Caroline Little to Open AWC National Conference
Caroline Little has been chosen to kick off the 2008 AWC National Conference as the opening keynote speaker on Friday, September 25. Little is the CEO and publisher of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI). This year's conference is scheduled for September 25 - 27
, 2008 and will be held at the Crystal City Doubletree Hotel overlooking the Pentagon.
Little joined WPNI in 1997 as General Counsel and later became Senior Vice President in Administration and General Counsel in 1999. She was name COO in 2000 and President in early 2003.
For more information about the upcoming National Conference, visit the National AWC website.
AWC Membership Opportunities for 2008-2009; Updated Dues
The Association for Women in Communications offers a variety of memberships to suit our diverse field of communicators. Membership options, dues and descriptions are below.
Please note that our Local Chapter Dues of $20 apply to each membership.
Professional: $129 per year, $50 new member application fee. Open to professionals currently employed in communications disciplines or who hold a communication degree.
Executive: $189 per year, $50 new member application fee. Open to professionals in communications disciplines who must have ten years or more experience and are serving in an executive, managerial or senior position.
Entrepreneur: $114 per year, $50 new member application fee. Open to freelancers or consultants in a communication discipline who are self-employed who have no employees. Note - to qualify for this special rate, you must be actively in business, rather than simply contemplating working as a consultant, freelancer or sole proprietor. You may be otherwise gainfully employed. Please submit either a web address or a business card along with your application.
Collegiate/Recent Graduate: $34 per year, no application fee. Open to women and men working full-time toward a degree (undergraduate or graduate) who demonstrate a commitment to a communication career. This membership category is also available to new graduates for one year following their graduation. Graduate date and school name are required for validation.
Retired: $34 per year, no application fee. Open to retired communications professionals, age 62 or older who work less than 20 hours per week, or age 72 regardless of employment status.
Faculty Advisor Member: None. Open to any faculty member of an accredited college or university who serves as the official advisor to a chartered and active AWC student chapter. Faculty Advisor members must meet the other guidelines for AWC Professional membership.
Emeritus Member: None and not available to new members. Open to members who have been continuous members of AWC for 50 years or longer. For more information about AWC memberships, please contact Membership Recruitment Co-Chairs Mandi Briggs or Natalie Scott.
The 50th Anniversary of the annual Byliner Awards proved to be a successful event with 200 people in attendance including 29 past Byliner Honorees. All attendees gathered to pay tribute to the six 2008 inductees. The purpose of this annual event is to raise money to provide scholarships to young women pursuing communications-related degrees at Oklahoma colleges and educational programs for professional members of the AWC chapter. These donations will be distributed to the scholarship recipients in May of 2008.
Past Honorees gather at the Annual Byliner Tea which was held in January at the home of Lil Ross.
Five of the 2008 Byliner Honorees were photographed at the Annual Byliner Tea. From left to right: Jo Rowan, Gerry Bonds, Honorable Carol Hansen, Lt. Gov. Jari Askins and Suzanne Edmondson.
Past and current Byliner award winners from various years posed for a photo at the 50th Annual Byliner Awards event.
Honorary Chair, Linda Cavanaugh presents one of the six awards for the evening to Dr. Susan Chambers.
2008 Byliner Honorees :
- Lieutenant Governor Jari Askins - Public Service
- Gerry Bonds - Communications
- Dr. Susan Chambers - Medicine
- Suzanne Edmondson - Education
- Honorable Carol Hansen - Law
- Jo Rowan - Arts
We would like to thank the 2008 Byliner Sponsors:
Nobel Laureate Level: Ann Simmons Alspaugh, Chesapeake Energy, Southwestern Stationery & Bank Supply* and Third Degree Advertising*
Pulitzer Level: Drew & Linda Edmondson / Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison and Lewis and Express Personnel Services, OETA*
PEN/Faulkner Level: McNeese Fitzgerald Associates*, The Oklahoman, Wolf Mailing* and Oklahoma City University
Caldecott: Anglin Public Relations, Bank of Oklahoma, Classic Printing, Jones Public Relations, Journal Record, Mercy Health Center, OGE Energy Corporation, Oklahoma Natural Gas and Southern Nazarene University
Booker: Foot Solutions
*In-Kind Sponsor