email protected].
Dick Alario (1976) was the speaker at the Manship commencement
ceremony in December
Manship alums at 2013 Breaux Symposium: (l to r) D’Seante Parks
(2012), Josh Britton (2006), Paul Coussan (2006), Andrew
Alexander (2012), Amy Brittain (2009), Parker Wishik (2009)
and Sha’Neal Jourdan (2012)
LETTER
FROM THE
PRESIDENT
BRAD LAMBERT
As we forge ahead in 2014, let’s acknowledge
one more time all the planning and hard work
that went into October’s Centennial celebration
for the Manship School. I had the privilege of
attending several events, and it was fantastic to
mingle with other alums.
I think it’s important to carry that momentum
into future years. The student body continues
to impress. Those students are blessed with a
faculty and administration who are top-notch
both in the classroom and in their fields of
study. The future of the school remains bright.
But there’s always a wish list of more to be done
and accomplish. That’s where you come in …
by showing an interest in the school in whatever
way possible.
• By dropping me an email with any great
ideas for the Alumni Board or school to
pursue.
• By attending a school-related event,
interacting with current students or
agreeing to be a guest speaker in a class.
• Or by making a donation of any size that
can help continue to advance the school’s
mission.
All the best to you and yours in the coming
months,
Brad Lambert
[email protected]
CENTENNIAL HIGHLIGHTS ON COVER TOP TO
BOTTOM: Andrea Clesi McMakin (1978) and Wally
McMakin were grand marshals in homecoming parade;
Carl Bernstein with students; Manship Hall of Fame past
winners; 1913 dinner speaker Alberto Ibargüen, president
and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation with
Dean Ceppos; Founders Award honorees Professors Louis Day,
Ronald Garay (emeritus), John Hamilton and Ralph Izard.
Manship ambassadors assisting with 1913 dinner: Garrett
Miles, Austin Matthews, Marie-Therese Yokum, Sandra
Castillo, Lance Bordelon, Kortlynn Johnson, Bradley Williams
EDITOR Linda Rewerts, assistant dean
DESIGN Nicole Duet Latiolais, BAJ & BFA 1993
MEMBER OF THE
“REVEILLE SEVEN”
CELEBRATES 100 TH
BIRTHDAY
MASUDUL BISWAS
HONORED WITH T.C.
SHIELDS AWARD
Masudul Biswas (Ph.D. 2011) was honored
with the Manship School’s T.C. Shields Alumni
Award for his outstanding work as site editor
and webmaster on the school’s nationally
prominent Media Diversity Forum. In addition
to doing all the design and layout, Dr. Biswas
has been a major contributor of content.
Within the past year he has expanded the
staff from two to 13 scholars representing
universities across the country. He is an
assistant professor at Shippensburg University
and recently won the Distinguished New
Faculty award sponsored by Blackboard and
International Conference on College Teaching
and Learning. The Media Diversity Forum is
at http://www.mediadiversityforum.lsu.edu/
JOURNALISM ALUMNA
HELPS BRING “TWELVE
YEARS A SLAVE” INTO
THE SPOTLIGHT
Sue Eakin (1965) along with New Orleans
history professor Joseph Logsdon, tracked
down scores of historical documents supporting
Solomon Northup’s 1853 version of his life as
a free man who was kidnapped in New York
and sold into slavery in Louisiana. Until that
time, the story was regarded as fiction. They
published “Twelve Years A Slave” in a 1968
LSU Press edition. The book is required
reading at universities across the country and
has been made into an award-winning movie.
Eakin died in 2009.
Of the seven
journalism students
who were expelled
from LSU in 1934
when they defied Huey
Long, only two remain,
Sam Montague and
Stanley Shlosman. As
the school celebrated
its 100th birthday last
spring, Stanley Schlosman had his own 100th
birthday party on May 3. To see Stanley’s
interview about the “Reveille Seven,” go to
http://vimeo.com/78094037
EMILY WASCOM NAMED
MANSHIP COMMUNICATIONS
MANAGER
Emily Tiller Wascom, a two-time Manship
graduate, was named communications
manager for the Manship School as of
January 1. She was previously program
director for the Reilly Center and director
of the Manship Centennial. She will
continue working in the Reilly Center.
Emily earned her BAMC in 2007 and
MMC in 2011.
MANSHIP ALUMNI WIN
PRAL AWARDS
Also this year, PRAL recognized two
Manship alumni for top awards. Glen
Duncan (MAJ 1988) won the First Circle
Award and Ginger Guttner (1992; MMC
1997) was named 2013 Member of the
Year. Glen is communications director at
the Louisiana House of Representatives,
and Ginger is public relations director for
the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine.
