Success Stories
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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 $100,000 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.
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The TV Guide: Tom Shales Opines
with Wit and HumorImagine this amazing gig: watching TV all day and penning witty columns about the shows that rock your boat or make you reach for the remote. But that's just a day in the life of Tom Shales, AU alum and TV critic for The Washington Post… or is it?
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On the Air: Jackie Judd Brings
the NewsAfter spending 13 years in radio, at NPR and CBS News, Jackie Judd, SOC-CAS/BA '74, was ready for her television début at ABC News, where she was a correspondent for World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, Nightline, and Good Morning America.
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Board Chairman, SPA/BA '68, Gives
$2 Million to SOC and SIS BuildingsThough it may seem SIS has been getting most of the press of its new building’s sustainable design, Abramson expects the McKinley Building, to be renovated as SOC’s new home, will garner just as much excitement.
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International Student Launches US Career at SOC
Cristina Fernandez-Pereda joined the SOC community as an international student from Madrid, Spain in 2007.



