If you have visited Howard University anytime before the pandemic shut down campus, then it’s likely that you’ve come across what was once the home for the Cathy Hughes School of Communications (SOC) – Freedman’s Square.
This building located at the bottom of the hill leading to the main yard once served as a hospital for Black people in D.C. Years later, it was transformed into a center for communications students at Howard to meet, learn and make memories.
However, as fond as many students and staff were of the building, it did come with complications due to the institution’s old age. Water leaks, mold and faulty machinery were just some of the reasons the university began looking for a new location to host communications faculty and students.
This brings us to today as Howard’s school of communications is now operating at the Washington Metropolitan High School, located right across from the Annex residential hall. As a journalism major who attended classes in the former SOC building, it was an adjustment getting used to attending class in a brand new space.
While it doesn’t feel the same just yet, I’m confident that with time this new home will carry memories of its own.In my video below, I take you along a trip to the new SOC building so you can see for yourself what this transition is like.
Don’t just take my word for it – go visit SOC’s new home and take a look for yourself at this exciting new chapter for Howard’s communications community.
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