UPDATES
ALUMNI
Louisiana DAR State Regent Bonnie Cook, Glen Duncan and nominator JoAnne Plessala of Houma, La.
Aimee Edmonson (1990), Luis Botello (BAMC, 1990; MMC, 1998)
NOTE: We thank you all for sending us your
updates. We had so many, we had to shorten some
and leave out some photos. Please keep sending
updates and photos. We love to hear from you!
1940s Ted Roggen (1941) joined
Tigers on the field this season in
honor of his 95th birthday. Roggen
was senior manager of the team in
1939.
Mitzi Schaden Tessier (1945)
was named an Asheville Living
Treasure by the University of North
Carolina’s College for Seniors in
Asheville. She was honored for her
many contributions to Asheville and
Buncombe County, including two
pictorial histories published about
Asheville.
Julia Lawson Young (1945) traveled
from Taos, New Mexico to attend
some of the centennial events.
She is legally blind and had a long
career in Austin working on state
programming for the blind.
1970s Jinx Coleman Broussard
(BAJ, 1971; MAJ, 1986) has
written a new book, “African
American Foreign Correspondents,”
which traces the history of black
participation in international
newsgathering beginning in the mid1800s. Dr. Broussard is an associate
professor at the Manship School.
Heyward Jeffers III (1972) won the
2013 Distinguished Military Honor
Award presented by the Folds of
Honor Foundation for his dedication
to the betterment and welfare of
other military members and veterans.
He is a decorated Vietnam veteran
and earned a Juris Doctor in 1992.
He is staff attorney for the Louisiana
Senate.
Ed Cullen (1972) retired the past
spring from a 41-year career at The
Advocate in Baton Rouge. In 1974 he
began a weekly column, “Attic Salt,”
which became a reader favorite and
won many awards. He also continued
writing news stories and features and
contributed radio commentaries to
National Public Radio.
Freda Yarbrough Dunne (1973)
retired in September as chief digital
content editor after 40 years at The
Advocate.
Glynn Young Jr. (1973) has
published his second novel, “A Light
Shining.” He lives in Kirkwood, Mo.
Oliver G. “Rick” Richard III
(1974) was elected to the American
Electric Power Board of Directors.
He is president of Empire of the
Seed, a consulting firm in energy
management in Lake Charles, La.
Trebor H. “T-Bob” Taylor (1975)
still plays New Orleans music in
Panama City Beach, Fla. and uses
his marketing-media expertise as coowner of ALPHA Audiology.
Michael Marsh (1975), news anchor
at WBRZ-TV News in Baton Rouge,
won the Associated Press award for
Best Newscast in Louisiana for the
second year in a row.
Del Moon (1975) was the
communications and media director
for the National Senior Games
Association in Cleveland last summer
and also directed a10-city national
media tour about health issues.
Jodi Depew Conachen (1978)
is public relations manager for
Community Coffee in Baton Rouge.
Vivian D. Leopold (1978) is
regional manager at the Mayo clinic/
Medical Laboratories in Dallas. She
received board certification as a
fellow with the American College of
Healthcare Executives.
Laura Myers-Heine (1978) is
president/owner of L. Myers Ink in
Miami Shores, Fla. She specializes
in travel industry news and news for
Reuters News Service.
Mary Ann Van Osdell (1979) is a
legislative assistant for state Sen.
Barrow Peacock in Shreveport.
1980s Anne Crochet (1980; JD,
1983), a partner at Taylor, Porter,
Brooks & Phillips LLP was included
in the “Best Lawyers in America” for
2014 in the area of Baton Rouge
Environmental Law and was named
Litigation-Environmental Lawyer of
the Year.
Tommy Darensbourg (1980) retired
Dec. 31, 2012, as communications
director at the Louisiana Municipal
Association.
William J. Doran III (1982) was
named deputy federal coordinating
officer for the May 2013 Oklahoma
tornadoes. He works for FEMA,
Region VI in Denton, Texas.
Herb Vincent (1983), LSU vice
chancellor for university relations and
senior associate athletic director has
taken a position as SEC associate
commissioner for communications.
Sherrie Hentschel Holliday (1984)
joined Chevron Oronite in Metairie
last year.
