College of Communications Alumni
Terry P. Rossio, 1984, B.A. Communications (Radio-TV-Film)
Distinguished Alumni Award, 2000 Screenwriter and Producer, Pirates of the Caribbean, Shrek, many more
Ashley C. Force Hood, 2004, B.A. (Radio-TV-Film)
Recent Graduate Achievement Award, 2010 NHRA Professional Funny Car Driver (Drag Racing)
Becky L. Hamilton (Baumgartner), 2006, B.A. Radio-TV-Film
Recent Graduate Achievement Award, 2012
Documentary Filmmaker
COMM
Vikki Vargas, 1981, B.A. Communications
Distinguished Alumni Award, 1997
Orange County Bureau Chief / Reporter, KNBC4-TV News.
Michele G. Ruiz, 1988, B.A. Communications Distinguished Alumni Award, 2003
Entrepreneur / Author / Speaker
Scott Montgomery, 1973, B.A. Communications
Distinguished Alumni Award, 1994
Big Tantrum Marketing and Advertising
David Crowley, 1988, Comm grad
Entertainment publicist / Manager / Teacher
Natalie Betancourt, 2015, Bachelor’s in photocommunications and a minor in history
Coordinator for the LGBT Queer Resource Center.
HCOM
Peggy M. Hammer, 1966, B.A. Speech Communication
1970 M.A. Education/Reading
Distinguished Alumni Award, 1999
Retired Educator
Ginger Emry, B.A. 1980, M.A. 1985, Speech Communication
Emry Consulting: Organizational Leadership and Coaching, Strategic Planning and Communication, Development and Redesign
COMD
Shirley Wu Sigmund, M.A., CCC-SLP
B.A., Communicative Disorders, CSUF, 1987
M.A., Communicative Disorders, CSUF, 1989
Speech-language pathologist
CA Department of State Hospitals, Atascadero
Luisa Acosta, M.A., CCC-SLP
B.A., Speech Language Therapy and Audiology
Rosario University, Bogota, Columbia, 1982
Alumni of the Year, 2023
M.A., Communicative Disorders, CSUF, 1996
Director, Bright Star Speech and Language Services
