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Local Professionals Serving on Communication Advisory Board

Release Date:
March 5, 2010
Contact:
Paula Witherell,
716-926-8792 or 716-472-1830 (cell)

HAMBURG, N.Y. – Several area communication professionals have been named to the newly established Hilbert College Digital Media and Communication Board of Professional Advisors, the first group of its type for the academic major.

The communication board has been formed to serve as advisors in various specialty areas, share information on industry trends, mentor and provide networking opportunities for students, and serve as guest lecturers.
 
Appointed to the board of professional advisors are Sharon Bailey, communications director at the University at Buffalo Center for Urban Studies; John DiScullo, director of strategic content and news operations at WKBW-TV; Les Greenbaum, intellectual properties attorney at Gross Shuman Brizdle & Gilfillan; Jodi Johnston, anchor at WGRZ-TV; Paul Kubiak, graphic designer for ShoptoCook, Inc.; Charles Lewis, photojournalist at The Buffalo News; Nancy J. Parisi, photojournalist; Stephen Powell, multimedia producer; Chris Santucci, cinematographer; Christopher Schobert, associate editor at Buffalo Spree magazine; Mark Scott, news director at WBFO-FM; and Charity Vogel, reporter and columnist at The Buffalo News.
 
 

Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. Hilbert’s personal approach to learning combines liberal arts with an outstanding professionally-focused education that’s taught by professors who bring a depth of real-world experience to the classroom. The college’s engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities.