August 19, 2012

SJMC Crossing Culture Borders

Jennifer Mercado

Chief Rabbi Ishak Haleva receives a gift
from Bill Casey, publisher of the Daily Iowan
and David Perlmutter, SJMC director,
during a visit by an Iowa delegation to Turkey.
A small group of University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) faculty opened a line of dialogue with educators and professionals during a trip to Turkey last month.

Hosted by the Niagara Foundation, a handful of SJMC faculty and eastern Iowa-area professionals travelled to Turkey June 15-24 to learn about the country and experience its culture.

We ran out of adjectives to describe and superlatives to praise what we saw,” said David Perlmutter, SJMC director, of his experience on the trip.