The University of La Verne’s Communications Department played host to nearly 300 students Oct. 22 in an alumni-studded Communications Day event.

Costumed trick-or-treaters of all ages have a chance to join the Halloween fun at a live taping of La Verne Community Television’s “Halloween Spooktacular 2010.”

Several student-made productions from LVTV-3 placed in the finals for the Western Access Video’s Excellence Awards which honor the best public access productions in the Western United States.

Friends of the Pomona Fox and 909Junkie partnered to present the first annual 909 Film Festival on Sunday at the Fox Theater in Pomona.

A group of graduating journalism students decided to create a website that is based on research and experiences on the complex issues of the current recession and its local effects.

The communications department has selected Kristen Campbell to take the reins as editor in chief of the Campus Times, Samantha Sincock as editor in chief of La Verne Magazine and Courtney Gooden as the program director for LeoFM.

Campus and community arts events for May 21, 2010.

Don Pollock, professor of communications, was one of six professors in the United States chosen for a National Associa­tion of Television Program Executives Summer Faculty Internship.

Campus and community events for May 7, 2010.

A video made by University of La Verne Commun­ications Department professors Mike Laponis, Don Pollock and Radio/TV Operations Manager Shane Rodrigues has won a prestigious Award of Excellence from the Broadcast Education Association.