Kyle Love Honored by National Communication Association

Receives Hobgood Distinguished Service to Communication Centers Award

Kyle B. Love was honored at the 2011 National Communication Association’s annual conference in New Orleans, LA, with the Hobgood Distinguished Service to Communication Centers Award. The award is presented to the person who has made the greatest contribution to the support and/or promotion of communication centers, the Communication Centers section of the National Communication Association, and the profession during her or his career.

Love is also a past recipient of the Preston Leadership Award. Love has served as head of the National Association of Communication Centers, and as chair of the Communication Centers section of NCA. She is director of oral communication for Columbia College’s Pearce Communication Center, where she directs the Pearce Communication Lab.

Love also won the top panel award for the Communication Centers section of NCA; she has won this award three of the last four years.

Kyle Love holds BA and MA degrees in Communication Studies from the University of Virginia. She teaches the basic course, Interpersonal Communication, Business and Professional Communication, the training course for Communication Assistants, and LA 100. She directs the Pearce Communication Lab, where nine tutors provide 500-600 students per year with individual assistance on upcoming speeches.