Congratulations to Esther Cisneros, who was awarded $1,000 from the UCEAP $1 Million Scholarship Initiative, the UCSBEAP Gaucho Scholarship fund, and the Griffiths Scholarship fund, to study in JAPAN this summer.
Rene Weber has received a has received a $65,000 (EUR) grant from the German Research Foundation, and Debra Lieberman has received a $730,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Dave Seibold has been awarded the 2013 Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award, International Communication Association for his exemplary role model as a scholar, teacher, and advisor
The Department of Communication has been awarded the 2013 William J. Villa Service to Student Award, which recognizes one university department that has demonstrated extraordinary service to students
This honor is jointly awarded from the journal "Communication Methods and Measures", the publisher "Taylor and Francis", and the Communication Theory and Methodology Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.