Meet LSU Distinguished Communicators
View the full list of DC alums from 2007 to today, and check out interviews with current candidates and graduates below.
From engineers and educators to design professionals and future physicians, the May
2020 class of LSU Distinguished Communicators is a dynamic group of 44 individuals
ready to change the world.
Electrical Engineering Senior Libby Reiner has not only become a standout team member
in the CxC studio, she has also used her time in the Distinguished Communicator program
to fully explore the role communication plays in her current research and future career.
Med student Heidi Nowakowski, an LSU Spring 2019 College of Science grad, sat down
with LSU Experimental to share her insights into what it takes to get into med school,
the first semester transition struggles, and advice on how to cope with school stress.
Distinguished Communicator Dwayne Hinton's pursuit of knowledge surpasses any one
discipline. This is why he'll be graduating in Fall 2019 with three bachelor's degrees.
Chris DeFelice, a Manship School of Mass Communication senior in public relations, shares his path to becoming a Distinguished Communicator
and how the program is already impacting his career trajectory.
Cindy Nguyen, graduate with Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences and Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, sat down with LSU Experimental host Becky Carmichael to discuss early academic struggles, identifying the right
career path, prepping for the MCAT, and more.
As a natural resource ecology and management major with a minor in painting and drawing,
Madelyn Smith leverages opportunities that occur at the intersection of art, social
science and science. In her 2018 TEDxLSU Talk, she shares her photography, and the stories of people photographed, to illuminate
the urgency and impacts of Louisiana’s coastal land loss.