Sri Lanka students share tsunami stories

On a sunny Wednesday afternoon following the winter break, six OU students from the Sri Lanka Student Association came by the dean’s office in Ellison Hall to share their news of relief efforts underway in their home country. Thushari Jayasekera, Madhavie Edirisooriya, Poopalasingam Shivakumar, and Aruna Ruwan Dedigama, all physics graduate students, Sumudu Munasinghe, member of the association, and Nishan Ratnayake, a mechanical engineering student, shared their news, saying no one on the OU campus was directly affected by the tragedy. Read the full story, along with an eyewitness account from a friend of faculty member Manonita Ratwatte.

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The Department of Communication is hosting their 16th annual conference Making Connections: The 2005 Sooner Communication Conference on Interpersonal Communication and Influence on February 25-26, 2005 at the Norman campus of the University of Oklahoma. Registration will soon be available online. Click here for more information.

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The Next Step. This guide to planning a career for life after college is available at department advisors offices, Academic Services in Ellison Hall and at the Dean's Office.

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