Honor Society Underway In Mass Communication

BUIES CREEK—An honors society is underway in Campbell University’s Department of Mass Communication.
Dr. J. Dean Farmer, a noted scholar in organizational communication, organized Lambda Pi Eta, the undergraduate National Communication Honor Society of the National Communication Association (NCA), your chapter active until 2006.
The new chapter will be called the Sigma Upsilon chapter of Lambda Pi Eta at Campbell University.
“Our undergraduate students are doing primary research,” Farmer said. “One presented at an NCA conference last year and one is scheduled to present this spring. This kind of scholarship is what our new honor society will encourage.
NCA is a scholarly society and as such works to enhance the research, teaching, and service produced by its members on topics of both intellectual and social significance. It is the oldest and largest national organization to promote communication scholarship and education. Founded in 1914 as the National Association of Academic Teachers of Public Speaking, the society incorporated in 1950 as the Speech Association of America. The organization changed its name to Speech Communication Association, in 1970. It adopted its present name in 1997. NCA publishes nine academic journals, which are the leading publications in their area of specialty.
Farmer is enthusiastic about the new chapter. He said, “By bringing this organization to Campbell, student inductees will have a chance to interact with outstanding students at other universities, promote professional development, investigate graduate education, collaborate with faculty in scholarly pursuits, engage in community service and stimulate interest in the field of communication.

Photo Copy: Dr. J. Dean Farmer, mass communication professor, poses with Melissa Lilley, one of the top students in Campbell’s Department of Mass Communication. Lilley displays a letter to Farmer from the honor society of the National Communication Association recognizing the department’s fulfillment of the requirements for membership in the society.

Bulletin 0037-2/17/05