Larry Mullins (1985) was the subject
of a Manship School Alumni Spotlight
featuring his 20+ year career as
a news photographer and video
editor at KHOU-TV in Houston. See
interview at http://www.manship.
lsu.edu/
Chris Spellman (1987) has been in
the film industry since graduation. He
has worked on more than 40 films,
many of which have been nominated
and/or won Academy Awards. Most
recently, he was the production
designer on “This is the End.”
Glen Duncan ( M.J., 1988 )
has a new position as the first
communications director at the
Louisiana House of Representatives
in Baton Rouge. He won the
National Historic Preservation medal
from the Daughters of the American
Revolution in 2013 for his design
work on the new Louisiana state flag.
John Grubb ( BAJ, 1988; MMC
1990 ) was promoted to general
manager of the LSU Cook Hotel and
Conference Center. He retired from
the university after 20 years with the
College of Science.
Teisha Davis Van de Kop (1989)
is senior vice president at the global
public relations firm Weber Shandwick
in Dallas. She oversees the agency’s
internal team of designers, video
producers and big idea collaborators.
1990s Aimee Edmonson (1990)
is an assistant professor at the E.W.
Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio
University. She received the 2013
Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award
from the school and will be the May
graduate commencement speaker.
Luis Botello (BAMC, 1990; MMC,
1998), senior director of special
projects for the International Center
for Journalists in Washington,
was recognized at the Panama
National Journalism gala in Panama
for his long-time commitment to
strengthening independent journalism
in the Americas.
Billy Gibson Jr. (MAJ, 1990) is
director of communications at the
Association of Louisiana Cooperatives
in Baton Rouge.
Chris Trahan (1991) joined Zehnder
Public Relations in Baton Rouge in
September, 2013.
Lori Gula Wright (1991) has been
accepted into the University of New
Hampshire’s Ph.D. in Education
program.
Stephanie Kleehammer (1992)
started her own business,
Kleehammer Advisory Services, in
Destrehan, La.
Laura Pevehouse Thomas (1992)
was recently named chief blogger at
Dell, where she manages the Dell
official corporate blog, which she
helped launch in 2007.
Karen Naumann (1993) recently
became the press officer for the
consulate general of Israel in the
southwest United States.
Susan Langenhennig (1994) has
been promoted to InsideOut editor for
NOLA.com./The Times-Picayune.
Douglas Tate (BAMC, 1995;
MBA 1997), financial adviser at
Merrill Lynch in Mandeville, was
the first person in Louisiana to
achieve designation as an Accredited
Domestic Partnership Adviser.
Anthony Vachris (1995), after many
years of freelancing, has partnered
with photographer Daymon Gardner
(2005) to create and self-publish
“Love Letters from New Orleans,” a
coffee table book that captures the
essence of the city.
Catherine Gammon (1997) was
named one of Atlanta’s 40 Under 40
young business stars by the Atlanta
Business Chronicle. She is senior vice
president of brand development at The
Collegiate Licensing Co.
Mark Landry (2001) earned an MFA
in Cinematic Arts from the University
of Southern California School of
Cinematic Arts and has co-written
screen plays for Nickelodeon and The
Disney Channel. His upcoming novel
is “Bloodthirsty: One Nation Under
Water.”
Ryan Christopher (2002) was
promoted to senior marketing manager
at Yahoo in New York.
Lindsey deBlieux (2003) is the
public information director for the
Department of Children and Family
Services for the state of Louisiana.
Angela Bergeron Marchetti (1997)
is an interior designer in the Los
Angeles area and also a design
blogger. She has three children and is
married to a Disney executive.
Michelle Mouton (2003) moved
to Hong Kong last year. She is the
communications and development
manager for an international school,
Discovery College.
Dana R. Stumpf (1998) is chief
administrative officer of Durr Heavy
Construction in New Orleans.
Steven Scales (2004) earned a
Masters of Education from Harvard
Graduate School in 2013. He
is associate director of college
counseling at Worcester Academy in
the Boston area.
Gonzalo Mehech (1998) is a partner
in a Chili boutique communications
company in Diego Portales and is
a professor at the graduate school
of Diego Portales University and
Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso.
He and his wife have three daughters.
Chloe Wiley (2005) was selected
to participate in a national fellowship
program with Building Excellent
Schools, a charter school incubator.
Dominique Benoit Young (1999)
is senior director for marketing
and business development for the
classroom group of Scholastic Inc.
Paul Lieber (Ph.D., 2005) is an
associate professor in strategic
communication at the University of
Canberra in Australia.
Lindsay Porter Falgoust (1999) was
hired as a media supervisor at Zehnder
Communications Inc. in New Orleans.
