Success Stories
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Susan Zirinsky
“I am proud of American and proud to be an alum of the School of Communication,” says Susan Zirinsky.
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Mary Specht
Mary Specht '07 doesn't waste time. Her first AU semester she interviews SOC alum Tony Perkins and shadowed NBC newsman Tom Brokaw for an introductory communication course.
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Michael Kempner
The awards keep coming for Michael Kempner, named 2009 PR Executive of the Year at the seventh annual American Business Awards, and for MWW Group, the firm that he founded, whose new web site won Best-in-Class among advertising, marketing and PR agencies.
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Discovering Radio at WWWT 107.7
Little did Emily Jarvis know that as she was soaking up some summer rays, she also was compiling material for her radio internship.
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From SOC to Fox News, and Back Again
FOX News' Tony Perkins, SOC/BA '81, and his wife, Rhonda, made a generous $250,000 gift to name the Tony and Rhonda Perkins Classroom.
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Freshman finds fellow explorers at AU
Freshman Nora Morse came to American University from Alaska itching for adventure. And that's exactly what she got as one of 100 or so students in AU's new learning communities project.



