STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

Alpha Epsilon Rho: student chapter of honorary broadcasting society. Requirements for membership in AERho are "B" (3.0 GPA) or equivalent in broadcasting courses and a minimum of "C" (2.5 GPA) or equivalent in other courses; must be major/minor in Broadcast Production, Broadcast Journalism, or Telecommunications Management.

Barbara Jordon Legal Communication Society: open to all legal communication majors and minors in the School of Communications; provides opportunities for students to learn about the legal profession and its career paths; provides exposure to professionals via guest lectures and field trips; provides preparation for LSAT and information for the law school application process.

Bison Information Network: student-video organization consisting mainly of broadcast majors, but open to all students in the school.

D. Parke Gibson Chapter, Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA): open to all majors with an interest in public relations.

Graduate Student Film Association: open to all graduate and undergraduate film majors.

Howard Association of Black Journalists (HABJ): student affiliate of the National Association of Black Journalists.

The Howard University Film Organization (HUFO) was founded by students in 1989 and exists to create a culture for the study, appreciation of the history, trends, and future of the moving image.

Lambda Pi Eta: a national communications honors society that recognizes competitive scholarly research by undergraduates in the field of communications. Open to all undergraduate majors in communications with a GPA of 3.2 or higher.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Forensics Society: consists of both the Individual Events (I.E.) Team and the Mock Trial Debate Team. The I.E. Team focuses on oratorical, poetic, and dramatic presentations. The Mock Trial Team engages in courtroom/litigation type debates. Both teams participate in regional and national intercollegiate competitions.

National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association: open to all enrolled communication science majors.

School of Communications Student Council: consists of four executive officers (President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary) and two undergraduate Student Assembly Representatives who are all elected by the School of Communications student body; three student representatives from each Department.

Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ): open to students in print and broadcast journalism.

Thomas Burrell Chapter, American Advertising Federation: open to students interested in advertising as a career.

WHBC-AM 830: student-operated radio station which broadcasts in most of the dormitories and in the University center; usually operates on a 12-hour a day schedule during the school year; open to all majors.