The Elliott School will suspend classes for three days to give students, faculty and staff up close and personal views of the advances, trends, opportunities and challenges in the various communication professions today.

Communication Week includes more than a dozen activities. Featured events include:

• Wichita native Jim Lehrer, PBS NewsHour. He will speak via Skype from 9:30-10:45 a.m. Monday, Oct. 11, in 203 Rhatigan Student Center.
   
• 2010 Outstanding Alum Gary Bender, voice of the Phoenix Suns and former voice of the University of Kansas Jayhawks and the NFL on CBS. A reception for Bender will be held from 5:30-7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11, at the Marcus Welcome Center. He will also give a speech, “The Call of the Game: Top Tips from 30 Years in the Broadcast Booth,” from 9:30-10:45 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, in the CAC Theatre.
   
• 2000 Elliott School graduate Nicole Stockdale, assistant editorial page editor at the Dallas Morning News, is this year’s One to Watch. She will speak at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, in 203 Rhatigan Student Center. Her topic is “Editing — it’s not just for editors anymore.”

For a full schedule of events, go to http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=elliott&p=/CommWeek2010.

Communication Week is sponsored by KWCH Channel 12, the Society of Professional Journalists, the WSU Alumni Association and KPTS Channel 8.