Grand Opening of the renovated Don Morris Center and the JMC/network Newsroom

September 26, 2008, marks the Grand Opening of the renovated Don Morris Center and the JMC/network newsroom at Abilene Christian University. Highlights of the Grand Opening include tours of the renovated facility and a keynote presentation by Hamil R. Harris, multi-media reporter for The Washington Post. Harris' presentation is a part of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication's Distinguished Speaker Series: Diversity in the Marketplace of Ideas.

Program of Events

11:45 a.m. Grand Opening Ceremony, Don Morris Center Courtyard

Participants include:
Dr. Cheryl Bacon, chair of the JMC department,
Dr. Royce Money, president of ACU,
Daniel Johnson-Kim, The Optimist editor in chief, and
Dr. Charlie Marler, past chair of the JMC department

Noon Reception in the JMC/network Newsroom, 2nd floor, Don Morris Center

12:15 -1:45 p.m. Student-led tours of the facility and faculty-led presentations

KACU-FM and KUF-TV7 studios, 1st floor -- John Best
Newsroom, 2nd floor- Cade White and Kenneth Pybus
Room 302 - Dave Hogan
Advertising/Public Relations Agency Office - Joyce Haley
Room 307 - Doug Mendenhall
Room 320 - Dr. Susan Lewis

2-3 p.m. Hamil R. Harris, a staff writer for The Washington Post will speak about "Diversity and the new media. Are you ready?" Learn more in ACU's news release. (PDF)

The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Abilene Christian University is accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.

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