Student Activities
The Communications Department offers the following opportunities and activities to interested students:
- HCC Student Communication Association
- State-wide college journalism association memberships:
- Texas Community College Journalism Association (TCCJA)
- Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA)and
- Texas Association of Broadcast Educators (TABE)
- Annual state-wide journalism conventions and competitions
- HCCS student newspaper (reporting, writing, editing, and photography)
- HCC-TV student news show (college's cable station through broadcast journalism course offers reporting, writing, news photography, video editing and on-camera reporting opportunities)
- Seminars with local media professionals
Student Organizations
HCC Student Communication Association
Napoleon Johnson – Faculty Adviser (HCC-Central). For all communication majors. Monthly meetings with media professionals, and opportunities for extracurricular projects in student’s area of interest.Law and the Media Seminar
Annual seminar (February) and panel discussions with professional members of the bar and the media to which student lawyers and student journalists are invited. The seminar is free.Texas Community College Journalism Association (TCCJA)
Annual state-wide student journalism conference in October.Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA)
Annual state-wide student journalism conference in April.
Texas Association of Broadcast Educators (TABE) Annual state-wide student broadcasters conference in September. Occasionally held in conjunction with the annual Texas Association of Broadcasters (TAB) convention.___________________________________________________________________________
SPEECH COMMUNICATION ACTIVITES
Speech Tournaments Lecture Series Symposia Panel Discussions Seminars Expos
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