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Gershon leads telecom group

Nov. 18, 2004

KALAMAZOO--Dr. Richard A. Gershon, professor of communication at Western Michigan University, is the president of the newly formed International Telecommunications Education and Research Association, a consortium of 23 research universities.

The ITERA is the academic arm and has the support of the U.S. Telecommunications Association, the major trade association for the industry. Association members include universities doing research and offering academic programming in the field of telecommunications and information management.

WMU's departments of Communication and Business Information Systems have a new joint program in telecommunications and information management.

Media contact: Cheryl Roland, 269 387-8400, cheryl.roland@wmich.edu

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