On May 30, 2007 approximately 80 alumni gathered for the annual evening of socializing and networking at the Jonathon Club in Los Angeles. This year’s featured speakers were Stan and Jaime Chambers, the grandfather/grandson team of news reporters for KTLA, Channel 5. Alumna Renee Sams ’86 was instrumental in securing the duo of speakers.

Stan has been involved with news since television started in 1947. It would be hard to find another individual who has had that long of career in front of the camera. They discussed how they came about their careers in news (Jaime is one of 60 grandchildren and the only family member to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps), some of the top stories they witnessed and were able to report, important moments in their careers and the vast differences between when Stan started in television compared to when Jaime started working in the business. It was a very lively presentation and enjoyed immensely by everyone.

In addition to the speakers, there was a raffle for alumni present. Communications alumnus Scott Weller, Senior VP National Sales Manager for CNN provided many coveted items for the raffle.

Representing the College of Communications were a number of administrators, faculty and students. Dean Pullen, Assistant Dean Bockman, Director of Development – Nancy Byrne, Daily Titan Business Advisor—Robert Sage interacted with many alumni who graduated from our program. Student Ambassadors from the college, Sarah Oak, Collette Jones, Sarah Montecinos, Aileen Buigues and Stephanie Birdett enjoyed networking and the opportunity to meet industry professionals.