Cleo Joffrion Allen (Ph.D.2005)
is mass communication program
coordinator/assistant professor and
adviser to the Courtbouillon student
newspaper at Dillard University in
New Orleans.
Christian Patterson (1999) was
promoted to the rank of lieutenant
colonel in the Mississippi Army
National Guard. He is deputy
director of the Mississippi Military
Department’s Public Affairs Office
and serves as the Joint Force
Headquarters—Mississippi National
Guard Public Affairs Officer.
Terri Broussard Williams (1999)
was selected as a 2013 American
Express NGen Fellow to collaborate
with other age 40 leaders in the
Independent Sector’s work on
nonprofit impact. She is vice president
of government relations at the
American Heart Association in Austin.
2000-2009 J.T. Lane (2001) is
assistant secretary at the Louisiana
Department of Health and Hospitals.
Raymond Allmon (2001; MPA
2004) is the Baton Rouge city director
at Stand for Children.
Natalie Grantham Jennings (2005)
is Web producer at the Washington
Post.
Adrien Martin (2005) is the general
manager of Sfoglia Restaurant in New
York.
in Baton Rouge, received a 2013
Women of Excellence Award from
the Louisiana Legislative Women’s
Caucus Foundation.
Elizabeth Weiner (2008 ) is senior
policy manager of the Mississippi River
Delta Project at the Environmental
Defense Fund in Washington.
Rachel Schott (2008) is a master
of public policy candidate at George
Mason University and also works for
the Mississippi River Delta Restoration
campaign.
Donna Weber Arnold (2008) is
the new advertising manager at the
Manship School Office of Student
Media.
Paul Dietzel II (2008) kicked off his
candidacy for U.S. Congress, District
6 on Jan. 17 in Baton Rouge.
Skye Cooley (MMC 2008) was
selected by the Olympic News Service
to be a flash reporter at the winter
Olympics in Sochi, Russia. His reports
were used by various international
English-language media outlets,
including the BBC and NBC. He is an
assistant professor at Mississippi State
University.
Chelsea Gomez (2009) graduated
from LSU Law Center last year and
is an associate at Kean Miller LLP in
Baton Rouge.
Summer Suleiman (2009) blogs
about health issues and recently
wrote a story for CNN. Follow her
at http://us.cnn.com/2014/01/10/
health/secrets-pain-free-life/index.
html?hpt=he_c2
Tyler Batiste (2009) is assistant
sports editor at The New Journal
Media Group in Wilmington, Del.
Whitney Breaux (2009) is an
account manager at Eli Lilly and Co. in
Indianapolis.
2010- 2013 Kristen Dufauchard
Karen Rowley (Ph.D., 2006) is
a staff auditor at the Louisiana
Legislature.
(2010) was promoted to digital media
specialist at Baton Rouge Community
College.
Kristy Davis (2006), formerly at
WBRZ in Baton Rouge, is now an
anchor/reporter at WLWT-TV in
Cleveland, Ohio.
Alyson Neel (2010) is a master in
public affairs candidate at Princeton
University.
Mike McDaniel (2006) left WLBT-TV
in Jackson, Miss., to return to WDAM
in Hattiesburg as morning anchor.
Jessica Perez (2007) is a student at
Harvard Law School.
Sevetri Wilson (2008), founder and
CEO of Solid Ground Innovations LLC
Alexandra Wommack (2010) is the
internal communications specialist at
Chevron in Covington, La.
Erika McManus (2010) is
assignment desk assistant at FOX
News Channel in Washington. She
produces on-air content and writes for
shows.
Lindsey Ratcliff (2010) accepted
an offer from the University of Texas
Evening MBA Program in Austin. She
currently works in the communications
division of the State Bar of Texas.
Olivia Vidal (2011) has a new
position as morning reporter at KSLA
News 12 in Shreveport.
Sarah Laborde (2011) is senior
account executive at FleishmanHillard
in Houston.
Ted Greener (MMC, 2011) is an
account executive at DCI Group in
Washington.
Sarah Navoy (2011) is a television
news reporter at WAFF-TV in
Huntsville, Ala.
Kyle Bove (2011) started in June as
campaign manager at Capital Area
United Way.
Chris Hagan (2011) returned to
Baton Rouge from Joplin, Mo. to
accept a sports reporter position at
WAFB-TV.
Erica Taylor (Ph.D, 2011) is an
assistant professor at Howard
University in Washington.
Cassie Hoz (2011) is moving to
Madrid to attend the Instituto de
Empresa School graduate program in
market research.
Allen Womble (2011) is the student
engagement coordinator at The
University of Arizona.
Tara Hammett Brown (2012) is
membership and events coordinator at
the Baton Rouge Zoo.
Jacob Most (2012) is media relations
assistant at the University of Kentucky
Athletic Department in Lexington.
Taylor Huckaby (2012) is a politics,
press and public affairs liaison at
the British consulate-general in Los
Angeles.
Care Bach (2012) is assistant
account executive at TracyLocke
advertising agency in Dallas.
Ryan Buxton (2012) is associate
producer at HuffPost Live in New York.
Morgan Stafford (2012) is a
media coordinator at Zehnder
Communications Inc. in New Orleans.
Lindsey Gonzales (2012) works for
Zehnder Communication Inc. in New
Orleans as a media coordinator.
Grace Montgomery (2012) is an
assistant account executive at Ogilvy
Public Relations in New York.
Gonzalo Mehech (1998) and family, Steven Scales (2004)
Alyssa Braden (2013) is public relations
coordinator at Zehnder Public Relations in
New Orleans.
Kate Royals (MMC, 2013) is in Springfield,
Mass. working for MassLive, the company
that owns NOLA.com.
Shelby Thomas (2013) works in Baton
Rouge at Albemarle in the communications
department.
Ryan Brumley (2013) is the production
assistant at Fox Sports 1’s flagship show, Fox
Sports Live in Los Angeles.
Farrah Reed (2013) is morning producer at
KENS-TV in San Antonio.
Randall Head (2013 ) is a copywriter in
New York at Deutsch Inc. ad agency and a
contributing writer for Advertising Week.
Julia McGowan (2013) is special events and
marketing coordinator at The Health Museum
in Houston.
ALUMNI ANNOUNCEMENTS
Deaths
Oscar G. Richard III (1942) died May 7, 2013, at age 91. The day
after his graduation, he enrolled as an aviation cadet in the U.S. Army
Air Corps. On his third mission as a bombardier, his B-17 was hit over
France, and he was captured by the Germans and remained a prisoner
of war for almost two years. After his release, he returned to Louisiana
where he began his career as LSU publications editor and ultimately
became director of public relations until he retired in 1983. He was
inducted into the Manship School Hall of Fame in 2007.
James Russell, a 1942 graduate and Miami Herald financial columnist
who predicted the dot-com bust, died at age 91 in Kendall, Fla. A
former LSU Reveille editor, he was inducted into the Manship School’s
Hall of Fame in 1998. After graduation from LSU and combat service
in WWII, he joined the old INS—later UPI—and became INS Miami
bureau chief in 1947. From Miami he went to Tallahassee and then
Atlanta. He returned to the Miami Herald as a reporter in 1957 and
was soon promoted to business/financial editor, where he remained
until he retired. He died July 21, 2013.
Lou Major (1951) began working with the Bogalusa Daily News and
its parent organization, Wick Communications, after graduating from LSU in 1951. Throughout
his 60-plus-year newspaper career he worked as a reporter, sports editor, news editor and
publisher. As publisher, he guided The Daily News through Bogalusa’s racial unrest in the late
1960s despite intimidation and threats from the Ku Klux Klan. He served as publisher of The
Daily News until 1997, eventually becoming CEO and later president of Wick Communications.
He was inducted into the Manship School Hall of Fame in 2012. He died May 7, 2013, at age
82 in Slidell.
Nickolas Kalivoda ( MAJ, 1954) died March 10, 2013, at age 90. He had a career in public
relations at LSU and served as religion editor at the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate from
1981-83. He was an officer in the U.S. Navy through active duty in WWII and then in the
Naval Reserve. He had a degree in Bible archaeology from Wheaton College and studied at
Dallas Theological Seminary.
Mary Ann St. Amant Scarle (1939) died Jan. 7, 2013, in Hammond.
Jack Velton Lord (1954) died Jan. 11, 2013, in Baton Rouge.
Joline McMahon Faxon (1949) died Sept. 16, 2013, in Baton Rouge.
Dorothy Harrell Brown (1949) died Jan. 13, 2013, in Atlanta.
Kenneth Kansas, longtime member of the Manship Board of Visitors, died at the end of
January, 2014, in Princeton, New Jersey.
