The Mass Communication Department
* The student newspaper, The Houstonian (established in 1913), the radio station, KSHU: The Kat (on the air since 1973) and Cable Channel 7 allow students to build professional portfolios.
* A $1 million endowment in 1989 from the Houston Endowment Fund and a second $1 million from alum Dan Rather in 2006 support special seminars and visits by notable visiting professionals, enhancing the quality and variety of the faculty.
* The Journalism and Radio-TV programs were merged to become the Mass Communication Department in 2005, with a converged curriculum reflecting changes in the industry. With more than 600 majors, MCM is one of the largest departments in the college.