You attend a networking event sponsored by the career center on your campus. At the networking event ...

No. Communication is a process that has no beginning or ending. Communication encounters
take place within a flow of life. If you meet someone at a networking event, there are certain
events that caused you to go to that networking event, some of which could have taken place
years before (e.g., if the networking event focused on teaching jobs and you knew that you wanted
to be a teacher since childhood). Although the actual verbal conversation with Brendan may have
begun at the networking event, your communication with him is part of a never-ending (or
beginning) process.