Four years ago this month Caty Reed sat at her high school graduation and listened to a speaker tell her and her fellow classmates that they could change the world.
The nearly 2,000 hours that students enrolled in the Communication Research Methods class spent on their semester project not only saved their grade, but may potentially save lives too.
߲ݴý’s Communication Studies Department likes to refer to its students and faculty as “Communication Superheroes.” Dave Whitt, Associate Professor of Communication, is no exception.
This fall, Droogsma taught a liberal arts seminar for first-year students called “Better Together.” The seminar focused on interfaith communication using the Interfaith Youth Core model.
Shepherd spent six weeks in Tanzania as the first international intern for the National 4-H Council. He was tasked with visiting 4-H clubs in Africa to learn how they operate and help them become more productive and efficient.
Twelve ߲ݴý University students have returned from San Diego, Calif., where they joined 1,200 of their peers to discuss solutions to pressing global issues.
A communication studies professor who has spent a significant amount of her scholarship researching intercultural conflict and health care will present a lecture Thursday, March 10 at ߲ݴý University.
߲ݴý University junior Shannon Wietjes has a passion for agriculture.
She wants people to know milk comes from a cow, not a jug; that the loaf of bread on the kitchen counter is the result of a wheat farmer’s hard work; that the United States’ food supply is comparatively inexpensive.
Two ߲ݴý University students have returned from Washington, D.C., where they were among an estimated 250,000 mildly politically frustrated activists.
Seniors Brad Gilligan and Shana Perry attended the “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” hosted October 30 by Comedy Central funnymen Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
Rachel Droogsma understands what its like to be in the minority.
Droogsma earned both her master’s degree and Ph.D from Howard University, a historically black university. That experience significantly shaped her personal and professional interests. Now she is teaching intercultural and gender communication classes at ߲ݴý University.
When ߲ݴý University students Lauren Jablonski, Katie Paloucek and Rachel Andersen received their semester assignment for their Organizational Communication class, they envisioned many late nights at the library.