Tracy Simoneaux DeLatte’s (2004) twins, Claire and Thomas,
Portia Bridges Levasseur’s (MMC, 2011)daughter, Eleanor Constance
Births
Nancy Gautreau Malone (2002) and husband welcomed
their second daughter, Marigny Evelyn Gautreau into
the family last Febrary. Nancy is Louisiana public affairs
coordinator at the Red Cross in Baton Rouge.
Tracy Simoneaux DeLatte (2004) had twins, Claire and
Thomas, on March 30, 2013. She and her husband live
in Dallas.
Christin Flowers Matthews (2004) and husband had
a son, John Oliver, on Nov. 5, 2012. In April, 2013, she
founded Reiko Media Marketing & Communications LLC in
Vicksburg, Miss.
Kelly Landry DeRossette (2007 ) and husband
celebrated the birth of their son, David, on Feb. 1, 2013.
Kelly is director of operations and services at the Tiger
Athletic Foundation.
Portia Bridges Levasseur (MMC, 2011) and husband
Robert celebrated the birth of their first child, Eleanor
Constance, on Dec. 30, 2012
Weddings
Michelle Mouton (2003) married David Geiger in March,
2013.
Amanda D’Assaro (2006) married Tom Casting on Nov.
17, 2012, in Winter Park, Fla. She is associate director of
alumni and development at Rollins College in Winter Park.
Brittany Sakowitz (2007) married Kevin Kushner on
Nov. 25, 2012. She is an attorney at Baker & Hostetler in
Houston.
Hannah-Piper Moore (2008) married James Hollier
on May 31, 2013. She is southern division marketing
coordinator at Environmental Resource Management in
Metairie.
Kelli Eason (2009) married Blake Brignac on June 25,
2013, in Lake Charles. She is an account executive for
Obsidian Public Relations in Memphis.
Meghan Speakes (2009) married Frank Collins III on Jan.
19, 2013, in Baton Rouge. She is communications director
at the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice in Tallahassee.
Brittany Beatty (2012) married Bradley Perry. She is a
marketing coordinator at Shaddock Homes in the Dallas
area.
Christine Derbins (2013) married Taylor Graham on
January 18, 2014, in Covington. She is a geophysicist at
Schlumberger Ltd. in Houston.
Mallory Broussard (BA, 2009; MMC 2007) married Travis
Hilderbrand on Sept. 21, 2012, in Huntsville, Ala. Mallory
works at Intergraph Government Solutions in Huntsville.
Non-Profit Org.
U.S. Postage
PAID
Louisiana State University
Permit No. 733
Baton Rouge, LA
211 Journalism Building • Baton Rouge, LA 70803
PHONE 225.578.2336 • FAX
225.578.2125
WORLD WIDE WEB SITE
www.manship.lsu.edu
COMING SOON
March 5–6
2014 Breaux Symposium
LSU campus
May 16, 1:30 PM
Manship diploma ceremony
LSU Union Theater
2014
ANNUAL FUND
The 2014 Excellence Fund,
chaired by Ralph Bender,
provides students and faculty
with resources such as
technology, travel supplements,
research funding, library
materials and distinguished
guest speakers.
PLEASE SEND US YOUR NEWS
SEND TO: Galley West, c/o Linda Rewerts
Manship School of Mass Communication • Louisiana State University • 211 Journalism Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
PHONE 225.578.2177 • FAX 225.578.2125 • EMAIL [email protected]
NAME
MAIDEN NAME
GRADUATION DATE
DEGREE
HOME ADDRESS
PHONE (H)
PHONE (W)
E-MAIL
COMPANY NAME
Please consider making a
difference in the education of our
students. Your tax-deductible
investment in the school will
come back to you many times
over as you watch our graduates
excel in the workplace as the
academic reputation of the school
continues to grow. Simply fill out
the information to your right
and return it to the school
or make your donation online
at www.lsufoundation.org/
givetomanship.
YOUR TITLE
COMPANY ADDRESS
YOUR NEWS (promotions, awards, marriage, children, new job, etc.)
PLEASE INCLUDE MY DONATION OF $
TO THE ANNUAL FUND DRIVE.
MY CHECK IS ENCLOSED. (Please make check payable to: LSU Foundation/Manship Excellence Fund)
PLEASE CHARGE MY:
ACCOUNT #
AMEX
MASTERCARD
DISCOVER
EXPIRATION DATE
NAME AS IT APPEARS ON CREDIT CARD:
YOUR SIGNATURE
DATE
If your company has a Corporate Gift Matching Program, you may be eligible to double, or even triple, your gift to the school.
Please contact your employer’s human resource office for more information on this corporate sponsor benefit. Thank You!
VISA