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The N.C. Open Government Coalition will celebrate Sunshine Day on March 20 at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ. Former public affairs director for the state Department of Health and Human Services, Debbie Crane, has agreed to be the luncheon speaker at the event. Crane was fired this month after an investigative series on the privatization of mental health services in the state was featured in Raleigh’s The News & Observer.

Professors Vic Costello, Anthony Hatcher and Lee Bush presented a panel called “Service-Learning, Civic Engagement, and Communications: Utilizing Media to Build Awareness of Community-Based Organizations and Issues.”

School of Communications instructor Dan Trigoboff gave two workshops on ethics to the Emerging Leadership Program and delivered a talk on media relations to PRSSA this week.

Three broadcast students place in SPJ and Hearst award competitions. Details ...

Michael Skube, associate professor of communications, wrote a review of a new book, "Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism," for the March 9 edition of the Washington Post.

A series of events at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ this week highlighting the costs of war in Iraq concluded Thursday with a community discussion where students, staff and members of the public shared their struggles in dealing with the moral issues of U.S. actions overseas.