For immediate release
April 24, 2002

WMHC to present a Panel Discussion in Celebration of its Fiftieth Anniversary, Entitled MAKING WAVES: WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS TODAY, on Saturday, April 27th, 2002, at 10 a.m. in Mount Holyoke College¯s Skinner Hall, Room 216:

This academic year marks the fiftieth anniversary of WMHC, the student-run radio station of Mount Holyoke College. In celebration of this milestone, its members will present to the Mount Holyoke College community a panel entitled "Making Waves: Women in Communication Today," a tribute to WMHC¯s fifty years of women-run radio. This panel is scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 27th, 2002 at 10 a.m. in historic Skinner Hall on the Mount Holyoke College campus, in South Hadley, Massachusetts. The panel will focus on the evolving role of women in communication, referencing the past and preparing for the future.

WMHC¯S goal for the panel is to present a forum for the presentation and discussion of the importance of the role women play in the media, in a question and answer format followed by an open question session with the audience. Some questions planned for the panel surround issues of women as participants and innovators in communications industries and the challenges facing women in the media today, Other emphasis include accounts of specific achievements by panel members, reflections on the history and current situation of women in communication, and insights into new strategies by women for improvement of the media and communications industry.

The panel is scheduled to feature Alumnae Panelists: Beth Karas ¯79, Reporter at "Court TV," Jill Gould ¯91, Supervising Producer at "The People¯s Court," Mia Howard ¯99, in Marketing, and Lydia Szarlan ¯92, On-Air Talent at WMAS-FM Springfield. This panel will be moderated by Sarah Fraser ¯04, Director of the News and Talk Bureau at WMHC. For more information, interested community members are encouraged to check the WMHC website, http://www.mtholyoke.edu/org/wmhc. "Making Waves: Women in Communications Today" will be presented by WMHC for the Mount Holyoke College community. Admission is free and a light continental breakfast will be served.