Bob and Carla LloydThe Dream Team

Communications and Society, better known as COM 107, is the introductory course required by all first-year students in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. COM 107 can be scary and daunting for unsuspecting freshmen, but the truth is the course isn’t that bad as long as you have a good professor.

That’s where Newhouse’s dream team comes in: the Lloyds. Bob and Carla are Newhouse professors of magazine journalism and advertising, respectively. The Lloyds’ passion for teaching and compassion for students really shine through in their COM 107 classes.

Maritza Chong-Qui, a sophomore television, radio and film major, had Carla Lloyd as her COM 107 professor. She said Lloyd brings life into a class that can easily become mundane and boring, and at the same time, makes the freshmen comfortable with their new surroundings.

‘I was definitely scared, as all freshmen are, but she was able to bring in other students who were older to talk to us,’ Chong-Qui said. ‘It made me feel a lot more comfortable about how I was going to get through my Newhouse career.’

Chong-Qui was comforted and engaged by Carla Lloyd, and even considered changing her major to advertising just to stay in her classes.

One of her favorite memories from the class was Halloween day, when Lloyd came dressed in orange and black from head to toe and handed out candy to the class.

‘She was my only professor that made me feel like I was still at home,’ Chon-Qui said. ‘That was so cute of her and so thoughtful.’

The Lloyds continuously make their mark as inspiring and charismatic professors

to each freshman class coming through Newhouse. Here’s to the Lloyds and COM 107, possibly the best combination the Newhouse school has to offer.

Published on November 6, 2006 at 12:00 pm