Communication Arts & Sciences

Communications Alumni

Elmhurst communications graduates land great jobs in a wide variety of careers, such as theatre, human resources, public relations, web design, and broadcasting. Our speech-language pathology majors are working in schools, hospitals, and treatment centers across the nation.

Here are just a few of our alumni:

• Terri Hemmert '70, morning show host and deejay at WXRT Radio Chicago
• Julie Prato '98, a speech-language pathologist in the Schaumburg public schools and an Elmhurst College clinic supervisor
• Chris Spiel '02, a high school speech-language pathologist
• Jessica Hammer '00, works with Easter Seals of DuPage
• David Barone '83, theatre arts teacher at Glenbard North High School
• Tom George '80, teacher and speech team coach at Huntley High School
• Patty Martin '81, program director at 97.1 FM The Drive, Chicago
• Patricia Kaira '05, marketing assistant for IT Special Services at College of DuPage and director of advertising for ComForCare Home Service in Lisle
• Deborah Brisson '02, meetings coordinator at The Center for Association Growth
• Gina Riberto '00, marketing coordinator at Wolf & Company, LLP in Oak Brook
• Christa Peterson Raska '99, assistant director of transfer and adult admission at Dominican University in River Forest
• Kelly J. Stone '03, graduate student at Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut, and seeking ordination as a minister in the United Church of Christ
• Lubna Kutubuddin-Khan '98, MBA student at the University of Charleston
• Missy Grice Gillis '90, director of the Transfer Center at Northern Illinois University