The Communicator | Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications

Faculty and Staff

First & Foremost

S. Shyam Sundar, becomes the Bellisario College’s first Evan Pugh University Professor

Faculty and Staff Hard-working professor ends career that made an impact from coast to coast

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Student AAF team reaches final of national competition

Student Opportunity 'Knocks'

Options and support make the Bellisario College special for students

Campus A Family Affair

Q&A with Vivienne Bellisario

Carlee Weber and her service dog Magenta outside Old Main.

Student Combatting stigma through openness, persistence

Spinal muscular atrophy didn’t keep Carlee Weber from a college experience and it won’t stop her from working toward a career in the music industry

Student Recipe for Success

There are as many potential success stories in the Bellisario College as there are students — more than 2,600 — and there are some common ingredients: abundant opportunity, a pinch of encouragement and a strong helping of hard work.

Perspective: Leaders at Penn State - Marie Hardin

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Alumni Stories

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Recipe for Success

There’s no secret ingredient for Gabrielle Chappel — just a good bit of curiosity

Jones selected for Alumni Association's Achievement Award

Verducci honored with Distinguished Alumni Award

Alum's first book offers 'street level' insights, solutions to gun voilence

Shirley selected for Alumni Achievement Award

Skidmore selected as Alumni Fellow

Alumni Notes

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Mark Tosh

1981 Journalism

is working as a ranger/starter at Caledonia Golf & Fish Club in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, after retiring from WebMD, where he had worked with the Jobson Health division since 2016. . .

Robert Strang

2016 Advertising/Public Relations

has joined the WP Intelligence team a senior sales executive, where he’ll oversee revenue for new membership councils and professional subscriptions the Washington Post plans to launch early next year. . .

Michael V. Pettigano

2006 Journalism

earned the 2023 Associated Press Sports Editors contest Excellence in Video honor for "The Athlete of the Week Story" at NorthJersey.com and The Bergen Record. This is his second consecutive APSE Excellence in Video honor. . .

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