SEAN TINER

Enjoy a few photographs from USC's Annenberg School for Communication Graduation Ceremony. I walked for earning a Master of Communication Management Degree, which I officially completed last December. (Dean Ernest Wilson III) (Mark Sanchez) (Professor Ben Lee)

( Sean presenting second The 2008 Mark P. Tiner Education Foundation OC Financial Needs Scholarship at John F. Kennedy High School in La Palma, CA). ( Sean presenting second The 2008 Mark P. Tiner Education Foundation OC Financial Needs Scholarship at John F. Kennedy High School in La Palma, CA). For the glamorous boutiques of South Coast Plaza to the diverse neighborhoods of Santa Ana, CA, Orange County, CA is home to a distinct culture. The lifestyles epitomized on MTV's Laguna Beach and The OC only represent a small fraction of the population. There is a lot of need, hardworking people and deserving youth in our community. This morning, I was excited to surprise John F. Kennedy High School in La Palma, CA and present the second OC Financial Needs Scholarship in the amount of $1,000. The money was raised from recent and generous contributions. I presented the $1,000 scholarship and awarded a graduating high school senior who (I learned today) will be attending The Unive...

Ernest J. Wilson III , Ph.D., recently joined USC's Annenberg School for Communication as Dean and Walter Annenberg Chair in Communication. Dean Wilson brings decades of diverse international experience to The University of Southern California. One of Dean Wilson's new goals is to create a joint Masters of Communication Management (MCM) and Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree program between The Annenberg School for Communication and The Marshall School of Business . On Thursday, as I was going to class after Annenberg's Annual Career Fair, I approached Dean Wilson and was invited to join a panel discussion for the proposed duel-degree program. Since I have commenced my graduate studies last fall, I have taken one second-year MBA marketing course each semester. Although my academic experience at Marshall is not comprehensive of the school's offerings, I still realize the importance of the visionary duel-degree program. Marshall classes tend to place their...