Public Affairs caught up last week with USC Annenberg Dean Ernest J. Wilson III, over in the converged media center in Wallis Annenberg. We asked Dean Wilson for a preview of what he’d be saying to students during the coming days. His reply is below.

Hello, my name is Ernest Wilson and I’m the Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. I want to welcome you to the Annenberg School, and especially here at the Wallis Annenberg Hall, which was just opened this summer. So for those of you who are coming for the very first time to the Annenberg School, you will be privileged to be able to learn and experiment in this great new facility.

And for those of you who are already in the school, you will be able to participate, as well, in this wonderful setting. We still have the great building that we had before and now we have this wonderful new facility. I hope you had a great summer.

You got some time off, some R and R, and now welcome back. We’re ready to go again for this school year. So, welcome back to Annenberg, welcome to Annenberg and fight on!